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	The '''Yelahanka Air Force Station''' (formerly [[Royal Air Force\|RAF]] Yelahanka) is an [[Indian Air Force]] airfield in [[Yelahanka]], [[Bangalore\|Bengaluru]]. The main role of this airfield is to train pilots to fly transport planes.<ref>{{cite web \| title = Indian Air Force Stations\|publisher=GlobalSecurity.org \| url = http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/airbase.htm \| access-date = 2014-02-13 \| first = John \| last = Pike }}</ref> This station also conducts type-conversion of [[navigator]]s on the [[Antonov An-32]].<ref>{{cite web \| title = Plane and simple: Air Force Station Yelahanka is the busiest \|publisher=DNA, India\| url = http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report-plane-and-simple-air-force-station-yelahanka-is-the-busiest-1898215 \|date=4 October 2013\|access-date = 2014-02-13 }}</ref>		The '''Yelahanka Air Force Station''' (formerly [[Royal Air Force\|RAF]] Yelahanka) is an [[Indian Air Force]] airfield in [[Yelahanka]], [[Bangalore\|Bengaluru]]. The main role of this airfield is to train pilots to fly transport planes.<ref>{{cite web \| title = Indian Air Force Stations\|publisher=GlobalSecurity.org \| url = http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/airbase.htm \| access-date = 2014-02-13 \| first = John \| last = Pike }}</ref> This station also conducts type-conversion of [[navigator]]s on the [[Antonov An-32]].<ref>{{cite web \| title = Plane and simple: Air Force Station Yelahanka is the busiest \|publisher=DNA, India\| url = http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report-plane-and-simple-air-force-station-yelahanka-is-the-busiest-1898215 \|date=4 October 2013\|access-date = 2014-02-13 }}</ref>

	The station undertakes [[logistics]] support tasks allotted by Air HQs and HQ TC.<ref>{{cite news\| url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/yelahanka.htm\| first = John \| last = Pike \|title = Indian Air force\| access-date= 9 November 2021\|url-status=live}}</ref> Every two odd years, [[Aero India]], a biennial air show takes place at Yelahanka air force station.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/bengaluru-aero-india-2021-underway-yelahanka-air-force-station-7172547/ \| title =Aero India 2021: ~~India’s~~ military aviation expo underway at Yelahanka Air Force station\| website= Indian Express\|date=3 February 2021 \| access-date=9 November 2021\| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=https://aeroindia.gov.in/Home/About \| title=Aero India Show \| website =Aero India 2021\| date = 3 February 2021 \| access-date=9 November 2021\| url-status=live}}</ref> Since 2013, Mi-8, An-32 and Dornier planes are positioned at AFS Yelahanka.<ref>{{cite news\| url=http~~://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Units/414+AFS+Yelahankahttp~~://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Units/414+AFS+Yelahanka \|title =AFS Yelahanka \| website= Bharat Rakshak\|date=7 December 1984\| access-date=9 November 2021\| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/yelahanka-iafs-hub-of-winged-warriors/article5197808.ece\| title=Yelahanka, ~~IAF’s~~ hub of winged warriors\| date= 4 October 2013\| access-date=9 November 2021\| website = The Hindu\| url-status= live}}</ref> It had formerly hosted HAL Tejas aircraft squadron, before it was moved to Sulur Airforce Station.It is 22 km from Bengaluru city railway station.		The station undertakes [[logistics]] support tasks allotted by Air HQs and HQ TC.<ref>{{cite news\| url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/yelahanka.htm\| first = John \| last = Pike \|title = Indian Air force\| access-date= 9 November 2021\|url-status=live}}</ref> Every two odd years, [[Aero India]], a biennial air show takes place at Yelahanka air force station.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/bengaluru-aero-india-2021-underway-yelahanka-air-force-station-7172547/ \| title =Aero India 2021: India's military aviation expo underway at Yelahanka Air Force station\| website= Indian Express\|date=3 February 2021 \| access-date=9 November 2021\| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=https://aeroindia.gov.in/Home/About \| title=Aero India Show \| website =Aero India 2021\| date = 3 February 2021 \| access-date=9 November 2021\| url-status=live}}</ref> Since 2013, Mi-8, An-32 and Dornier planes are positioned at AFS Yelahanka.<ref>{{cite news\| url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Units/414+AFS+Yelahanka \|title =AFS Yelahanka \| website= Bharat Rakshak\|date=7 December 1984\| access-date=9 November 2021\| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/yelahanka-iafs-hub-of-winged-warriors/article5197808.ece\| title=Yelahanka, IAF's hub of winged warriors\| date= 4 October 2013\| access-date=9 November 2021\| website = The Hindu\| url-status= live}}</ref> It had formerly hosted HAL Tejas aircraft squadron, before it was moved to Sulur Airforce Station.It is 22 km from Bengaluru city railway station.

			==History==

			The site was formerly '''RAF Yelahanka''', the following units were here at some point:
			{{columns-list\|colwidth=25em\|
			* [[No. 5 Squadron RAF]] (1946 & 1947){{sfn\|Jefford\|1988\|p=25}}
			* [[No. 11 Squadron RAF]] (1943){{sfn\|Jefford\|1988\|p=27}}
			* [[No. 30 Squadron RAF]] (1944){{sfn\|Jefford\|1988\|p=35}}
			* [[No. 42 Squadron RAF]] (1942 & 1943){{sfn\|Jefford\|1988\|p=39}}
			* [[No. 45 Squadron RAF]] (1944){{sfn\|Jefford\|1988\|p=40}}
			* [[No. 47 Squadron RAF]] (1944){{sfn\|Jefford\|1988\|p=40}}
			* [[No. 60 Squadron RAF]] (1943) & 1945){{sfn\|Jefford\|1988\|p=44}}
			* [[No. 79 Squadron RAF]] (1944){{sfn\|Jefford\|1988\|p=49}}
			* [[No. 84 Squadron RAF]] (1943 & 1944){{sfn\|Jefford\|1988\|p=50}}
			* [[No. 110 Squadron RAF]] (1944-45){{sfn\|Jefford\|1988\|p=55}}
			* [[No. 113 Squadron RAF]] (1943){{sfn\|Jefford\|1988\|p=56}}
			* [[No. 123 Squadron RAF]] (1944){{sfn\|Jefford\|1988\|p=58}}
			* [[No. 134 Squadron RAF]] (1944){{sfn\|Jefford\|1988\|p=60}}
			* [[No. 135 Squadron RAF]] (1943){{sfn\|Jefford\|1988\|p=60}}
			* [[No. 146 Squadron RAF]] (1944){{sfn\|Jefford\|1988\|p=61}}
			* [[No. 152 Squadron RAF]] (1946){{sfn\|Jefford\|1988\|p=63}}
			* [[No. 211 Squadron RAF]] (1945){{sfn\|Jefford\|1988\|p=70}}
			* [[No. 258 Squadron RAF]] (1944){{sfn\|Jefford\|1988\|p=79}}
			* [[No. 261 Squadron RAF]] (1944){{sfn\|Jefford\|1988\|p=80}}
			* [[No. 684 Squadron RAF]] (1944-45){{sfn\|Jefford\|1988\|p=105}}
			* [[No. 1302 Flight RAF]]{{sfn\|Lake\|1999\|p=84}}
			}}
	==See also==		==See also==
	*[[List of Indian Air Force Bases]]		*[[List of Indian Air Force Bases]]

	== References ==		== References ==
			===Citations===
	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}

			===Bibliography===
			*{{cite book \|last1=Jefford \|first1= C.G. \|title= RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912 \|year=1988 \|publisher= Airlife \|location= [[Shrewsbury]] \|isbn= 1-85310-053-6 }}
			*{{cite book \|last1=Lake \|first1=A \|title= Flying units of the RAF \|year=1999 \|publisher= Airlife \|location= [[Shrewsbury]] \|isbn= 1-84037-086-6 }}

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	The '''Yelahanka Air Force Station''' (formerly [[Royal Air Force\|RAF]] Yelahanka) is an [[Indian Air Force]] airfield in [[Yelahanka]], [[Bangalore\|Bengaluru]]. The main role of this airfield is to train pilots to fly transport planes.<ref>{{cite web \| title = Indian Air Force Stations\|publisher=GlobalSecurity.org \| url = http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/airbase.htm \| access-date = 2014-02-13 \| first = John \| last = Pike }}</ref> This station also conducts type-conversion of [[navigator]]s on the [[Antonov An-32]].<ref>{{cite web \| title = Plane and simple: Air Force Station Yelahanka is the busiest \|publisher=DNA, India\| url = http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report-plane-and-simple-air-force-station-yelahanka-is-the-busiest-1898215 \|date=4 October 2013\|access-date = 2014-02-13 }}</ref>		The '''Yelahanka Air Force Station''' (formerly [[Royal Air Force\|RAF]] Yelahanka) is an [[Indian Air Force]] airfield in [[Yelahanka]], [[Bangalore\|Bengaluru]]. The main role of this airfield is to train pilots to fly transport planes.<ref>{{cite web \| title = Indian Air Force Stations\|publisher=GlobalSecurity.org \| url = http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/airbase.htm \| access-date = 2014-02-13 \| first = John \| last = Pike }}</ref> This station also conducts type-conversion of [[navigator]]s on the [[Antonov An-32]].<ref>{{cite web \| title = Plane and simple: Air Force Station Yelahanka is the busiest \|publisher=DNA, India\| url = http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report-plane-and-simple-air-force-station-yelahanka-is-the-busiest-1898215 \|date=4 October 2013\|access-date = 2014-02-13 }}</ref>

	The station undertakes [[logistics]] support tasks allotted by Air HQs and HQ TC.{{~~citation needed~~\|date=~~January 2019~~}} Every two odd years, [[Aero India]], a biennial air show takes place at Yelahanka air force station.{{~~citation needed~~\|date=~~January 2019~~}} ~~Currently~~ {{~~when~~\|date=~~January 2019~~}} Mi-8, An-32 and Dornier planes are positioned at AFS Yelahanka.{{~~citation needed~~\|date=~~January 2019~~}} It had formerly hosted HAL Tejas aircraft squadron, before it was moved to Sulur Airforce Station.It is 22 km from Bengaluru city railway station.		The station undertakes [[logistics]] support tasks allotted by Air HQs and HQ TC.<ref>{{cite news\| url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/yelahanka.htm\| first = John \| last = Pike \|title = Indian Air force\| access-date= 9 November 2021\|url-status=live}}</ref> Every two odd years, [[Aero India]], a biennial air show takes place at Yelahanka air force station.<ref>{{cite news\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/bengaluru-aero-india-2021-underway-yelahanka-air-force-station-7172547/ \| title =Aero India 2021: India’s military aviation expo underway at Yelahanka Air Force station\| website= Indian Express\|date=3 February 2021 \| access-date=9 November 2021\| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|url=https://aeroindia.gov.in/Home/About \| title=Aero India Show \| website =Aero India 2021\| date = 3 February 2021 \| access-date=9 November 2021\| url-status=live}}</ref> Since 2013, Mi-8, An-32 and Dornier planes are positioned at AFS Yelahanka.<ref>{{cite news\| url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Units/414+AFS+Yelahankahttp://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Units/414+AFS+Yelahanka \|title =AFS Yelahanka \| website= Bharat Rakshak\|date=7 December 1984\| access-date=9 November 2021\| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \| url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/yelahanka-iafs-hub-of-winged-warriors/article5197808.ece\| title=Yelahanka, IAF’s hub of winged warriors\| date= 4 October 2013\| access-date=9 November 2021\| website = The Hindu\| url-status= live}}</ref> It had formerly hosted HAL Tejas aircraft squadron, before it was moved to Sulur Airforce Station.It is 22 km from Bengaluru city railway station.

	==See also==		==See also==

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The '''Yelahanka Air Force Station''' (formerly [[Royal Air Force|RAF]] Yelahanka) is an [[Indian Air Force]] airfield in [[Yelahanka]], [[Bangalore|Bengaluru]]. The main role of this airfield is to train pilots to fly transport planes.<ref>{{cite web | title = Indian Air Force Stations|publisher=GlobalSecurity.org | url = http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/india/airbase.htm | access-date = 2014-02-13 | first = John | last = Pike }}</ref> This station also conducts type-conversion of [[navigator]]s on the [[Antonov An-32]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Plane and simple: Air Force Station Yelahanka is the busiest |publisher=DNA, India| url = http://www.dnaindia.com/bangalore/report-plane-and-simple-air-force-station-yelahanka-is-the-busiest-1898215 |date=4 October 2013|access-date = 2014-02-13 }}</ref>

The station undertakes [[logistics]] support tasks allotted by Air HQs and HQ TC.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} Every two odd years, [[Aero India]], a biennial air show takes place at Yelahanka air force station.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} Currently {{when|date=January 2019}} Mi-8, An-32 and Dornier planes are positioned at AFS Yelahanka.{{citation needed|date=January 2019}} It had formerly hosted HAL Tejas aircraft squadron, before it was moved to Sulur Airforce Station.It is 22 km from Bengaluru city railway station.

==See also==
*[[List of Indian Air Force Bases]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Airports in India}}

{{Indian Air Force}}

[[Category:Airports in India]]
[[Category:Airports in Karnataka]]
[[Category:Airports in Bangalore]]
[[Category:Indian Air Force bases]]
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[[Category:Transport in Bangalore Urban district]]
[[Category:World War II sites in India]]
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