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This day in history: IAF landed first aircraft in Leh; residents confused it with 'animal'

IndiaTimes Saturday, 25 May 2024
Indian Air Force marked the first-ever landing of an aircraft at Leh, the highest airstrip in the world in 1948, accomplished by an IAF DC-3 Dakota piloted by Air Cmde Mehar Singh in Ladakh on May 24, 1948.
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