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List of Indian Air Force Bases
I just added this list to MILHIST. I'd like to know how it can be improved, in any and all respects. Specifically, I'd like an opinion on what information can be added, and any way to improve the page itself, in terms of syntax. Thanks. T/@ Sniperz11  editssign 01:40, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Buckshot06
First and most important thing you could do is add some sources. Is this from official data? Spotters? Bloggers? Be good to make that clear. Buckshot06 (talk) 03:01, 4 February 2008 (UTC)

Roger Davies
Very promising indeed though I agree entirely with Buckshot about sources as the first step.

Other thoughts? Some pictures would be good. Perhaps as a gallery? I think a wikilinked paragraph describing each of the air commands would be good. The states should be wikilinked.

The list would probably be more useful as one single sortable list. This has many advantages over the current lists. You can sort by base name, command, state etc. It's much easier to find a base in sorting a single 60-base list alphabetically than by going through five separate lists. If you wanted to sort by Lat/Lon, you could do that too. I've dummied this up quickly with a couple of bases from each of your sub-lists with background colours for each command: the colour choice could be improved considerably (a comprehensive colour list is here). There's also a neat template coord which links to maps: I've done the first couple as examples.

All this, by the way, is far less work than it seems :)) -- R OGER D AVIES   talk


 * {| cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 border=1 style="border-collapse:collapse;" class="sortable"

! colspan=1 | Base ! colspan=1 | Command ! colspan=1 | ICAO ! colspan=1 class="unsortable" | Runway ! colspan=1 class="unsortable" | Elevation ! colspan=1 class="unsortable" | Lat/Lon ! colspan=1 | State
 * - bgcolor="#faecc8"
 * - bgcolor="#faf6ed"
 * Adampur AFS || WAC || VIAX || 13/31 || 775 ft. / 236 mts || 39.43315°N, 75.76079°W || Punjab
 * - bgcolor="#faf6ed"
 * Ambala AFS || WAC || VIAM || 12L/30R 12R/30L || 900 ft. / 274 mts. ||30.36866°N, 76.81506°W|| Haryana
 * - bgcolor="#faf6ed"
 * Amritsar AFS || WAC || VIAR || 16/34 || 755 ft. / 230 mts. || 31° 42' 27.95" N 74° 47' 57.25" E || Punjab
 * - bgcolor="#f5fffa"
 * Agartala AFS || EAC || VEAT || 18/36 || 48 ft. / 14 mts. || 23° 53' 20.90" N 91° 14' 27.90" E || Tripura
 * - bgcolor="#f5fffa"
 * Baghdogra AFS || EAC ||VEBD || 18/36 || 412 ft. / 125 mts. || 26° 40' 53.26" N 88° 19' 41.21" E || West Bengal
 * - bgcolor="#f5fffa"
 * Barapani AFS Shillong || EAC || VEBI || 04/22 || 2910 ft. / 886 mts. || 25° 42' 06.10" N 91° 58' 41.45" E || Meghalaya
 * - bgcolor="#faf5ff"
 * Agra AFS || CAC || VIAG || 05/23 12/30|| 551 ft. 167 mts. || 27° 09' 20.99" N 077° 57' 39.21" E || Uttar Pradesh
 * - bgcolor="#faf5ff"
 * Bakshi Ka Talab AFS near Lucknow || CAC|| VIBL|| 09/27 || 385 ft./ 117 mts. || 26° 59' 18.40" N 80° 53' 35.10" E || Uttar Pradesh
 * - bgcolor="#faf5ff"
 * Bamrauli AFS Allahabad || CAC || VIAL || 06/24 12/30 || 322 ft./ 98 mts. || 25° 26' 20.99" N 81° 44' 03.00" E || Uttar Pradesh
 * - bgcolor="#fffacd"
 * Begumpet AFS Hyderabad || SAC || VOHY || 09/27 14/32 || 1,741 ft. /531 mts. || 17° 27' 08.70" N 78° 27' 40.00" E || Andhra Pradesh
 * - bgcolor="#fffacd"
 * Bidar AFS || SAC || VOBR || 02/20 08/26 || 2,178 ft. /663 mts. || 17° 54' 28.41" N 77° 29' 09.03" E || Karnataka
 * - bgcolor="#fffacd"
 * Car Nicobar AFS || SAC || VOCX || 02/20 ||42 ft.s / 13 mts. || 09° 09' 11.51" N 92° 49' 09.81" E || Nicobar Islands
 * - bgcolor="#e0ffff"
 * Bhuj AFS || SWAC || VABJ || 05/23 || 268 ft./82 mts. || 23° 17' 16.18" N 69° 40' 12.53" E || Gujarat
 * - bgcolor="#e0ffff"
 * Gandhinagar AFS Ahmedabad || SWAC || VAAH || 10/28 14/32 || 189 ft. 58 mts. || 23° 04' 29.05" N 72° 37' 54.30" E || Gujarat
 * - bgcolor="#e0ffff"
 * Jaisalmer AFS || SWAC || VIJR || 04/22 || 887 ft. / 270 mts. || 26° 53' 21.83" N 70° 51' 52.87" E || Rajasthan
 * }

Askari Mark
Some additional comments to those points already made:

I like Roger’s suggestion of a sortable list. Although a list, it would seriously benefit from a graphic (map) for each Air Command. Intro should start with a statement about the subject of the list, which is airbases, not commands. The Intl. Air Command would actually be an eighth command – on top of the five listed and the other two which are implied to not have an airbase of their own (which fact should be made explicit). Since lists are more for navigational purposes, it might be a good idea to expand the tables to include the flying units currently based there.

Considering the small number of IN airbases, it might be a good idea to refocus this list on Indian military airbases, thereby capturing all of them in one list. Consideration should also be given to a section including no longer active airbases. (I would not necessarily encourage including former units for these, since the squadrons have often moved around.) Askari Mark (Talk) 18:47, 4 February 2008 (UTC)