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Sookerating Air Force Station

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Airport type
  
Military

Elevation AMSL
  
400 ft / 122 m

6,595
  
2,010

Elevation
  
122 m

Location
  
Sookerating, India

03/21
  
6,595

2,010
  
Asphalt

Operator
  
Indian Air Force

Sookerating Air Force Station

Sookerating Air Force Station is an Indian Air Force base located at Sookerating in the state of Assam, India. It is a secondary airport for the Indian Air Force, which operates much more actively from other air bases in the region..

During World War II, the airfield was used as a transport base by the United States Army Air Forces Tenth Air Force and Air Transport Command. From the airfield, numerous C-46 Commando aircraft flew north into China over "the Hump" to resupply Allied forces. The airfield was also used as a combat fighter airfield in 1942 to defend the Assam Valley against Japanese forces advancing from Burma.

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Sookerating Air Force Station Wikipedia