List of Indian Air Force stations
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The Indian Air Force currently operates seven Air Commands. Each Command is headed by an Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the rank of Air Marshal.
The Air Force currently has over 60 air stations all over India. These are grouped into 7 commands viz. Western Air Command at Delhi, Eastern Air Command at Shillong, Central Air Command at Prayagraj, Southern Air Command at Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), South Western Air Command at Gandhinagar, Training Command at Bangalore and Maintenance Command at Nagpur.
There are a number of newer air stations being built as well, in line with India's strategic doctrine. The Indian Navy has some separate air stations for its aviation wing. Western Air Command is the largest Air Command. It operates sixteen air stations from Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and a couple of Air stations in Uttar Pradesh. Eastern Air Command operates fifteen Air stations in Eastern and North-eastern India. Central Air Command operates seven Air stations in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and surrounding states of central India. Southern Air Command's tasks include protecting the vital shipping routes. It operates nine air stations in Southern India and two in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. South Western Air Command is the front line of defence against Pakistan, this important Command operates twelve air stations in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.
List of Air Stations
NOTE: Station and Unit details are from Scramble.nl (2009) and outdated [1] Article needs to be revised/updated.
The other Air Force stations that come under Maintenance Command are not air stations and are mostly Signal Units and station Repair Depots situated in different towns. Delhi, for example, has a few BRDs and SUs that come under Maintenance Command.
List of advance landing grounds
- Daulat Beg Oldi ALG, Ladakh
- Chushul ALG, Ladakh
- Fukche ALG, Ladakh
- Nyoma ALG, Ladakh
- Thoise ALG, Ladakh
- Parma Valley ALG, Ladakh
- Chinyalisaur ALG, Uttarakhand
- Vijaynagar ALG, Arunachal Pradesh
- Pasighat ALG, Arunachal Pradesh
- Mechuka ALG, Arunachal Pradesh
- Walong ALG,[12] Arunachal Pradesh
- Tuting ALG, Arunachal Pradesh
- Ziro ALG,[13] Arunachal Pradesh
- Along ALG,[13] Arunachal Pradesh
- Tawang ALG, Arunachal Pradesh
- Daporijo ALG, Arunachal Pradesh[14][15]
- Alinye (ALG), Dibang Valley District, Arunachal Pradesh[16][17]
- Bangarmau Airstrip, on Agra Lucknow Expressway.
See also
- Similar capabilities lists
- India-China Border Roads
- Indian military satellites
- List of Indian Navy bases
- List of active Indian Navy ships
- India's overseas military bases
- Indian Nuclear Command Authority
- Adversary topics
- Western Theater Command, China
- East, Central and Western Command LAC, of India
- List of People's Liberation Army Air Force airbases
- Sino-Indian border dispute
- Other related topics
- Armed Forces Special Operations Division
- Defence Cyber Agency
- Integrated Defence Staff
- Indian Armed Forces
- Strategic Forces Command
- Special Forces of India
References
- ^ Scramble.nl, Indian Air Force Order of Battle Archived 22 January 2009 at the Wayback Machine, accessed October 2011
- ^ "Maruti to vacate area within restricted zone of Gurugram Air Force station - Times of India". The Times of India. India: The Times of India. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
- ^ GurugramFebruary 22, Ajay Kumar; February 22, 2018UPDATED; Ist, 2018 07:15. "Gurugram: 6,000 houses near air force ammunition depot face threat of demolition". India Today. India: India Today. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
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- ^ Indian Navy launches Information Fusion Centre to boost maritime security, The Week, 22 Dec 2018.
- ^ Defence minister inaugurates Information Management and Analysis Centre (IMAC) in Gurgaon, GKToday.
- ^ 1980, "Haryana Review", Volume 14, Page 47.
- ^ 2017, Fridabad disaster management plan, Govt of Haryana, p23.
- ^ 13 Nov 2016, Ground Threat for air warriors, Times of India.
- ^ 1991, Sainik Samachar: The Pictorial Weekly of the Armed Forces, p26.
- ^ "Himalayan Eagles land in Vadodara". newKerela.com. 1 September 2011. Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2011.
- ^ "Walong landing ground in Arunachal Pradesh ready for operations". Archived from the original on 31 October 2015.
- ^ a b "Upgraded Advanced Landing Grounds at Ziro and Along Inaugurated". Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 November 2018. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
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