By IANS
New Delhi : The Indian Air Force (IAF) Wednesday went on high alert following a devastating trembler in Indonesia, even though there was no immediate threat to military and civilian assets in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal.
A special operations room has been established in the Air Headquarters here and will be manned 24×7 under the command of assistant chief of air staff (Operations) Air Chief Marshal K.J. Mathews, an IAF spokesman said.
“We are constantly monitoring the situation and all our transport and helicopter bases have been alerted to respond to any eventuality that might arise,” the spokesman, Wing Commander Mahesh Upasni, told IANS.
“We are in constant touch with the Andaman and Nicobar Command (based at Port Blair) and with our air base at Car Nicobar. At the moment, there is no danger to the island territories,” Upasni added.
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and particularly the Car Nicobar IAF base were severely devastated in the 2004 Indian Ocean killer tsunami.