Hakimpet AFS

Hakimpet Air Force Station is an Indian Air Force (IAF) base under the Training Command, located 25 kilometres north of Hyderabad Central Nampally Railway Station and 18 km north of Secunderabad Railway Junction in Telangana. It houses the Fighter Training Wing, the Helicopter Training School, No. 43 Equipment Depot and ancillary units. The base was used during the Second World War as a transit airfield by the Royal Air Force. After Indian independence, it fell into disuse until the Conversion and Training Unit (CTU) was established in 1951 to provide Fighter Conversion Training. CTU was renamed the Jet Training Wing (JTW) in 1958 and later merged with No. 2 JTW in 1964 to become the Fighter Training Wing. Hakimpet AFS was elevated to 'Air Force Station' status in December 1984. A Station Museum was established in 2001. The base has one runway, aligned east–west (09–27), with a concrete/asphalt surface.