India’s World-Highest Airbase: The Indian Air Force has inaugurated the Nyoma Airbase in eastern Ladakh. At 13,700 feet, it is the highest operational fighter base in the world. The base is likely to give a major boost to India’s high-altitude air power and strengthens its rapid response along the Line of Actual Control (LAC).

Air Chief Marshal AP Singh inaugurated the Mudh-Nyoma facility with a landing of a C-130J Super Hercules. Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra, Western Air Command chief, accompanied him to witness this landmark event.

Engineering Marvel In The Himalayas

Constructed by the Border Roads Organisation, Nyoma features a 2.7-kilometre runway built to endure temperatures as low as minus 40°C. The airstrip can support frontline fighters and heavy transport planes, including the

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