06-28-2005, 08:44 PM
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New IAF base in Tripura
Air Force | Bangladesh | Intelligence Reports | North East
28 June 2005: Repeated violation of Indian airspace by Bangladeshâs defence helicopters might persuade the defence ministry to consider establishing an air force base or station in Tripura. Sources said security agencies have been analysing the situation since the latest incursion inside Sabroom subdivision in south Tripura on Sunday.
Bangladesh army helicopters have made sorties inside the state on two occasions since April this year amid strained relations between the two countries caused by the killing of a BSF assistant commandant by the Bangladesh Rifles, and BDR firing on the Lankamura frontier near here. There were border skirmishes and tension in the past, but never before had Bangladesh violated Indian airspace.
Tripuraâs nearest air force base is in Shillong, which is also headquarters of the Eastern Air Command. Other bases in the region are located in Upper Assam. On the other hand, Bangladesh has air force bases in Chittagong, Cox Bazar in the southeast, and Sylhet in the northeast of the country. These bases are closest to Tripura of all the North East states.
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New IAF base in Tripura
Air Force | Bangladesh | Intelligence Reports | North East
28 June 2005: Repeated violation of Indian airspace by Bangladeshâs defence helicopters might persuade the defence ministry to consider establishing an air force base or station in Tripura. Sources said security agencies have been analysing the situation since the latest incursion inside Sabroom subdivision in south Tripura on Sunday.
Bangladesh army helicopters have made sorties inside the state on two occasions since April this year amid strained relations between the two countries caused by the killing of a BSF assistant commandant by the Bangladesh Rifles, and BDR firing on the Lankamura frontier near here. There were border skirmishes and tension in the past, but never before had Bangladesh violated Indian airspace.
Tripuraâs nearest air force base is in Shillong, which is also headquarters of the Eastern Air Command. Other bases in the region are located in Upper Assam. On the other hand, Bangladesh has air force bases in Chittagong, Cox Bazar in the southeast, and Sylhet in the northeast of the country. These bases are closest to Tripura of all the North East states.
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