The citation recognises the unit's outstanding performance, devotion to duty, operational efficiency and acts of bravery in the Eastern Ladakh sector along the India-China border.
On the occasion of Diwali, Air Chief Marshal and Chief of the Air Staff A P Singh visited the Ladakh sector and interacted with Indian Air Force and Indian Army personnel deployed in the region on Monday.
The trial was carried out by the Army Air Defence along with senior officials of the Defence Research and Development Organisation, which has developed the system.
Armies of India and China have agreed to carry out one coordinated patrol every week in the Demchok and Depsang areas in eastern Ladakh sector and have already completed one round of patrolling there.
Disengagement between the Indian and Chinese Army is continuing in Depsang plains and Demchok in the Eastern Ladakh sector and is expected to be completed soon, defence sources said.
Earlier, Indian defence officials had said that the disengagement of troops of India and China has started at two friction points in Demchok and Depsang Plains in the Eastern Ladakh sector.
Defence officials on Friday said that the disengagement of troops of India and China has started at two friction points in Demchok and Depsang Plains in the Eastern Ladakh sector.
India and China are likely to hold the 19th round of Corps Commander Level talks on Monday at the Chushul-Moldo meeting point in the Eastern Ladakh sector to resolve the ongoing military standoff between the two countries for over three years.
The Army in the recent past has inducted the made-in-India Dhanush howitzer which has been developed based on the Transfer of Technology for the Bofors howitzers and has been made more advanced.
Top military officers heading formations deployed along the Line of Actual Control in Eastern Ladakh are holding operational discussions to further strengthen the preparedness in the region.
Amid the ongoing standoff with China along the Northern borders, Indian Air Force's first and only female Rafale fighter pilot Flight Lieutenant Shivangi Singh praised the performance of her aircraft in the high altitude area.
"The tank is expected to be ready for trials by the end of this year and would be immediately sent to the Ladakh sector for our own trials. Once we are ready, we will hand it over to the Army for user trials," senior DRDO officials told ANI.