It was established in early 1950 Jorhat AFS is the
Indian Air Force's first air base in the East. It is primarily a transport base for launching aircraft that carry out airdrops in the
Naga Hills in
Nagaland and
Arunachal Pradesh. It is equipped with two squadrons of
An-32 transport aircraft. Air logistics are provided from Jorhat to the
Kameng,
Subansiri,
Siang,
Lohit and
Tirap districts of Arunachal Pradesh. ==Expansion==