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| | name = Thoise
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| | settlement_type = Village
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| | image_skyline = File:The Union Minister for Defence, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman being received at Thoise by the GOC Ladakh Corps (Fire and Fury Corps), Lt. Gen. S.K. Upadhya, in Ladakh.jpg
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| | image_caption = Minister of Defence Nirmala Sitharaman at Thoise in 2017
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| | pushpin_map = India Ladakh#India
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| | pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ladakh, India
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| | coordinates = {{coord|34.65|N|77.38|E|display=inline,title}}
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| | subdivision_type = Country
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| | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}
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| | subdivision_type1 = [[States and union territories of India|Union Territory]]
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| | subdivision_name1 = [[Ladakh]]
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| | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
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| | subdivision_name2 = [[Leh district|Leh]]
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| | subdivision_type3 = [[List of tehsils in India|Tehsil]]
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| | subdivision_name3 = [[Nubra Valley|Nubra]]
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| | unit_pref = Metric
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| | elevation_footnotes = <ref>{{cite news|title=Flying the Bofors into Thoise|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/Siachen/1045-Bewoor.html|access-date=5 January 2014|newspaper=Bharat Rakshak}}</ref>
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| | elevation_m = 3070
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| | demographics_type1 = Languages
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| | demographics1_title1 = Spoken
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| | demographics1_info1 = [[Hindi]], [[Ladakhi language|Ladakhi]], [[Urdu]]
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| | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
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| | utc_offset1 = +5:30
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| | postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
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| | postal_code = 194401<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pincode.net.in/JAMMU_AND_KASHMIR/LEH/D/DISKIT|title = Pin Code: DISKIT, LEH, JAMMU AND KASHMIR, India, Pincode.net.in}}</ref>
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| '''Thoise''' or '''Thoise Airbase''' is a military airfield<ref>{{cite web|url=http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=IN73136| title=World Aeroport Data|access-date=2008-02-12}}</ref> {{Airport codes||VI57}}<ref name="Thoise_Airport">{{cite web|url=https://www.world-airport-codes.com/india/thoise-83854.html|title=Thoise Airport Code|work=World Airport Codes|access-date=3 February 2020}}</ref> and small village in [[Nubra]] region of [[Ladakh]], [[India]], occupying the only large piece of flat land in the area. The airstrip is a critical facility enabling a quick inflow of men and material from the Indian interior to [[Siachen]], a glacier, helipad and battleground near the [[Actual Ground Position Line]] between India and [[Pakistan]].
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| Thoise is nearly 16 km from [[Hundar, India|Hundar]], 25 km from [[Diskit]] and the road further leads to [[Turtuk]] which lies near India-Pakistan [[Line of Control]] (LoC). It is about 160 km from [[Leh]], the capital of [[Ladakh]]. Thoise is reached via the [[Khardung La]] mountain pass, one of the world's highest roads used by motor vehicles.
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| Thoise is out of bounds for civilians. The last checkpost is at Hundar, at a bridge where photography is not permitted. [[Indian Oil Corporation Limited]] is building an oil depot to serve the [[Indian Army]]. The construction project is in progress and is monitored from [[Chandigarh]].
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| ==Background==
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| ===Etymology===
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| THOISE is not a real name but an acronym: '''T'''ransit '''H'''alt '''O'''f '''I'''ndian '''S'''oldiers '''E'''nroute (to Siachen).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/hindi/specials/2055_siachen/page5.shtml| title=BBC Hindi Service News}} {{in lang|hi}}</ref> Thoise is about an hour and 20 minutes flight from Delhi. Air India has limited flight operations from "Thoise" to Delhi (Flight AI 3832). Jet Airways operated flights to THOISE until the decision was made to curtail operations due to financial non-viability towards the end of January 2019. With less than 12 qualified commercial pilots the world over, this is an extremely tricky airfield to operate into. Special background clearance and multiple stringent skill tests must be passed by the pilots in order to be able to operate to Thoise.
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| === History ===
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| On 30 Apr 2019, Group Captain Sandeep Singh Chhabra of the Indian Air Force achieved the rare distinction of having completed 1,000 incident-free landings of the Russian-origin heavy lift IL-76 aircraft at Leh and Thoise.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Service|first=Tribune News|title=IAF officer achieves rare feat of 1,000 landings at Leh, Thoise|url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/archive/nation/iaf-officer-achieves-rare-feat-of-1-000-landings-at-leh-thoise-766605|access-date=2020-09-29|website=Tribuneindia News Service|language=en}}</ref>
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| == Military and Air Base ==
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| Due to the extreme conditions and lack of connectivity with the outside world, [[Indian Air Force|IAF]] aircraft have been instrumental in the resupply of this remote region.<ref>{{Cite web|last=VM (Retd)|first=Gp Capt Anant Bewoor|title=Flying the Bofors into Thoise|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/history/siachen/1045-bewoor.html|access-date=2020-09-29|website=www.bharat-rakshak.com|language=en-gb}}</ref> IAF's IL-76 aircraft are all operated by No.44 Squadron, which is based at the Chandigarh Air Force Station. Capable of airlifting up to 45 tonnes of payload, these aircraft have played an instrumental role in ferrying men and equipment, including tanks, artillery guns and construction equipment to the northern sector.<ref name=parma>[http://www.cogitasia.com/indias-growing-military-footprint-in-eastern-ladakh-facing-china/ Parma valley ALG], cogitasia.com.</ref> They have also airlifted large quantities of relief material during disaster management in cases of natural calamities, and have undertaken overseas missions.
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| ==See also==
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| * [[India-China Border Roads#Border airport and ALG projects|List of ALGs]]
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| * [[List of Indian Air Force stations]]
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| * [[Sino-Indian border dispute#Command|India-China military deployment on LAC]]
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| * [[Sino-Indian border dispute#List of disputed areas|List of disputed India-China areas]]
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| * [[Tianwendian]]
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| * [[Ukdungle]]
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| ; Borders
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| * [[Actual Ground Position Line]] (AGPL)
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| * [[India–Pakistan border|India–Pakistan International Border]] (IB)
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| * [[Line of Control]] (LoC)
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| * [[Line of Actual Control]] (LAC)
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| * [[Sir Creek]] (SC)
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| * [[Borders of China]]
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| * [[Borders of India]]
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| ; Conflicts
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| * [[Kashmir conflict]]
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| * [[Siachen conflict]]
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| * [[Sino-Indian War|Sino-Indian conflict]]
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| * [[:Category:Territorial disputes of China|List of disputed territories of China]]
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| * [[List of disputed territories of India]]
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| * [[:Category:Territorial disputes of Pakistan|List of disputed territories of Pakistan]]
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| * [[Northern Areas]]
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| * [[Trans-Karakoram Tract]]
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| ; Operations
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| * [[Operation Meghdoot]], by India
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| * [[Operation Rajiv]], by India
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| * [[Operation Safed Sagar]], by India
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| ; Other related topics
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| * [[India-China Border Roads]]
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| * [[List of extreme points of India]]
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| * [[Sino-Pakistan Agreement]] for transfer of Trans-Karakoram Tract to China
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| * [[Defence Institute of High Altitude Research]]
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| * [[Indian Astronomical Observatory]]
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| ==References==
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| == External links==
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| * [https://web.archive.org/web/20080520154939/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1990s/Bewoor-Bofors.html Pilots' reports and pictures]
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| * {{usurped|[https://web.archive.org/web/20080630112907/http://www.hinduonnet.com/fline/fl2126/stories/20041231000106500.htm Travellers' report]}}
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| [[Category:Siachen conflict]]
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| [[Category:Indian Air Force bases]]
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| [[Category:Airports in Ladakh]]
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| [[Category:Villages in Nubra tehsil]]
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