Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Adampur airbase (AFS), which Pakistan had claimed to have attacked. Situated just 100 km from the border in Punjab, Adampur AFS is India's second-largest airbase. The PM's visit not only whacked the false claims or misinformation stunt pulled by Islamabad but also boosted the morale of our armed forces personnel.
The history of Adampur AFS is long-standing and goes back seven decades.
The 75-year-old airbase, originally a modest airstrip from the early 1950s, is situated between Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur and at present is home to the 47th Squadron of the IAF, often known as 'Black Archers'.
It also hosts the 28th Squadron, the “First Supersonics,” with Su-30 MKI aircraft.
In the 1971 Indo-Pakistani war, when Pakistan’s Operation Chengiz Khan damaged most northern and western Indian airbases, and even then Adampur remained the only operational base, using MiG-21 and Su-7 aircraft with a radar system to launch over 100 sorties, causing substantial losses in Pakistan's Lahore's.
In 1971, Adampur AFS was commanded by the then Air Commodore Randhir Singh, later (Air Marshal).
Guarding the Western border -- Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, and Rajasthan -- the base features a robust logistics framework, a 9,039-foot runway, and one of Asia's largest underground hangars, supporting continuous combat operations and solidifying its role in India's air defence.
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