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Bases (Wings, FBSUs, AFSs)

Indian Air Force Air Bases can be categorised into various types - Operational Units like Wings, Forward Base Support Units, Care & Maintenance Units. None Operational Units consist of "Air Force Stations" , Base Repair Depots and various others.

Wings

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Wings are active combat air bases. These page trace the origins, locations, lodger units and other details of Wings. 

Wings:

No		Location	Flying Units	Missile & UAV Units	Other Ancillary Units	Raised on
1	Wing	Srinagar	51 Sqn	-	-	10-Mar-48
2	Wing	Lohegaon (Pune)	6 Sqn , 20 Sqn , 30 Sqn	-	-	-
3	Wing	Palam (Delhi)	41 Sqn , AHQCC Sqn	-	73RMU, 1AFDentCtr	01-Nov-47
4	Wing	Agra	12 Sqn, 78 Sqn, 106 Sqn	2225Sqn	251SU	-
5	Wing	Kalaikunda	2 Sqn, 18 Sqn	-	-	-
6	Wing	Barrackpore	-	-	3 TETTRA	-
7	Wing	Ambala	3 Sqn, 5 Sqn , 14 Sqn	2209Sqn, 2251Sqn	-	02-Sep-51
8	Wing	Adampur	47 Sqn, 223 Sqn	2210Sqn, 2302Flt	601 SU, 304 TRU, 735 SU, 457 MOF	16-Mar-50
9	Wing	Halwara	131 FAC Flt	2215Sqn	-	16-Mar-50
10	Wing	Jorhat	43 Sqn, 49 Sqn, 129 HU	-	-	-
11	Wing	Tezpur	115 HU, 2 Sqn	-	-	-
12	Wing	Chandigarh	25 Sqn, 48 Sqn, 126 HF	2224Sqn	Mi-26 TETTRA, No.1 TETTRA	01-Mar-61
14	Wing	Chabua	-	-	-	-
15	Wing	Bareilly	24 Sqn, 102 Sqn , 111 HU	-	-	-
16	Wing	Hashimara	22 Sqn , 222 Sqn	-	-	-
17	Wing	Gorakhpur	16 Sqn, 27 Sqn, 105 HU	-	-	-
18	Wing	Pathankot	108 Sqn, 125 H Sqn	-	-	07-Nov-62
19	Wing	Guwahati	59 Sqn	-	-	-
20	Wing	Baghdogra	142 SSS Flt, MOFTU	-	-	-
21	Wing	Leh	114 HU	-	-	1966
22	Wing	Kumbhirgram (Silchar)	110 HU	-	-	-
23	Wing	Jammu	130 HU,	3003Sqn	-	25-Jan-63
24	Wing	Chandigarh	-	-	-	Disbanded
25	Wing	Rajokri (Delhi)	-	2206 Sqn	-	16-Nov-64
26	Wing	Thane	-	-	-	-
27	Wing	Bhuj	15 Sqn	-	-	-
28	Wing	Hindon (Ghaziabad)	129 HU, 181 Flt	2230 Sqn	A-EB	01-Apr-65
29	Wing	Bamrauli (Allahabad)	BFTS	-	-	1966
30	Wing	Sarasawa (Sahranpur)	117 HU, 152 HU	-	-	01-Jan-70
31	Wing	Agra	-	-	-	Disbanded
32	Wing	Jodhpur	10 Sqn, 32 Sqn, 29 Sqn	-	-	-
33	Wing	Jamnagar	28 Sqn, 224 Sqn	2221 Sqn	-	-
34	Wing	Bhisiana (Bhatinda)	17 Sqn	2211 Sqn, 3001Sqn	240 SU, 44WEU	18-Feb-80
35	Wing	Suratgarh	23 Sqn, 104 Sqn	-	-	18-Feb-80
36	Wing	Makarpura (Baroda)	11 Sqn	-	-	-
37	Wing	Car Nicobar	121 Flt	-	-	-
38	Wing	-Unknown-	-	-	-	-
39	Wing	Udhampur	153 HU, 132 FAC Flt,	-	-	01-Apr-85
40	Wing	Maharajpur (Gwalior)	1 Sqn, 7 Sqn, 9 Sqn, TACDE	-	10 TETTRA	-
41	Wing	Jaisalmer	-	3002 Sqn	-	-
42	Wing	Mohanbari	-	-	-	-
43	Wing	Sulur (Coimbatore)	33 Sqn, 109 HU, 151 HU	-	-	17-Jun-85
44	Wing	Nagpur (Sonegaon)	Maint Cmd CF, 44 Sqn	-	-	-
45	Wing	Sirsa	21 Sqn	-	707SU	17-Apr-89
46	Wing	Nal (Bikaner)	-	2230 Sqn	-	17-Apr-89
47	Wing	Tanjavur	-	-	-	-

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Air Force Stations

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No.	Name	Location	Type	Motto	Lodger Units	Raised	Disbanded
401	AFS Suryalanka	Bapatla AP	Missile
402	AFS Chakeri	Kanpur	Maint		1BRD, 4BRD , 29ED
403	AFS Kumbhirgram	Silchar Assam	AFS				Upg 22 Wing
404	AFS Begumpet	Secunderabad	FTE		NSS , AMSB
405	AFS Sambre	Belgaum	NFTE		Airman Selection Center
406	AFS Bidar	N Karnataka	FTE		EFS, HOTS, Suryakirans
407	AFS Coimbatore	Coimbatore	NFTE		AFAC
408	AFS Hakimpet	Secunderabad	FTE	Karmasu Kaushalryam	44R&SU, 43ED, 250SU	01-Sep-52
409	AFS Dundigal	Dundigal	FTE		AFA
410	AFS Jalahalli	Bangalore	Airframe		AFTC
411	AFS Cotton Green	Mumbai	Missile		2ED, 6ASC
412	AFS New Delhi	Safdarjung
413	AFS Tambaram	Madras	FTE		FIS
414	AFS Yelahanka	Bangalore	FTE	Balamcha Yudhyascha	TTW	01-Aug-63
415	AFS Basant Nagar	New Delhi
416	AFS Vimanapura	Bangalore	FTE		ASTE, 26ED
	AFS Chimney Hill	Bangalore	Radar		58SU	1985
	AFS Laitkor Peak	Shillong	Radar		509SU
	AFS Sambre	Belgaum	NFTE		Airman Training Centre
	AFS Salua	Kalaikunda	Radar
	AFS Digaru

Key: FTE - Flying Training Establishment, NFTE - Non-Flying, Radar - Radar Station, Missile - Missile Station 

Notes: ::Y:: indicates that establishment has been disbanded or renamed, but exact date is unknown
Acknowledgements: Official Indian Air Force Website,

Forward Base Support Units:

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Forward Base Support Units:

No		Location	Flying Units	Missile & UAV Units	Raised on
1	FBSU	Rajasansi (Amritsar)	-	-	1 Aug 72
2	FBSU	Sirsa (Now 45W)	-	-	-
3	FBSU	Nal (Now 46W)	-		Jul 72
4	FBSU	Ahmedabad	-	-	-
5	FBSU	Uttarlai	4 Sqn	2217 Sqn	-
8	FBSU	Awantipur	26 Sqn	2214 2255 3005 Sqn	12 Jan 76
9	FBSU	Udhampur (Now 39W)	-	-	10 Apr 76
10	FBSU	Bhisiana (Now 34W)	-	-	1 Apr 75
11	FBSU	Suratgarh (Now 35W)			22 Oct 75
12	FBSU	Naliya	45 Sqn 101 Sqn	2208 3004 Sqn	-
14	FBSU	Purnea	-	-	-
15	FBSU	Port Blair	-	-	-
17	FBSU	Trivandrum	-	-	-
19	FBSU	Thoise	-	-	10 Dec 90

The following are also FBSUs but their numbers are not known.
1. Agartala 2. Panagarh

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Acknowledgements: Scramble, Official Indian Air Force Website,

Care & Maintenance Units, MEMUs

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CMUS (Care and Maintenance Units) and MEMUs (Mobile Echelon Maintenance Units)

No		Location	Flying Units	Missile & UAV Units	Raised on
4	MEMU	Rajasansi	-	Now 1 FBSU	1966
5	MEMU	Sirsa (1970)	-	-	-
6	CMU	Central Command
7	CMU	Central Command
8	CMU	Central Command	35 Sqn	-	-
9	CMU	Nal	-	3FBSU wef Jul 72 46 W wef Apr 89	-
10	CMU	Sirsa (later 5 MEMU, 45 W) Uttarlai (During 71)	-	5MEMU wef 12 Jan 70 2FBSU wef Aug 72, 35 W from Apr 89	1960
14	CMU	Jaisalmer (During 71)	-	-	1971

Acknowledgements: Scramble, Official Indian Air Force Website, 

Base Repair Depots

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Base Repair Depots (BRD) carry out fourth line repair and maintenance of aircraft and equipment in the Inventory of the IAF. These includes, overhauls, major repairs and major upgradations.

All BRDs have the same crests, depicting the legendary phoenix rising out of flames with a machine wheel encircling its head. The motto is common to all "Kaya Kalpa" which means rejuvenation of the body. The exception to this is No.1 BRD which retained its older "Sahayata Seva" motto and crest.

No.	Location	Specialisation	Raised	Disbanded
1 BRD	Chakeri (Kanpur)	An-32, HPT-32, Mi-17	09-Aug-48
3 BRD	Chandigarh	Mi-8, Mi-26, Aero Engines	20-Aug-62
4 BRD	Chakeri (Kanpur)	Aero Engines	1964
5 BRD	Sulur (Coimbatore)	HS-748, Kiran
7 BRD	Tughlakabad (Delhi)
8 BRD	Avadi (Chennai)
9 BRD	Viman Nagar (Pune)
11 BRD	Ozhar (Nasik)	MiG-21, MiG-27, MiG-29	1978

 Others

This section contains the various listings - Aircraft Fleet Strength, List of Missile Squadrons, Radar Units, Equipment Depots and various other OrBAT information that do not fall in any of the above sections.

Aircraft Fleet Strength Fleet Data Medical and Dental Formations / Units Medical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Squadrons Field Units Missile Squadrons and Flights Missiles Signal Units Radar & Communication Equipment Depots Maintenance Air Force Bands Ceremonial

Squadrons & HUs

The first Indian Air Force unit raised was No.1 Squadron, Indian Air Force on 1st April 1933. Since then a number of Squadrons, Flights and Units were raised spanning the number range 1-224.  With the exeception of a few SA-2 Squadrons raised in the mid 60s, all other  Squadrons operated either fixed wing aircraft or helicopters. A listing of all IAF flying units raised can be accessed at Indian Air Force Squadrons , Flights and Helicopter Units .

No.1 Squadron "Tigers" Read more... No.4 Squadron "Oorials" Read more... No.7 Squadron "Battleaxes" Read more... No.114 Helicopter Unit "Siachen Pioneers"  Read more... Commands The IAF currently has five operational commands, each of which is headed by an AOC-in-C (Air Officer Commander-in-Chief) with the rank of Air Marshal. The IAF also has two additional commands - Training Command and Maintenance Command - to maintain a uniform standard in training and maintenance. Air Headquarters is located at New Delhi is commanded by the Chief of Air Staff. AirHQ controls all the administrative functions of the IAF and exercises   control over the Commands. Western Air Command (WAC) Subroto Park, New Delhi Eastern Air Command (EAC) Shillong. Meghalaya Central Air Command (CAC) Bamrauli, Allahabad, UP South Western Air Command (SWAC) Gandhinagar, Gujarat Southern Air Command (SAC) Trivandrum, Kerala Training Command (TC) Bangalore, Karnataka Maintenance Command (MC) Vayusena Nagar, Nagpur, Maharashtra No.2 Squadron "Winged Arrows" Read more... No.5 Squadron "Tuskers" Read more... No.10 Squadron "Winged Daggers" Read more... No.3 Squadron "Cobras" Read more... No.6 Squadron "Dragons" Read more... 119 Helicopter Unit "Stallions" Read more...