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, Jaiselmer, 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.
Base City Latitude Longitude Unit Command Aircraft #
Adampur Jullundur 31° 26'13" N 75° 45'21" E No.47 Western MiG-29A/C/UB 18
No.101 Western MiG-21M 16
No.220 Western MiG-23BN 16
No.223 Western MiG-29A/C/UB 18
No.224 Western MiG-23MF/UM 16
Agra 27°09'N 77°57'E No.2 Target Central Canberra B(I) Mk.8
No.12 Central An-32 Sutlej
No.44 Central IL-76MD Gajraj
No.106 Central HAL HS 748
Canberra PR Mk.57
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°22'N 76°48'E No.5 Western Jaguar IS/IB 16
No.14 Western Jaguar IS/IB 16
No.23 Western MiG-21bis 16
No.24 Western Su-30
Amritsar Amritsar 31°42'44"N 74°47'47"E -- Western -- --
Avantipur 33°52'46"N 74°57'56"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.35 Central MiG-21M and
Canberra PR Mk.57
No.102 Central MiG-25R/U
Barmer 25°45'N 71°23'E -- South Western -- --
Bathinda ° ' N ° ' E No.17 Western MiG-27M Or
MiG-21M/MF
Begumpet ??? ??? Navigation and Signals School Training HAL Hs.748
Bhatinda 30°16'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
Car Nicobar 09°09'11.51" N 092°49'09.81" E 118HU det South Western Mi-8 --
Chabua Jorhat 26°44'N 94°11'E Eastern
Chakrata Dehra Dun 30°42'N 77°51'E AR Centre, RAW Headquarters ???
Chandigarh Chandigarh 30°40'49"N 76°47'31"E No.3 Base Repair Depot Maintenance Mil Mi-8 / 17
No.15 Western Mig-21bis 16
No.21 Western Mig-21bis 16
No.25 Western IL-76MD Gajraj
No.48 Western An-32 Sutlej
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 Maintenance Various aircraft
Dindigul Hyderabad 17°38'N 78°24'E Air Force Academy Training HJT-16 Kiran IA
Dum Duma Tinsukia 27°34'N 95°34'E AR Centre, RAW Headquarters Gulfstream, IAI Astra, Boeing 707
Gauhati 26°06'N 91°35'E No.33 Eastern An-32 Sutlej
No.41 Western HAL Do 228
HS-748
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.1 Central Mirage 2000H/TH
No.7 Central Mirage 2000H/TH
No.11 Central HAL Hs.748
Hakimpet Hyderabad 17°30'N 78°30'E Air Force Academy Training HJT-16 Kiran II,
Helicopter Training School Training HAL Cheetah
HAL Chetak
Halwara 30°44'59"N 75°37'46"E No.31 Western MiG-23BN 16
No.221 Western MiG-23BN 16
No.108 Western MiG-21 MF
Hashimara 26°45'N 89°21'E No.22 Eastern MiG-27 ML 18
No.222 Eastern MiG-21FL 16
Hindan Delhi 28°42'30"N 77°21'47"E No.2 Western MiG-27ML 18
No.9 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
Jamnagar 22°28'N 70°01'E No.51 South Western MiG-27ML
MiG-21M 18
Combat Development Training Various fighter aircraft
Jodhpur 26°15'N 73°03'E No.10 South Western MiG-27ML 18
No.29 South Western MiG-27ML 18
No.32 South Western MiG-27ML 18
No. 226 ? South Western ? MiG-23MF/UM ? 16 ?
Jorhat 26°45'N 94°13'E No.43 Eastern An-32 Sutlej
No.49 Eastern An-32 Sutlej
Kalaikunda 22°21'N 87°15'E No.20 Eastern MiG-27ML 18
Leh 34°08'08"N 77°32'52"E -- Western -- --
Lohagaon Pune [Poona] 18°35'N 73°55'E No.1 Target South Western Canberra B(I) Mk.8
No.6 South Western Jaguar IM
Canberra B(I) Mk.8
No.28 South Western MiG-29A/C/UB 18
Nagpur 26°57'N 79°03'E HQ Maintenance Command Maintenance
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 HQ Western Air Command Western
Government Flight Headquarters Learjet 29
No.41 Western HAL Do 228
HS-748
No.50 ? Western ? Dornier Do-228 ?
Pegasus Squadron Headquarters Boeing 737
HAL HS.748
AR Centre, RAW Headquarters An-32 Sutlej, Gulfstream, IAI Astra, Boeing 707
Pathankot 32°13'59"N 75°38'00"E No.3 Western MiG-21bis 16
No.26 Western MiG-21bis
Phalodi ??? Western ??? ???
Shillong 25°34'N 91°53'E HQ Eastern Air Command Eastern
Sirsa 29°33'39"N 75°00'52"E -- Western -- --
Srinagar 33°59'13"N 74°46'35"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 Maintenance Various helicopters
Udhampur 32°53'60"N 75°09'29"E -- Western -- --
Uttarlai [Gujarat] ° ' N ° ' E -- South Western -- --
Yelahanka Bangalore 13°08'N 77°36'E HQ Training Command Training
Air Force Academy and
Aircraft Testing Training Various aircraft
Air Command Assigned Bases
Western Air Command
Palam South-Western Air Command
Ghandinagar Central Air Command
Allhabad Southern Air Command
Trivandrum Eastern Air Command
Shillong
Airfields
Amdampur
Ambala
Avantipur
Chandigarh
Halwara
Hindan
Leh
Palam
Pathankot
Srinagar Bhuj
Jaisalmer
Jamangar
Jodhpur
Nalia
Poona Agra
Allahabad
Bareilly
Gorakhpur
Gwalior
Kanpur
Nagpur Bangalore
Begumpet
Bidar
Dundigal
Hakimpet
Tambaram
Port Blair
Car Nicobar Bagdora
Barackpore
Chabua
Gauhati
Hashimara
Jorhat
Kalaikunda
Tezpur
Forward Bases
Amristsar
Bhatinda
Sirsa
Udhampur Ahmadabad
Nal
Suratgarth
Uttarlai Madurai
Salur Agartala
Calcutta
Panagarth
Shillong
