Date:01/06/2008 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2008/06/01/stories/2008060150540100.htm

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Old airbase reopened

Leh: Indian Air Force on Saturday made operational the Daulatbeg Oldi airbase in mountainous Ladakh region, close to Chinese-occupied Aksai Chin area, after a gap of 43 years.