Hakimpet Air Force Station Secunderabad Cantonment | |||||||||||
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| Airport type | Military (Indian Air Force) | ||||||||||
| Operator | Training Command (India) | ||||||||||
| Serves | Hyderabad, India | ||||||||||
| Location | Hakimpet,Secunderabad Cantonment,Telangana | ||||||||||
| Elevation AMSL | 2,020 ft / 616 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 17°33′11″N78°31′13″E / 17.552941°N 78.520222°E /17.552941; 78.520222 | ||||||||||
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Hakimpet Air Force Station (Hakimpet AFS) is anIndian Air Force (IAF)base under theTraining Command. It is located 25 kilometres north of Hyderabad Central Nampally Railway Station, and 18 km north ofSecunderabad Railway Junction in the state ofTelangana. It houses the Fighter Training Wing, theHelicopter Training School, No. 43 Equipment Depot and ancillary units.[1]There is one runway, aligned east–west (09–27), of 7,384 feet (2,251 m) length x 150 feet (46 m) width.
Hakimpet AFS was used during the Second World War as a transit airfield by the Royal Air Force. TheNizam of Hyderabad never acceded power following Indian independence until afterOperation Polo. Hakimpet AFS fell into disuse.[2] 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 ofprop aircraft. In June 1964 it was merged with No. 2 JTW (based inBidar) 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.[3]
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