Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari visited the IAF’s Leh station and deployments at forward areas in the northern sector on Saturday to take stock of operational readiness of the service’s units. The Chief of Air Staff also interacted with the personnel stationed at the airbase and units on deployment.
In a tweet, the Indian Air Force (IAF) said on Sunday that ”Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, Chief of Air Staff (CAS), visited Air Force Station Leh and the IAF deployments at forward areas in the northern sector on October 16.” The border standoff between the Indian and Chinese militaries erupted on May 5 last year following a violent clash in the Pangong lake areas and both sides gradually enhanced their deployment by rushing in tens of thousands of soldiers as well as heavy weaponry.
Air Chief Mshl VR Chaudhari #CAS visited Air Force Stn Leh and #IAF deployments at forward areas in the Northern Sector on 16 Oct. CAS took stock of the op readiness of units & interacted with the personnel stationed at the airbase and units on deployment. pic.twitter.com/o3iYZnHPjO— Indian Air Force (@IAF_MCC) October 17, 2021
As a result of a series of military and diplomatic talks, the two sides completed the disengagement process in the Gogra area in August and in the north and south banks of the Pangong lake in February.
Each side currently has around 50,000 to 60,000 troops along the Line of Actual Control in the sensitive sector.
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