Revival of 29 Abandoned Air Fields by IAF

[Prometheus]

There are 29 abandoned airfields of the Indian Air Force (IAF) spread across eleven states in the country. Review of abandoned airfields for revival is a continuous, ongoing process and is based on the operational assessment / requirement of the IAF.
No funds have been allocated nor utilized during 2008-09 and 2009-10 for maintenance and revival of abandoned airfields.
This information was given by Defence Minister Shri AK Antony in written reply to Shri Nand Kumar Sai in Rajya Sabha today.Revival of 29 Abandoned Air Fields by IAF idrw.org

 

[Trichy]

it is a very sad news, we must operate more air fields to train a lot

 

[Moscow]

opening of air fields is limited by the change in arsenal and the compatibility with advancing weapon system from the enemy the strategies are bound to change what might be good proposition 20 years back might not be so now or in the near future
opening for the sake of opening is not the solution