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{{Short description|Military airbase in Haryana, India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2025}}'''Gurugram Air Force Station''', of the [[Indian Air Force]]'s [[Western Air Command (India)|Western Air Command]],  is located in [[Gurugram]] city in [[Haryana]] state of India.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/maruti-to-vacate-area-within-restricted-zone-of-gurugram-air-force-station/articleshow/59602087.cms |title=Maruti to vacate area within restricted zone of Gurugram Air Force station - Times of India |work=[[The Times of India]] |location=India |language=en |access-date=2018-12-30 |archive-date=29 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200229104053/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/maruti-to-vacate-area-within-restricted-zone-of-gurugram-air-force-station/articleshow/59602087.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/gurugram-6-000-houses-near-air-force-ammunition-depot-face-threat-of-demolition-1175024-2018-02-22 |title=Gurugram: 6,000 houses near air force ammunition depot face threat of demolition |date=February 22, 2018 |first=Ajay |last=Kumar |website=India Today |location=India |language=en |access-date=2018-12-30 |archive-date=22 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180222035935/https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/gurugram-6-000-houses-near-air-force-ammunition-depot-face-threat-of-demolition-1175024-2018-02-22 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/haryana-allows-illegal-hotel-within-restricted-zone-of-gurgaon-air-force-station/story-WGf2xJLqSaCi46y9UmzvuN.html |title=Haryana allows illegal Hotel within restricted zone of Gurgaon Air Force Station |date=2 February 2012 |website=hindustantimes.com |publisher=[[Hindustan Times]] |location=India |language=en |access-date=30 December 2018}}</ref> It is located 28&nbsp;km south of New Delhi.<ref>S Sridhara, 2016, Vertebrate Pests In Agriculture, Page 340</ref>

==History==
{{See also | List_of_airports_in_India#Haryana | label 1 =  Airports in Haryana | History_of_Haryana#Aviation | label 2 = Aviation history of Haryana | History of the Indian Air Force | label 3 = Indian Air Force history | Civil_aviation_in_India#History | label 4 = Civil Aviation History of India | Aviation_History | label 5 =  World Aviation History | Aviation_in_India | label 6 = Aviation in India }}
[[File:IAF Wapiti K1260.jpg|right|thumb|A [[Westland Wapiti]], one of the first aircraft of the Indian Air Force.]]

On 8 October 1932, the Indian Air Force was established in [[British India]] as an auxiliary air force of [[Royal Air Force]],<ref name="clause4">{{cite book |contribution= CLAUSE 4.—(Relations between Royal Air Force and Indian Air Force, and attachment of personnel.) |url= https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1933/apr/03/clause-4-relations-between-royal-air |title= HC Deb 3 April 1933 vol 276 cc1473-501 |work= [[Hansard|Parliamentary Debates (Hansard)]] |date= 3 April 1933 |access-date= 8 April 2009 |archive-date= 3 May 2009 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20090503154955/http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1933/apr/03/clause-4-relations-between-royal-air |url-status= live }}</ref><ref name="IAF">{{cite web| title=History of the IAF| url=http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_page.php?pg_id=98| work=Official Website| publisher=Webmaster IAF – Air Headquarters| access-date=7 April 2009| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090409235005/http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_page.php?pg_id=98| archive-date=9 April 2009| url-status=dead| df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name="airpower3">{{cite journal |last=Bedi |first=Sanjeev |date=Summer 2008 |title=Strategic Role of Air Power |journal=Air Power Journal |volume=3 |publisher=Center for Air Power Studies |issue=2 |pages=27–45 |url=http://www.aerospaceindia.org/Journals/Summer%202008/Sanjeev%20Bedi.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190723023345/http://www.aerospaceindia.org/Journals/Summer%202008/Sanjeev%20Bedi.pdf |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2019-07-23 |access-date=8 April 2009 }}</ref> and adopted the Royal Air Force uniforms, badges, brevets and insignia.<ref name="Heraldry">{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Museum/Palam/Heraldry.html |title=INDIAN AIR FORCE MUSEUM - Heraldry (Badges and Insignia) |publisher=Bharat Rakshak |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100329193739/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Museum/Palam/Heraldry.html |archive-date=29 March 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="Goyal">{{cite web|last=Goyal |first=S.N. |title=1939–45 Second World War: Air Force Reminiscences |url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1940s/Goyal.html |work=Sainik Samachar |publisher=Indian Air Force |date=October 1993 |access-date=8 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091006180501/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1940s/Goyal.html |archive-date=6 October 2009 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> In 1948, first airstrip was built in Haryana when [[Ambala Air Force Station]] was established following the independence of India. After the independence of India in 1947, an air force logistics base was established at Faridabad.

The Western Air Command, of which Gurugram Air Force Logistics Station is a key component within the [[National Capital Region (India)|National Capital Region]], has been the major operational command involved in most of the war fought by India, including the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1947]], [[Sino-Indian War]] in 1962, the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965]], [[Indo-Pakistan War of 1971]], [[Operation Pawan]] (1986) in Sri Lanka and [[Operation Safed Sagar]] during the 1999 [[Kargil War]], and the ongoing air logistics operations to supply troops deployed at [[Siachen Glacier]].

==Facilities==
=== Information Fusion Centre===
{{Main|Information Fusion Centre - Indian Ocean Region}}
{{further|Information Management and Analysis Centre}}
Indian Information Fusion Centre (IFC) of [[Indian Navy]], collaborates with the [[Information Fusion Centre - Indian Ocean Region]] (IFC-IOR), to create the integrated multi-country platform on the vessels of interest in the IOR (Indian Ocean Region) by sharing the nonsensitive information with other IOR friendly partner nations. IFC is based at the Indian Navy's [[Information Management and Analysis Centre]] (IMAC) at Gurugram. IMAC is the single point centre on Indian Navy, linking all the coastal radar chains to generate a seamless real-time picture of the nearly 7,500&nbsp;km coastline. The IFC-IOR can track and monitor 75,000-1.5 lakh shipping traffic in the region in real-time round the clock. India already has shipping information sharing agreement with 21 nations within IOR, of which 12 are already on IFC.<ref name=ifci1>[https://www.theweek.in/news/india/2018/12/22/Indian-Navy-launches-Information-Fusion-Centre-to-boost-maritime-security.html Indian Navy launches Information Fusion Centre to boost maritime security], The Week, 22 Dec 2018.</ref>

IMAC itself was opened in Gurugram in November 2014 as joint collaboration of Indian Navy, [[Indian Coast Guard]] and [[Bharat Electronics Limited]] to improve coastal surveillance and to provide coastal security to avert like the [[2008 Mumbai attacks|2008 Mumbai terror attacks]]. It is staffed by the Navy under direction from the [[National Security Advisor (India)|National Security Advisor]]. This fiber optic and satellite-links based network of 20 naval and 31 Coast Guard monitoring stations with 46 existing radars and 30 future planned radars as well as the automatic identification systems fitted on merchant ships, generates a real-time picture 7,500-km long coastline.<ref name=gk1>[https://currentaffairs.gktoday.in/defence-minister-inaugurates-information-management-analysis-centre-imac-gurgaon-11201415852.html Defence minister inaugurates Information Management and Analysis Centre (IMAC) in Gurgaon], GKToday.</ref>

=== Ammunition dump ===
The ammunition dump of IAF (28.488544, 77.040270) has restricted area of 300 meter within which no construction is allowed. There are many illegal construction within this restricted zone. Court had ordered these constructions to be removed. Also there has been rumours circulating that this zone of 300 meters will be extended to 600 or 900 meters. While the local politicians continue to make this an issue there is little outcome. <ref name=restr1>[https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/haryana/4-125-file-objections-over-gurgaon-ammunition-depot-restricted-area/637409.html 4125 file objections over gurgaon ammunition depot restricted area], The Tribune.</ref>

==See also==
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* [[Ambala Air Force Base]]
* [[Sirsa Air Force Station]]
* [[Raja Nahar Singh Faridabad Air Force Logistics Station]]
* [[Hisar Military Station]]
* [[List of Indian Air Force bases]]
* [[List of Armed Forces Hospitals In India]]
* [[Railway in Haryana]]
* [[List of state highways in Haryana|Road Highways and Expressways in Haryana]]
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== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://indianairforce.nic.in/ Official website of The Indian Air Force]
* [http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/ Indian Air Force on bharat-rakshak.com]
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/war/indo-pak_1965.htm Global Security article on Indo-Pakistani Wars]
* [http://www.dsalert.org/insignia/indian-air-force Designators Batches of Indian Air Force]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081022200042/http://careerairforce.nic.in/ Career Air Force Government of India]

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