<p>“The contract for upgrading the eight ALGs will be signed in August after which construction work will start,” outgoing IAF chief PV Naik said here earlier this week. <br />The work would be completed in three years after which troop carriers like AN-32 and C-130J will be able to land in these airports.<br /><br />The ALGs include Pasighat, Along, Ziro, Vijayanagar, Mechuka, Walong and Tuting among others. <br /><br />Several helipads in the North East and fighter-bases in the East and North East are also being upgraded to increase the runway length for better fighter operations.<br />The IAF bases which would be upgraded as a part of the 11th Plan include Chabua, Tezpur, Jorhat, Mohanbari, Hashimara, Panagarh, Bagdogra and Purnea. <br /><br />Two bases in the North East – Tezpur and Chabua – are now housing India’s most potent fighter Su-30 MKI.<br /></p>
<p>“The contract for upgrading the eight ALGs will be signed in August after which construction work will start,” outgoing IAF chief PV Naik said here earlier this week. <br />The work would be completed in three years after which troop carriers like AN-32 and C-130J will be able to land in these airports.<br /><br />The ALGs include Pasighat, Along, Ziro, Vijayanagar, Mechuka, Walong and Tuting among others. <br /><br />Several helipads in the North East and fighter-bases in the East and North East are also being upgraded to increase the runway length for better fighter operations.<br />The IAF bases which would be upgraded as a part of the 11th Plan include Chabua, Tezpur, Jorhat, Mohanbari, Hashimara, Panagarh, Bagdogra and Purnea. <br /><br />Two bases in the North East – Tezpur and Chabua – are now housing India’s most potent fighter Su-30 MKI.<br /></p>
