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South Western Air Command

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Founded
  
23 July 1980

Country
  
Headquarters
  
Type
  
Operational Air Command

Role
  
Air Defence, Maritime strike role.

The South Western Air Command is one of the five operational commands of the Indian Air Force. It was raised in Jodhpur in July 1980 from the No.1 Operations group of the Western Air Command. Its operations sector includes most of Rajasthan, through Gujarat and Saurashtra, as far south as Kutch and Pune. The SWAC moved to its current headquarters in Gandhinagar in May 1998, and incorporates the Indian airbases of Bhuj, Jaisalmer, Naliya, Jamnagar, Jodhpur, Uttarlai/Barmer and Pune. It controls air operations in the south western air sector, which includes most of Rajasthan, and south through Gujarat to Saurashtra, and Kutch to Pune. It also operates the forward airbases at Ahmedabad, Nal, Suratgarh and . The SWAC's role has historically been largely of air defence, although it has been reported to have incorporated a strike profile.

Organization

Squadrons include:

References

South Western Air Command Wikipedia


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