Western Air Command and South Western control air operations in proximity to Pakistan. Western Command is headquartered in New Delhi; the Command also has a forward headquarters located near the Army's Western Command at Chandigarh. Airfields at Adampur, Ambala, Chandigarh, Halwara, Hindan, Jaisalmer, Jamnagar, Jodhpur and Pathankot are located within 300 km of the Pakistan border. Other more distant Western Air Command main operating airbases include Avantipur, Leh, Palam, and Srinagar, with forward airbases at Amritsar, Bhatinda, Sirsa and Udhampur. Other South Western Air Command main operating bases are at Barmer, Bhuj, Nalia, and Poona with forward airbases at Ahmadabad, Nal, Suratgarh and Uttarlai.
|
Airbase |
Locale |
Lat |
Long |
Squadron No. |
Command |
Aircraft |
AC # |
|
Adampur |
Jullundur |
31° 20' N |
75° 40' E |
No.101 |
Western |
MiG-21M |
16 |
|
|
|
|
|
No.223 |
Western |
MiG-29A/C/UB |
18 |
|
|
|
|
|
No.224 |
Western |
MiG-23MF/UM |
16 |
|
|
|
|
|
No.220 |
Western |
MiG-23BN |
16 |
|
Agra |
|
27°09'N |
77°57'E |
No.44 |
Central |
IL-76MD Gajraj |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No.2 Target |
Central |
Canberra B (I) Mk.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No.106 |
Central |
HAL HS
748 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No.12 |
Central |
An-32 Sutlej |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Paratroop School |
Training |
An-32 Sutlej |
|
|
Ahmadabad |
|
23°04'N |
72°38'E |
-- |
South Western |
-- |
-- |
|
Allahabad |
|
25°26'N |
81°44'E |
HQ Central Air Command |
Central |
|
|
|
Ambala |
|
30°21'N |
76°50'E |
No.23 |
Western |
MiG-21bis |
16 |
|
|
|
|
|
No.24 |
Western |
MiG-21bis |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No.5 |
Western |
Jaguar IS/IB |
16 |
|
|
|
|
|
No.14 |
Western |
Jaguar IS/IB |
16 |
|
Amritsar |
|
31°38'N |
74°52'E |
-- |
Western |
-- |
-- |
|
Avantipur |
|
33°50'N |
74°57'E |
-- |
Western |
-- |
-- |
|
Baghdogra |
|
26°41'N |
88°20'E |
No.8 |
Eastern |
MiG-21FL |
16 |
|
Bakshi-Ka-Talab |
Bareilly |
28°25'N |
79°27'E |
No.102 |
Central |
MiG-25R/U |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No.35 |
Central |
MiG-21M and |
|
|
Bangalore |
|
12°57'N |
77°40'E |
HQ Training Command |
Training |
|
|
|
Barmer |
|
25°45'N |
71°23'E |
-- |
South Western |
-- |
-- |
|
Begumpet |
|
??? |
??? |
Navigation and Signals School |
Training |
HAL Hs.748 |
|
|
Bhatinda |
|
30°10'N |
74°45'E |
-- |
Western |
-- |
-- |
|
Bhuj-Rudramata |
|
23°15'N |
69°40'E |
-- |
South Western |
-- |
-- |
|
Bidar |
|
17°55'N |
77°30'E |
Air Force Academy |
Training |
HJT-16 Kiran I |
|
|
Chabuha |
Jorhat |
26°44'N |
94°11'E |
No.29 |
Eastern |
MiG-27ML |
18 |
|
Chakrata |
Dehra Dun |
30°42'N |
77°51'E |
AR Centre, RAW |
Headquarters |
??? |
|
|
Chandigarh |
Chandigarh |
30°40'N |
76°47'E |
No.48 |
Western |
An-32 Sutlej |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No.21 |
Western |
Mig-21bis |
16 |
|
|
|
|
|
No.3 Base Repair Depot |
Maintanence |
Mil Mi-8/17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No.25 |
Western |
IL-76MD Gajraj |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No.15 |
Western |
Mig-21bis |
16 |
|
Charbatia |
Cuttack |
20°34'N |
85°55'E |
AR Centre, RAW |
Headquarters |
Gulfstream, IAI Astra, Boeing 707 |
|
|
Coimbatore |
|
11°02'N |
77°23'E |
No.5 Base Repair Depot |
Maintanence |
Various aircraft |
|
|
Dum Duma |
Tinsukia |
27°34'N |
95°34'E |
AR Centre, RAW |
Headquarters |
Gulfstream, IAI Astra, Boeing 707 |
|
|
Dundigal |
Hyderabad |
17°38'N |
78°24'E |
Air Force Academy |
Training |
HJT-16 Kiran IA |
|
|
Gauhati |
|
26°06'N |
91°35'E |
No.41 |
Eastern |
HAL Do 228 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No.33 |
Eastern |
An-32 Sutlej |
|
|
Gandhinagar |
Gandhi Nagar |
23°20'N |
07°20'E |
HQ South Western Air Command |
South Western |
|
|
|
Gorakhpur |
|
26°44'N |
88°27'E |
No.16 |
Central |
Jaguar IS/IB |
16 |
|
|
|
|
|
No.27 |
Central |
Jaguar IS/IB |
16 |
|
Gwalior |
|
26°17'N |
78°13'E |
No.11 |
Central |
HAL Hs.748 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No.7 |
Central |
Mirage 2000H/TH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No.1 |
Central |
Mirage 2000H/TH |
|
|
Hakimpet |
Hyderabad |
17°30'N |
78°30'E |
Air Force Academy |
Training |
HJT-16 Kiran II, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Helicopter Training School |
Training |
HAL
Cheetah |
|
|
Halwara |
|
30°43'N |
75°39'E |
No.221 |
Western |
MiG-23BN |
16 |
|
|
|
|
|
No.31 |
Western |
MiG-23BN |
16 |
|
Hashimara |
|
26°45'N |
89°21'E |
No.222 |
Eastern |
MiG-21FL |
16 |
|
|
|
|
|
No.22 |
Eastern |
MiG-27ML |
18 |
|
Hindan |
Delhi |
28°40'N |
77°26'E |
No.9 |
Western |
MiG-27ML |
18 |
|
|
|
|
|
No.2 |
Western |
MiG-27ML |
18 |
|
|
|
|
|
No.18 |
Western |
MiG-27ML |
18 |
|
HQ - Delhi |
Delhi |
|
|
Air Headquarters |
Headquarters |
|
|
|
Jaisalmer |
|
26°55'N |
70°54'E |
No.4 |
South Western |
MiG-21bis |
16 |
|
|
|
|
|
No.32 |
South Western |
MiG-27ML |
18 |
|
Jamnagar |
|
22°28'N |
70°01'E |
No.51 |
South Western |
MiG-27ML |
18 |
|
|
|
|
|
Combat Development |
Training |
Various fighter aircraft |
|
|
Jodhpur |
|
26°15'N |
73°03'E |
No.10 |
South Western |
MiG-27ML |
18 |
|
|
|
|
|
No. 226 |
South Western |
MiG-23MF/UM |
16 |
|
Jorhat |
|
26°45'N |
94°13'E |
No.49 |
Eastern |
An-32 Sutlej |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No.43 |
Eastern |
An-32 Sutlej |
|
|
Kalaikunda |
|
22°21'N |
87°15'E |
No.20 |
Eastern |
MiG-27ML |
18 |
|
Leh |
|
34°10'N |
77°35'E |
-- |
Western |
-- |
-- |
|
Lohagaon |
Pune [Poona] |
18°35'N |
73°55'E |
No.28 |
South Western |
MiG-29A/C/UB |
18 |
|
|
|
|
|
No.1 Target |
South Western |
Canberra B (I) Mk.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No.47 |
South Western |
MiG-29A/C/UB |
18 |
|
|
|
|
|
No.6 |
South Western |
Jaguar
IM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No.24 |
South Western |
Su-30K |
8 |
|
Nagpur |
|
26°57'N |
79°03'E |
HQ Maintanence Command |
Maintanence |
|
|
|
Nal |
|
28°02'N |
73°14'E |
-- |
South Western |
-- |
-- |
|
Nalia |
|
23°15'N |
68°52'E |
-- |
South Western |
-- |
-- |
|
Palam |
Delhi |
28°34'N |
77°26'E |
Government Flight |
Headquarters |
Learjet 29 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
HQ Western Air Command |
Western |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
No.50 |
Western |
Dornier Do-228 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pegasus Squadron |
Headquarters |
Boeing
737 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
AR Centre, RAW |
Headquarters |
An-32 Sutlej, Gulfstream, IAI Astra, Boeing 707 |
|
|
Pathankot |
|
32°14'N |
75°38'E |
No.3 |
Western |
MiG-21bis |
16 |
|
Shillong |
|
25°34'N |
91°53'E |
HQ Eastern Air Command |
Eastern |
|
|
|
Sirsa |
|
29°32'N |
75°01'E |
-- |
Western |
-- |
-- |
|
Srinagar |
|
33°59'N |
74°47'E |
-- |
Western |
-- |
-- |
|
Suratgarh |
|
29°19'N |
73°54'E |
-- |
South Western |
-- |
-- |
|
Tambaram |
|
12°55'N |
80°07'E |
Flying Instructors School |
Training |
HPT-32 Deepak |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No.19 |
Southern |
An-32 Sutlej |
|
|
Tezpur |
|
26°47'N |
92°47'E |
No.30 |
Eastern |
MiG-21FL |
16 |
|
|
|
|
|
MiG Training |
Training |
MiG-21Fl/U/UM/US |
16 |
|
Thiruvananthapuram |
Trivandrum |
8°29'N |
76°55'E |
HQ Southern Air Command |
Southern |
|
|
|
Tughlakabad |
|
28°30'N |
77°16'E |
No.7 Base Repair Depot |
Maintanence |
Various helicopters |
|
|
Udhampur |
|
32°56'N |
75°08'E |
-- |
Western |
-- |
-- |
|
Uttarlai |
[Gujarat] |
° ' N |
° ' E |
-- |
South Western |
-- |
-- |
|
Yelahanka |
Bangalore |
13°08'N |
77°36'E |
Air
Force Academy and |
Training |
Various aircraft |
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