Raja Nahar Singh Faridabad Air Force Logistics Station

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'''Raja Nahar Singh Faridabad Air Force Logistics Station''' ('''RAFLS'''), the '''54 ASP''' logistics base of the [[Indian Air Force]]'s [[Western Air Command (India)|Western Air Command (WAC)]],<ref name=asp1>1980, [https://books.google.com/books?id=jJX-AyAGXwsC&q=sirsa+air+force+station+was+established+in&dq=sirsa+air+force+station+was+established+in&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjbqMPpmqPfAhVBgI8KHQWpB9Y4FBDoAQg8MAQ "Haryana Review"], Volume 14, Page 47.</ref> is located at sector-50 of [[Dabua]] colony of [[Faridabad]] city in [[Haryana]] state of India. Headed by a Logistics Group Captain, it is home of the Guard Dog Training Unit and the 56th Air Storage Park.<ref name=rns1>2017, [https://cdn.s3waas.gov.in/s305049e90fa4f5039a8cadc6acbb4b2cc/uploads/2018/05/2018051750-1.pdf Fridabad disaster management plan], Govt of Haryana, p23.</ref><ref name=rns3>13 Nov 2016, [https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/GROUND-THREAT-FOR-AIR-WARRIORS/articleshow/55396438.cms Ground Threat for air warriors], Times of India.</ref><ref name=rns2>1991, [https://books.google.com/books?id=OHnfAAAAMAAJ Sainik Samachar: The Pictorial Weekly of the Armed Forces], p26.</ref>

==History==
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[[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=http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1933/apr/03/clause-4-relations-between-royal-air |title=HC Deb 3 April 1933 vol 276 cc1473-501|work=[[Hansard]] | publisher=[[Parliament of the United Kingdom]]| access-date=8 April 2009}}</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=dead |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 (WAC), of which Raja Nahar Singh Faridabad 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==
This facility is headed by an [[Air Force ranks and insignia of India#Officer ranks|Indian Air Force Officer]] of [[Group Captain]] rank from the [[Military logistics|Air Force Logistics]] [[Wing (military aviation unit)#Commonwealth usage|wing]]. It has a [[Guard dog|Guard Dog]] [[Dog training|Training Unit]] and the 56th Air Storage Park.<ref name=rns1/> The operations at Commands are supported by the technical and logistics wing at the Command and units level, and logistics wing is responsible for ensuring the supply and storage of spares and consumables.<ref name=rns7>[http://cgda.nic.in/ifa/manuals/airforce.pdf IAF Manual, p.14.]</ref> Air force logistics is challenging task due to the geographical diversity of weapon system sites and technological diversity of weapon systems and spares, high costs, and high lead times of military aviation equipments.<ref name=rns7/>

In addition to this logistics base at Dauba, IAF also has two firing range (AFRU - Air Force Range Unit), range 1 and range 2, at [[Tilpat]] within Faridabad.<ref name=rns7/>

==Issues==
===Illegal private construction===
The 100 metres land around the air force stations and 900 meters around the ammunition depot is a protected zone where construction is not permitted as per the law. People mostly of lower middle class bought land near this station and constructed houses,niether the Air Force Station nor the local authorities objected earlier.It came into picture after PIL filed in High Court,more than 10000 houses and around 1L people living here, but govt data claims only 250 structures.<ref name=rns3/> In 2010, a [[Public interest litigation in India|public interest litigation]] (PIL) was filed in the [[Punjab and Haryana High Court]] to have these illegal structures removed. The local Municipal Corporation of Faridabad stopped providing proper roads and drainage facilities after this PIL,but the Court never gave order to stop providing basic ammenities to the houses constructed in this area <ref name=rns4>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/6k-structures-in-buffer-area-of-iaf-ammo-depot-in-gurgaon-to-be-sealed/articleshow/62044626.cms 6k structures in buffer area of IAF ammo depot in Gurgaon to be sealed], Times of India, 12 Dec 2017.</ref><ref name=rns5>[https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/gurgaon/no-extension-for-objections-over-removal-of-encroachments-around-iaf-ammunition-depot/articleshow/64579852.cms 'No extension for objections over removal of encroachments], Times of India, 13 Jun 2018.</ref>

===Illegal sand mining===
In May 2018, [[Delhi High Court]] asked the government to ensure to protect the [[Tilpat]] 1 & 2 ranges of IAF on the banks of [[Yamuna]] river from the [[Sand theft|illegal sand mining]].<ref name=rns6>[https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/is-iaf-protecting-its-land-on-yamuna-banks-from-sand-mining-delhi-hc-asks-5179829/ Is IAF protecting its land on Yamuna banks from sand mining: Delhi HC asks] Indian Express, 17 May 2018.</ref>

==See also==
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* [[Ambala Air Force Base]]
* [[Gurugram Air Force Station]]
* [[Sirsa Air Force 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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