Air Force personnel stationed in Kupang

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: The Air Force has stationed 175 personnel, along with radar and surveillance equipment, in a subdistrict in Kupang regency to monitor the country's airspace.

The personnel, from the Air Force's special unit, will monitor the country's airspace along the borders between Indonesia, East Timor and Australia, said First Marshall Lalu Amdaniq during an official ceremony in Kupang.

The country has become more sensitive about protecting its borders since Indonesia and Malaysia deployed warships and jet fighters to the area around the disputed Ambalat offshore oil block.-- JP