Frequency of drills go up at Jamnagar Air Force base

JAMNAGAR: Post the Mumbai terror attacks the Indian Air Force (IAF) have increased frequency of drills at its airbase here, sources in the Air Force said on Sunday.
       
"We have a few firing ranges in India and one of them is located in Jamnagar. The firing range here have been used by other air bases on a regular basis. Their aircrafts come here complete the drill and return to the respective bases," they said.
       
"We have got information that our activities are being monitored by radars from across the borders. So we need to be prepared for all kind of situations. And hence that number of training tasks at the firing range in Jamnager have gone up, post Mumbai attacks," sources said.
       
One such anti-hijacking mock drill was conducted here yesterday, with the involvement of the airport authorities, the local police and district administration, defence spokesperson Satish Menon said.
       
"We hold anti-hijacking mock drill periodically in order to monitor the response time unders such situations. Here we also involve the local police and the district administration as they too need to be aware of how to tackle the terror situation," he said.