Defence Ministry inaugurated the First Fighter Aircraft base at Thanjavur

May 28, 2013, 17:25 IST

Defence Ministry on 27 May 2013 inaugurated the first fighter aircraft base at Thanjavur

Defence Ministry on 27 May 2013 inaugurated the first fighter aircraft base at Thanjavur in southern India. Su-30MKI combat aircraft will be stationed here.Thanjavur airbase can be another strategically important airbase of the Indian Air Force. IAF can protect vast area of interests by stationing frontline fighter aircraft Sukhoi at Thanjavur.

The setting up of the premier fighter base is important because of current geo-political scenario and threat perception in the Indian peninsula and in the Indian Ocean.

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