Bhuj Rudra Mata Air Force Base (IATA: BHJ, ICAO: VABJ) is an Indian Air Force base, which shares its runway with Bhuj Airport at the town of Bhuj in Gujarat, India.
The Indian Air Force Air Base at Bhuj which suffered extensive damage during the 2001 Gujarat earthquake on January 26, 2001, now stands completely reconstructed.
At a solemn ceremony, Air Marshal AR Ghandhi, AOC-in-C, South Western Air Command, inaugurated a special Memorial erected ...
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Bhuj Rudra Mata Air Force Base (IATA: BHJ, ICAO: VABJ) is an Indian Air Force base, which shares its runway with Bhuj Airport at the town of Bhuj in Gujarat, India.
The Indian Air Force Air Base at Bhuj which suffered extensive damage during the 2001 Gujarat earthquake on January 26, 2001, now stands completely reconstructed.
At a solemn ceremony, Air Marshal AR Ghandhi, AOC-in-C, South Western Air Command, inaugurated a special Memorial erected at the air base to pay respects to 30 'air warriors' and 68 family members of the IAF personnel who lost their lives in the tragedy. Later, the Air Marshal also inaugurated married accommodation, messes for the Airmen and officers and operational complexes rebuilt at the airbase.
When the earthquake devastated this region, Bhuj airbase was the nodal point where all immediate relief materials were flown in by special Air Force and other civil aircraft including those from foreign countries. Nearly 1,300 landings by relief aircraft belonging to...
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