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Kalaikunda Air Force Station

  • IATA: none
  • ICAO: VEDX
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
OperatorEastern Air Command
Andaman and Nicobar Command
ServesIndian Air Force
LocationKharagpur, West Bengal, India
Elevation AMSL200 ft / 61 m
Coordinates22°20′21.90″N 087°12′52.37″E / 22.3394167°N 87.2145472°E / 22.3394167; 87.2145472
Map
Kalaikunda Air Force Station is located in West Bengal
Kalaikunda Air Force Station
Kalaikunda Air Force Station
Location of Kalaikunda Air Force Station, India
Kalaikunda Air Force Station is located in India
Kalaikunda Air Force Station
Kalaikunda Air Force Station
Kalaikunda Air Force Station (India)
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
17/35 9,000 2,743 Concrete / Asphalt
Photo of "The Craig Comet" Bell-Atlanta B-29-15-BA Superfortress 42-63445 of the 794th Bomb Squadron 468th Bomb Wing, Kalaikunda AB, India

Kalaikunda Air Force Station (ICAO: VEDX) is an Indian Air Force Base in Kharagpur, located in the West Midnapur district of the state of West Bengal. It was the home of No. 18 Squadron IAF, the Flying Bullets. The squadron flew the Indian license-built Mikoyan MiG-27ML till its decommissioning in April 2016.[1] A squadron of Su-30 MKIs is now at the base.[2]

  1. ^ "No. 18 Squadron numberplated". Times Of India. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference toi_report was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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