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| name = Hakimpet Air Force Station Secunderabad Cantonment<br />
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| ICAO = VOHK<br />
| type = Military ([[Indian Air Force]])<br />
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| operator = [[Training Command, Indian Air Force]]<br />
| city-served = [[Hyderabad, India]]<br />
| location = [[Hakimpet]], [[Secunderabad|Secunderabad Cantonment]], [[Telangana]]<br />
| elevation-f = 2,020<br />
| elevation-m = 616<br />
| coordinates = {{Coord|17.3312|N|78.3129|E|type:airport}} <br />
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| r1-number = 09/27<br />
| r1-length-f = 7384<br />
| r1-length-m = 2250<br />
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'''Hakimpet Air Force Station''' ('''Hakimpet AFS''') is an [[Indian Air Force]] (IAF) [[airbase|base]] under the [[Training Command, Indian Air Force|Training Command]]. It is located 25 kilometres north of [[Hyderabad, India|Hyderabad Central Nampally Railway Station]], and 18&nbsp;km north of [[Secunderabad Railway Station|Secunderabad Railway Junction]] in the state of [[Telangana]]. It houses the Fighter Training Wing, the [[Helicopter Training School]], No. 43 Equipment Depot and ancillary units.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.indiamapped.com/air-force-station-in-india/hakimpet-air-force-station/|title=Hakimpet AFS, Air Force Station Hakimpet}}</ref><br />
There is one runway, aligned east–west (09-27), of {{convert|7384|ft|m}} length x {{convert|150|ft|m}} width.<br />
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==History==<br />
Hakimpet AFS was used during the Second World War as a transit airfield by the Royal Air Force. The [[Nizam of Hyderabad]] never acceded power following Indian independence until after [[Operation Polo]]. Hakimpet AFS fell into disuse.<ref>[http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Images/Special2/Iskras/Service.html Iskras in the IAF Service] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015195718/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Images/Special2/Iskras/Service.html |date=15 October 2012 }} ''[[Bharat Rakshak]]''</ref> The Conversion and Training Unit (CTU) was established in 1951 to provide Fighter Conversion Training to newly commissioned pilots in the IAF. CTU was renamed as the Jet Training Wing (JTW) in 1958 after the phase out of [[Propeller|prop]] aircraft. In June 1964 it was merged with No. 2 JTW (based in [[Bidar]]) and was renamed as Fighter Training Wing. Hakimpet AFS was elevated to 'Air Force Station' status in December 1984. The Station Museum was established in 2001.<ref>[http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Museum/Hakimpet.html Hakimpet AFS Museum] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207111148/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Museum/Hakimpet.html |date=7 February 2012 }} ''[[Bharat Rakshak]]''</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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{{Indian Air Force}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian Air Force bases]]<br />
[[Category:Airports in Telangana]]<br />
[[Category:World War II sites in India]]</div>Bot