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Sarsawa Air Force Station
Sarsawa Air Force Station
	IATA: none; ICAO: VISP;
Summary
Airport type	Military , Civil
Owner/Operator	Indian Air Force (airstrip)
Serves	Saharanpur
Elevation AMSL	891 ft / 272 m
Coordinates	29°59′39″N 77°25′27″E / 29.99417°N 77.42417°E
Map
	VISP Location of the airport in Uttar Pradesh VISP VISP (India)
Runways

Revision as of 02:39, 4 September 2022

Sarsawa Air Force Station is located approximately 12 km (7.5 mi) from Saharanpur City, Uttar Pradesh, India and is approximately 17 km (11 mi) from Yamunanagar, Haryana, India. It belongs to the Western Air Command. Though the sole user of this airbase is the Indian Air Force, it does handle civilian flights on a regular basis for VIP transport to Yamunanagar and Saharanpur^[1]

The Air force station is also headquarters for the Special Group.^[2]

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 [[File:Fifteen children and six adults rescued from village near Yamunanagar on June 16, 2013. Indian Air Force launched a massive relief operation ‘Rahat’ at AF Stn Sarsawa.jpg|left|thumb|A [[HAL Dhruv]] during Operation Rahat]]
-The Air force station is also headquarters for the [[Special Group (India)|Special Group]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Close encounters of the covert kind|url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/covert-operations.html|publisher=The Week|access-date= 9 October 2016}}</ref>
+The Air force station is also headquarters for the [[Special Group (India)|Special Group]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Close encounters of the covert kind|url=https://www.theweek.in/theweek/cover/covert-operations.html|publisher=The Week|access-date= 9 October 2022}}</ref>
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