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	\| name = Tambaram Air Force Station		\| name = Tambaram Air Force Station
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	The station has a squadron of 15 [[Pilatus PC-7\|Pilatus PC-7 Mk II]] basic trainers by 2015 at the Flying Instructors School. The PC-7 will join a fleet that comprises [[HAL Kiran\|Kiran]] Mk I and Mk II trainer aircraft, and [[HAL Cheetah]] and [[HAL Chetak]] helicopters. An [[An-32]] transport squadron is stationed here. Apart from training, helicopters from the Indian Navy have also been operated from this airfield.		The station has a squadron of 15 [[Pilatus PC-7\|Pilatus PC-7 Mk II]] basic trainers by 2015 at the Flying Instructors School. The PC-7 will join a fleet that comprises [[HAL Kiran\|Kiran]] Mk I and Mk II trainer aircraft, and [[HAL Cheetah]] and [[HAL Chetak]] helicopters. An [[An-32]] transport squadron is stationed here. Apart from training, helicopters from the Indian Navy have also been operated from this airfield.

	In 2017 the Indian Air Force proposed to lengthen the runway so that larger aircraft could land to assist with natural disasters.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Once expanded, Tambaram Air Force Station runway can serve Chennai during natural calamities: Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa. \|newspaper=The Times of India \|date=3 March 2017 \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/once-expanded-tambaram-iaf-station-runway-can-serve-chennai-during-natural-calamities-air-chief-marshal-bs-dhanoa/articleshow/57450893.cms \| first=P \| last=Oppli \| access-date=2 July ~~2022~~}}</ref>		In 2017 the Indian Air Force proposed to lengthen the runway so that larger aircraft could land to assist with natural disasters.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Once expanded, Tambaram Air Force Station runway can serve Chennai during natural calamities: Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa. \|newspaper=The Times of India \|date=3 March 2017 \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/once-expanded-tambaram-iaf-station-runway-can-serve-chennai-during-natural-calamities-air-chief-marshal-bs-dhanoa/articleshow/57450893.cms \| first=P \| last=Oppli \| access-date=2 July 2020}}</ref>
	In the Covid Period, National Airlines flew to Tambaram Air Force Station from Dover in the USA on their 747-400 N919CA and it lasted about 16 hours and 25 minutes from 30 July 2020 to 31 July 2020.{{citation needed\|date=February 2021}}		In the Covid Period, National Airlines flew to Tambaram Air Force Station from Dover in the USA on their 747-400 N919CA and it lasted about 16 hours and 25 minutes from 30 July 2020 to 31 July 2020.{{citation needed\|date=February 2021}}

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	\| url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/aai-to-initiate-talks-with-iaf-to-roll-out-plan-at-the-earliest-tambaram-air-force-base-to-be-used-by-smaller-aircraft-soon/article27121297.ece		\| url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/aai-to-initiate-talks-with-iaf-to-roll-out-plan-at-the-earliest-tambaram-air-force-base-to-be-used-by-smaller-aircraft-soon/article27121297.ece
	\| access-date = 20 May ~~2022~~}}</ref>		\| access-date = 20 May 2019}}</ref>

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	The station has a squadron of 15 [[Pilatus PC-7\|Pilatus PC-7 Mk II]] basic trainers by 2015 at the Flying Instructors School. The PC-7 will join a fleet that comprises [[HAL Kiran\|Kiran]] Mk I and Mk II trainer aircraft, and [[HAL Cheetah]] and [[HAL Chetak]] helicopters. An [[An-32]] transport squadron is stationed here. Apart from training, helicopters from the Indian Navy have also been operated from this airfield.		The station has a squadron of 15 [[Pilatus PC-7\|Pilatus PC-7 Mk II]] basic trainers by 2015 at the Flying Instructors School. The PC-7 will join a fleet that comprises [[HAL Kiran\|Kiran]] Mk I and Mk II trainer aircraft, and [[HAL Cheetah]] and [[HAL Chetak]] helicopters. An [[An-32]] transport squadron is stationed here. Apart from training, helicopters from the Indian Navy have also been operated from this airfield.

	In 2017 the Indian Air Force proposed to lengthen the runway so that larger aircraft could land to assist with natural disasters.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Once expanded, Tambaram Air Force Station runway can serve Chennai during natural calamities: Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa. \|newspaper=The Times of India \|date=3 March 2017 \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/once-expanded-tambaram-iaf-station-runway-can-serve-chennai-during-natural-calamities-air-chief-marshal-bs-dhanoa/articleshow/57450893.cms \| first=P \| last=Oppli \| access-date=2 July ~~2020~~}}</ref>		In 2017 the Indian Air Force proposed to lengthen the runway so that larger aircraft could land to assist with natural disasters.<ref>{{cite news \|title=Once expanded, Tambaram Air Force Station runway can serve Chennai during natural calamities: Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa. \|newspaper=The Times of India \|date=3 March 2017 \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/once-expanded-tambaram-iaf-station-runway-can-serve-chennai-during-natural-calamities-air-chief-marshal-bs-dhanoa/articleshow/57450893.cms \| first=P \| last=Oppli \| access-date=2 July 2022}}</ref>
	In the Covid Period, National Airlines flew to Tambaram Air Force Station from Dover in the USA on their 747-400 N919CA and it lasted about 16 hours and 25 minutes from 30 July 2020 to 31 July 2020.{{citation needed\|date=February 2021}}		In the Covid Period, National Airlines flew to Tambaram Air Force Station from Dover in the USA on their 747-400 N919CA and it lasted about 16 hours and 25 minutes from 30 July 2020 to 31 July 2020.{{citation needed\|date=February 2021}}

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	\| access-date = 20 May ~~2019~~}}</ref>		\| access-date = 20 May 2022}}</ref>

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'''Tambaram Air Force Station''' is an [[Indian Air Force]] airfield in [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. Located in the neighborhood of [[Tambaram]], this Air Force station is primarily involved in the training of pilots as Qualified Flying Instructors and Mechanical Training Institute for airmen.

What started as RAF Station Tambaram, in the [[Madras Presidency]], in the southeast of the [[British India]], it became the Tambaram Air Force Station after the British left.

The station has a squadron of 15 [[Pilatus PC-7|Pilatus PC-7 Mk II]] basic trainers by 2015 at the Flying Instructors School. The PC-7 will join a fleet that comprises [[HAL Kiran|Kiran]] Mk I and Mk II trainer aircraft, and [[HAL Cheetah]] and [[HAL Chetak]] helicopters. An [[An-32]] transport squadron is stationed here. Apart from training, helicopters from the Indian Navy have also been operated from this airfield.

In 2017 the Indian Air Force proposed to lengthen the runway so that larger aircraft could land to assist with natural disasters.<ref>{{cite news |title=Once expanded, Tambaram Air Force Station runway can serve Chennai during natural calamities: Air Chief Marshal BS Dhanoa. |newspaper=The Times of India |date=3 March 2017 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/once-expanded-tambaram-iaf-station-runway-can-serve-chennai-during-natural-calamities-air-chief-marshal-bs-dhanoa/articleshow/57450893.cms | first=P | last=Oppli | access-date=2 July 2020}}</ref>
In the Covid Period, National Airlines flew to Tambaram Air Force Station from Dover in the USA on their 747-400 N919CA and it lasted about 16 hours and 25 minutes from 30 July 2020 to 31 July 2020.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

==Use by smaller civilian aircraft==
There are plans to use the air force station to handle smaller civilian ATR aircraft (with a capacity of 70 to 80 passengers) to decongest the [[Chennai International Airport]].<ref name="UseBySmallATRs">{{cite news
| last = Sekar
| first = Sunitha
| title = Tambaram Air Force base to be used by smaller aircraft soon
| newspaper = The Hindu
| location = Chennai
| pages = 3
| publisher = Kasturi & Sons
| date = 14 May 2019
| url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/aai-to-initiate-talks-with-iaf-to-roll-out-plan-at-the-earliest-tambaram-air-force-base-to-be-used-by-smaller-aircraft-soon/article27121297.ece
| access-date = 20 May 2019}}</ref>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==See also==
*[[Chennai International Airport]]
*[[List of Indian Air Force Bases]]
{{Portal|India}}

{{Chennai Topics}}
{{Airports in India}}

{{Indian Air Force}}

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[[Category:Airports in Tamil Nadu]]
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