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	'''Fukche Advanced Landing Ground'''<ref>[https://airportguide.com/airport/info/VI66 Fukche Advanced Landing Ground Airport], airortguide.com, retrieved 10 October 2019.</ref> {{Airport codes\|\|VI66}}<ref name="Fukche_Airbase">{{cite web\|url=https://www.world-airport-codes.com/india/fukche-advanced-landing-ground-83856.html\|title=Fukche Airbase Code\|work=World Airport Codes\|access-date=3 February ~~2020~~}}</ref> is an [[airfield]] in the [[Demchok sector]] of the union territory of [[Ladakh]], India. It was built shortly ~~after~~ the 1962 [[Sino-Indian War]] and was revived in 2008. It is located adjacent to Koyul, 34 km northwest of Demchok.		'''Fukche Advanced Landing Ground'''<ref>[https://airportguide.com/airport/info/VI66 Fukche Advanced Landing Ground Airport], airortguide.com, retrieved 10 October 2019.</ref> {{Airport codes\|\|VI66}}<ref name="Fukche_Airbase">{{cite web\|url=https://www.world-airport-codes.com/india/fukche-advanced-landing-ground-83856.html\|title=Fukche Airbase Code\|work=World Airport Codes\|access-date=3 February 2022}}</ref> is an [[airfield]] in the [[Demchok sector]] of the union territory of [[Ladakh]], India. It was built shortly before the 1962 [[Sino-Indian War]] and was revived in 2008. It is located adjacent to Koyul, 34 km northwest of Demchok.

	==Location==		==Location==

	The Fukche Landing Ground is ~~located at a distance~~ of 2.5 ~~kilometers~~<ref>{{citation \|title=IAF aircraft lands at a forward base on India-China border \|newspaper=Thaindian News \|date=4 November 2008 \|url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/iaf-aircraft-lands-at-a-forward-base-on-india-china-border_100115014.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212084010/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/iaf-aircraft-lands-at-a-forward-base-on-india-china-border_100115014.html \|archive-date=12 February 2009 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> of the ~~Line of Actual Control (~~LAC~~) between India and China in Indian union territory of [[Ladakh]], near the junction of the~~ [[~~Koyul Lungpa~~]] ~~river with~~ the ~~[[Indus River]]~~.		The Fukche Landing Ground is in the [[Koyul Lungpa]] river valley, close to the confluence of the river with the [[Indus River]] (called "Sengge Zangbo" locally). The [[Line of Actual Control]] (LAC) with China, which runs along the Indus River, is only 2.5 kilometres away.<ref>{{citation \|title=IAF aircraft lands at a forward base on India-China border \|newspaper=Thaindian News \|date=4 November 2008 \|url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/iaf-aircraft-lands-at-a-forward-base-on-india-china-border_100115014.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212084010/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/iaf-aircraft-lands-at-a-forward-base-on-india-china-border_100115014.html \|archive-date=12 February 2009 \|url-status=dead}}</ref> Beyond the LAC is Chinese-controlled [[Demchok sector]] up to the Chang La pass (also called Xingong La).

	There is an unmetalled road ~~from Fukche~~ to [[Demchok, Ladakh\|Demchok]], 34 km southeast at the southern tip of the Indian-controlled [[Demchok sector]].		There is a regular highway from Fukche to [[Dungti]] and beyond (leading to [[Leh]] and [[Chushul]]), and an unmetalled road to [[Demchok, Ladakh\|Demchok]], 34 km southeast at the southern tip of the Indian-controlled Demchok sector.

	~~The 34 km long ''Fukche-Demchok Road'', which one of the [[India-~~China ~~Border Roads]], connects Fukche ALG~~ to the ~~[[Demchok, Ladakh\|Demchok]] in the east at the northeastern tip of the Indian-controlled [[Demchok sector]]~~.		China runs a "Sengge Zangbo highway" adjacent to the LAC and a "Kigunaru highway" going to Chang La and beyond.

	==History==		==History==
	The ~~airfield had been out~~ of ~~use after~~ the 1962 [[Sino-Indian war]].		The landing ground was first prepared in 1961 in advance of the 1962 [[Sino-Indian war]]. It was the sixth such landing ground to be prepared in Ladakh, starting with Leh in 1948 (which was in the midst of the [[First Kashmir War]]). According to a retired Army officer, "The Landing Grounds were built on grounds that were hard, barren and sandwiched between almost a range of parallel running mountains. At most places it was a question of removing boulders, filling potholes and generally leveling the ground. The good old infantry equipment of a pick axe, shovel and crow bar came in very handy."<ref>{{citation \|last=Rao \|first=Nirupama Menon \|author-link=Nirupama Rao \|title=The Fractured Himalaya: India Tibet China : 1949 to 1962 \|publisher=Penguin Random House \|year=2022 \|isbn=9780670088294 \|at=Chapter 15}}</ref>
	It was reopened on 4 November 2008 by the Indian ~~Airforce~~, when an [[AN-32]] transport aircraft ~~of the [[Indian Airforce]]~~ successfully landed ~~on the airfield~~.<ref>
			After the 1962 [[Sino-Indian war]], the airstrip fell out of use. It was reopened on 4 November 2008 by the [[Indian Air Force]], when an [[AN-32]] transport aircraft was successfully landed there.<ref>
	{{citation \|title=IAF craft makes successful landing near China border \|newspaper=NDTV News \|date=2008 \|url=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080071230 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120905091342/http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080071230 \|archive-date=5 September 2012 \|url-status=dead}}		{{citation \|title=IAF craft makes successful landing near China border \|newspaper=NDTV News \|date=2008 \|url=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080071230 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120905091342/http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080071230 \|archive-date=5 September 2012 \|url-status=dead}}
	</ref><ref name=Telegraph>		</ref><ref name=Telegraph>
	Sujan Dutta, [https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/iaf-lands-on-ladakh-strip/cid/525104 IAF lands on Ladakh strip], ''The Telegraph'', 4 November 2008.		Sujan Dutta, [https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/iaf-lands-on-ladakh-strip/cid/525104 IAF lands on Ladakh strip], ''The Telegraph'', 4 November 2008.
	</ref>		</ref>
			The reactivation of the landing ground, along with another reactivation of the [[Daulat Beg Oldi]] airstrip earlier in May of the same year, allows Indian forces to deploy faster and in greater numbers, which China is believed to have taken as a threat.<ref>Sujan Dutta, [https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/delhi-spies-airstrip-design-in-china-tents-beijing-sees-threat-in-advanced-landing-strips-in-forward-areas-seeks-their-closure/cid/297092 Delhi spies airstrip design in China tents], The Telegraph (India), 30 April 2013.</ref> During the [[2013 Depsang standoff]], China demanded the bunkers being constructed at Fukche be stopped. But the Indians pointed out the constant upgrading of the Chinese infrastructure on their side of the LAC. In the end, the Chinese disengaged at Despang without insisting on concessions regarding Fukche.{{sfnp\|Shishir Gupta, The Himalayan Face-off\|2014\|loc=Chapter 1 (Introduction): "Indian reasons were quite evident as the PLA was constantly upgrading its infrastructure across eastern Ladakh with roads coming close to the notional LAC and a huge military observation post coming up at Demchok, north of Chumar."}}

	==Facilities==		==Facilities==
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	==See also==		==See also==
			* [[India-China Border Roads#Border airport and ALG projects\|List of Indian ALGs]]
	~~; Military bases~~
	*[[Daulat Beg Oldi\|Daulat Beg Oldi Advanced Landing Ground]]
	* [[India-China Border Roads#Border airport and ALG projects\|List of ALGs]]
	* [[List of Indian Air Force stations]]
	* [[Sino-Indian border dispute#Command\|India-China military deployment on LAC]]		* [[Sino-Indian border dispute#Command\|India-China military deployment on LAC]]
	* [[Line of Actual Control]] (LAC)
	* [[India-China Border Roads]]		* [[India-China Border Roads]]

	==References==		==References==
	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}

			== Bibliography ==
			* {{citation \|last=Gupta \|first=Shishir \|title=The Himalayan Face-Off: Chinese Assertion and the Indian Riposte \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7Ig5AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT36 \|year=2014 \|publisher=Hachette India \|isbn=978-93-5009-606-2 \|ref={{sfnref\|Shishir Gupta, The Himalayan Face-off\|2022}}}}

	==Further reading==		==Further reading==

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	The airfield had been out of use after the 1962 [[Sino-Indian war]].		The airfield had been out of use after the 1962 [[Sino-Indian war]].
	It was reopened on 4 November 2008 by the Indian Airforce, when an [[AN-32]] transport aircraft of the [[Indian Airforce]] successfully landed on the airfield.<ref>		It was reopened on 4 November 2008 by the Indian Airforce, when an [[AN-32]] transport aircraft of the [[Indian Airforce]] successfully landed on the airfield.<ref>
	{{citation \|title=IAF craft makes successful landing near China border \|newspaper=NDTV News \|date=2008 \|url=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080071230 \|archive-url=https://archive.is/20120905091342/http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080071230 \|archive-date=5 September 2012 \|url-status=dead}}		{{citation \|title=IAF craft makes successful landing near China border \|newspaper=NDTV News \|date=2008 \|url=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080071230 \|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120905091342/http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080071230 \|archive-date=5 September 2012 \|url-status=dead}}
	</ref><ref name=Telegraph>		</ref><ref name=Telegraph>
	Sujan Dutta, [https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/iaf-lands-on-ladakh-strip/cid/525104 IAF lands on Ladakh strip], ''The Telegraph'', 4 November 2008.		Sujan Dutta, [https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/iaf-lands-on-ladakh-strip/cid/525104 IAF lands on Ladakh strip], ''The Telegraph'', 4 November 2008.

>FlyJet777: Removed the category Borders of Pakistan. Fukche doesn't share a border with Pakistan

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Removed the category Borders of Pakistan. Fukche doesn't share a border with Pakistan

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'''Fukche Advanced Landing Ground'''<ref>[https://airportguide.com/airport/info/VI66 Fukche Advanced Landing Ground Airport], airortguide.com, retrieved 10 October 2019.</ref> {{Airport codes||VI66}}<ref name="Fukche_Airbase">{{cite web|url=https://www.world-airport-codes.com/india/fukche-advanced-landing-ground-83856.html|title=Fukche Airbase Code|work=World Airport Codes|access-date=3 February 2020}}</ref> is an [[airfield]] in the [[Demchok sector]] of the union territory of [[Ladakh]], India. It was built shortly after the 1962 [[Sino-Indian War]] and was revived in 2008. It is located adjacent to Koyul, 34 km northwest of Demchok.

==Location==

The Fukche Landing Ground is located at a distance of 2.5 kilometers<ref>{{citation |title=IAF aircraft lands at a forward base on India-China border |newspaper=Thaindian News |date=4 November 2008 |url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/iaf-aircraft-lands-at-a-forward-base-on-india-china-border_100115014.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090212084010/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/uncategorized/iaf-aircraft-lands-at-a-forward-base-on-india-china-border_100115014.html |archive-date=12 February 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> of the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and China in Indian union territory of [[Ladakh]], near the junction of the [[Koyul Lungpa]] river with the [[Indus River]].

There is an unmetalled road from Fukche to [[Demchok, Ladakh|Demchok]], 34 km southeast at the southern tip of the Indian-controlled [[Demchok sector]].

The 34 km long ''Fukche-Demchok Road'', which one of the [[India-China Border Roads]], connects Fukche ALG to the [[Demchok, Ladakh|Demchok]] in the east at the northeastern tip of the Indian-controlled [[Demchok sector]].

==History==
The airfield had been out of use after the 1962 [[Sino-Indian war]].
It was reopened on 4 November 2008 by the Indian Airforce, when an [[AN-32]] transport aircraft of the [[Indian Airforce]] successfully landed on the airfield.<ref>
{{citation |title=IAF craft makes successful landing near China border |newspaper=NDTV News |date=2008 |url=http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080071230 |archive-url=https://archive.is/20120905091342/http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080071230 |archive-date=5 September 2012 |url-status=dead}}
</ref><ref name=Telegraph>
Sujan Dutta, [https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/iaf-lands-on-ladakh-strip/cid/525104 IAF lands on Ladakh strip], ''The Telegraph'', 4 November 2008.
</ref>

==Facilities==
The airfield has an unpaved gravelly runway of 2 miles length. It accommodates small transport aircraft, meant for inducting or recycling troops at the border.<ref name=Telegraph/>

==See also==

; Military bases
*[[Daulat Beg Oldi|Daulat Beg Oldi Advanced Landing Ground]]
* [[India-China Border Roads#Border airport and ALG projects|List of ALGs]]
* [[List of Indian Air Force stations]]
* [[Sino-Indian border dispute#Command|India-China military deployment on LAC]]
* [[Line of Actual Control]] (LAC)
* [[India-China Border Roads]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==Further reading==
* Air Marshal K. K. Nohwar, [http://capsindia.org/files/documents/CAPS_ExpertView_KKN_07.pdf Pace of Infrastructure Development in Border Areas: Adequate?], Centre for Air Power Studies, 13 March 2018

== External links==
* [https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/iaf-to-have-7-operational-advanced-landing-grounds-in-arunachal-pradesh-in-a-month/articleshow/49809013.cms?from=mdr IAF's ALG]

{{Ladakh}}
{{Indian Air Force}}

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[[Category:Buildings and structures in Ladakh]]
[[Category:Transport in Leh]]