IAF C130J Maiden Landing at World's Highest Airstrip

#ThisDayThatYear.
On this day, 10 years ago, an #IAF C-130J did a maiden landing at Daulat Beg Oldi, the world's highest airstrip (16614 feet).
The C-130J continues to be an IAF workhorse and has undertaken multiple important missions including in the recent #OpKaveri.

[@Deadpool-rw1pk]

Damn dude.... And that dust flying behind the aircraft makes it look even more badass. Fly high IAF 🇮🇳 😎

[@BiplabDas-ul6qu]

Jai Ho

[@yuvarajking3557]

Landed world's highest air strip 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🧑‍✈️🧑‍✈️

[@amitpagare5946]

Jai shree ganeshay namah 🙏🙏🙏🙏👍

[@Indiancitizen_007]

सेवा परमो धर्म:🇮🇳
जय हिंद🇮🇳 जय हिंद की सेना🇮🇳

[@apkathreyaOPT]

Bharat Mata ki Jai!! ❤🫡😍

[@milindraut]

🇮🇳 जय हिंद ❤️
🇮🇳 जय हिंद की सेना ❤️

[@theheretic6739]

Daulat Beg Oldie , Aksai - we are coming.....

[@ashokbalaji904]

Jai Hind

[@soulfeelraja568]

😮😮😮😮😮....

[@banuchakraborty9107]

Jai Hind vandamataram 🇮🇳

[@yograjchauhan1001]

Congratulations IAF

[@amritanshuanand7085]

❤❤❤

[@bhudevsharma8825]

Missed slomosunday

[@sujeet.9]

Jai hind

[@sharoncj1913]

Daulet beg oldi❤

[@vimalkumar3815]

Ab to issko pakka kar do...dhul se engine kharab ho sakte hai..😊..

[@machhunter6469]

Daulat Beg Oldee

[@xyz-iz2kf]

Which drone is used for the footage

[@lifeofaarsea2705]

Is it DBO?😊

[@adityajain6733]

Me- where airstrip 😐

[@bebyfun]

ना कोई चिंता ना कोई फिकर
बस अतिआत्मविश्वास..
गिरता ताकत बस देने के लिए भाषण..
ना RFI कर पाय ना शर्त बना पाए टेंडर के लिए

[@Indiancitizen_007]

Daulat Beg Oldi, Karakoram Ranges, Ladakh

[@ranjithm1648]

There is a history behind this airstrip

[@randomboi2595]

IAF drone spying IAF transport plane ☠

[@bigbrawler7078]

its not spying when you are using a drone for surveillance. do you even know how military works?

[@randomboi2595]

@@bigbrawler7078 chill i was jokeing

[@Thakur_khushi_soam]

Dream

[@rawatsanjaysingh09]

This is after 2013 incursion same entered and camped some points .
Salman khurshid flew to China multiple rounds kissed emperor Chi feet, signed on some agreement.
Chinese moved back at but sure took some salami slicing
Thy why Manmohan govt approved restarting DBO.
Well that 2017 response at Sikkim and abrogation of article 370 led to 2020 incursion. .
present govt also got to confident, tht was a wake up call and we see a paradigm shift in LAC , now more manned, new infra for defence sealed of all possible entry points .
I don't know what made Rahul say ,wewill throw back China 100 km away.
Even taiwan wants general Rahul advice

[@gurugulabkhatri6303]

Why can't we buy 50 of these?

[@ayooj2700]

Where us this airstrip? And how high is it?

[@ja_yrr]

it's DBO

[@theheretic6739]

@@sreeraja1735 DAULAT BEG OLDIE airstrip in Aksai

[@FrEeTibEtXinJiAnGfReEpOkCoL]

Kam se kam concrete dalke pakka to kar lo aur radium kidhar hai raat ko kesse dikhega kahan land karna hai

[@channelchatter112]

Soil conditions are not proper.
Agar loose soil pe concrete daal doge to usme cracks aane langege, every plane landing and takeoff will damage the runway.
Lagatar maintenance karni padegi. Aur utne high altitude pe iss tarah ke equipment hamesha rakhna is not possible.
Isliye jaise hai vaise hi chal raha hai. Agar kabhi zaroorat pade to concretisation bhi kardi jayegi.

[@nationlist9247]

isko tum *Airstrip kehte ho....??

[@randomboi2595]

well its the definition of a "air strip"

[@bigbrawler7078]

its camo-ed. you dont want enemys to know the exact location of the airstrip from above. jab saale kuch malum nahi hai toh kahe kutte bhokne aa jata hai maa ke lawre