List of Indian Air Force bases

The Indian Air Force currently operates seven Air Commands. Each Command is headed by an Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the rank of Air Marshal.

The Air Force currently has over 60 air bases all over India. These are grouped into 7 commands viz. Western Air Command at Delhi, Eastern Air Command at Shillong, Central Air Command at Allahabad, Southern Air Command at Thiruvananthapuram(Trivandrum), South Western Air Command at Gandhinagar, formerly at Jodhpur, Training Command at Bangalore and Maintenance Command at Nagpur.

There are a number of newer air bases being built as well, in line with India's strategic doctrine. The Indian Navy has some separate air bases for its aviation wing. The International Air Command operates only one air base currently, which is the Farkhor Air Base, in Tajikistan.

Western Air Command is the largest Air Command. It operates sixteen air bases from Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and a couple of Air Bases in Uttar Pradesh. Eastern Air Command operates fifteen Air bases in Eastern and North-eastern India. Central Air Command operates seven Air Bases in Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and surrounding states of central India. Southern Air Command's tasks include protecting the vital shipping routes. It operates nine air bases in Southern India and two in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. South Western Air Command is the front line of defence against Pakistan, this important Command operates twelve air bases in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.

List of air stations
Unit details are from Scramble.nl

The other Air Force Stations that come under Maintenance Command are not air bases and are mostly Signal Units and Base Repair Depots situated in different towns. Delhi, for example, has a few BRDs and SUs that come under Maintenance Command.

List of advance landing grounds

 * Daulat Beg Oldi ALG, Ladakh
 * Chushul ALG, Ladakh
 * Fukche ALG, Ladakh
 * Nyoma ALG, Ladakh
 * Thoise ALG, Ladakh
 * Dharasu ALG, Uttrakhand
 * Vijaynagar ALG, Arunachal Pradesh
 * Pasighat ALG, Arunachal Pradesh
 * Mechuka ALG, Arunachal Pradesh
 * Walong ALG, Arunachal Pradesh
 * Tuting ALG, Arunachal Pradesh
 * Ziro ALG, Arunachal Pradesh
 * Along ALG, Arunachal Pradesh
 * Tawang  ALG, Arunachal Pradesh