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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
  
Operator
  
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.

References

Sookerating Air Force Station Wikipedia


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