Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of a new air base in Gujarat's Deesa which, after its completion, will reduce the long-pending strategic gap of 355 km between the Bhuj and Uttarlai air bases.
Deesa is a Greenfield air base spread over an area of 4,519 acres being developed in the Banaskantha region
The land was acquired for the IAF in 1983.
The Engineer in Chief Lt Gen Harpal Singh informed that the entire airbase has been worked out in a manner such that it will all finish by December, 2023.
He said the Deesa air base, mere 130 kilometers from the Indo-Pak border, will be able to give a better response to any threat coming from the western side.
