Space-stung navy eyes WWII airbase

August 27, 2014 10:47

The Indian Navy is working to revive a World War II airbase that was the British Royal Air Force's (RAF) largest after Lahore in South Asia.

Bobbili, just north of Visakhapatnam, is part of a larger expansion plan of the navy that includes opening a base for conventional and nuclear assets south of Vizag, the chief of the Eastern Naval Command, Vice Admiral Satish Soni, said in an interview. Read the report here.

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