The Indian Air Force (IAF) has scripted a new chapter in aviation history after its IL-76MD heavy-lift transport aircraft successfully landed at Nyoma airfield in Ladakh, at an altitude of 13,629 feet. The IAF announced the achievement in a post on X, sharing photographs and a video of the aircraft at the high-altitude airfield. According to the force, this is the highest-altitude landing ever achieved by an IL-76MD anywhere in the world.