Sirsa Air Force Station

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Sirsa Air Force Station
सिरसा वायु सेना छावनी
IATA: noneICAO: VIDX
Summary
Airport type Military (Indian Air Force)
Operator Western Air Command
Serves Haryana, Punjab & Rajasthan
Location Sirsa, Haryana
Elevation AMSL 650 ft / 198 m
Coordinates 29°33'42.6"N 75°00'20.7"E
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
05/23 3,500 1,066 Concrete / Asphalt

Sirsa Air Force Station or Sirsa AFS (ICAO airport code): VISA is an Indian Air Force base under the Western Air Command (WAC), located at Sirsa in the state of Haryana, India.[3]

Runway

There is one runway, aligned North-east to South-west (05-23).

A video of the Surya Kiran Aerobatics Team (SKAT) during the Air Show at Sirsa Air Force Station.

Units

It has 21 Squadron of 45 Wing. WIng is an active air force combat formation.

History

Originally the base was home to a squadron each of MiG-23s and MiG-27s, both single-engine fighters, of 21 Squadron.[4]

Sirsa was amongst nine airfields in the Western Air Command (WAC) for the Modernisation of Air Field Infrastructure programme (MAFI), started in 2009, and due its proximity to the Delhi, work at the station which included equipping it with sensitive radars was commence first, scheduled to complete by 2011, when the first of six C-130J Hercules tactical transport aircraft are to arrive from the US, to be used exclusively by the Special Forces (SF). Hindon was designated to become home base for these aircraft, and for this purpose, the Hindon runway was extended and modern hangars, servicing and operations facilities suitable for the C-130J aircraft were added.[5][6]

References

  1. Information of Hindon Air Force Base, airport-data.com, accessed 25 Nov 2014
  2. Sirsa Air Station, Wikimapia, accessed 25 Nov 2014
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