Until the Burma Road could be retaken and the Ledo Road completed, the only supply route available was the costly and dangerous route for transport planes over the Himalayas between India's Assam Valley and Kunming, China.

The 1st Ferrying (later Transport) Group operated three squadrons of C-47 Skytrain and C-46 Commando aircraft from Chabua.

The airfield was also an important layover stop of the ATC Karachi-Kunming air transport route.

There were 167,285 trips that moved 740,000 tons of material to support Chinese troops and other Allied forces.

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