Sirsa Air Force Station

Sirsa Air Force Station or Sirsa AFS (ICAO airport code): VISA is an Indian Air Force base under the Western Air Command (WAC), located at Sirsa in the state of Haryana, India.

Runway
There is one runway, aligned North-east to South-west (05-23).

A video of the Surya Kiran Aerobatics Team (SKAT) during the Air Show at Sirsa Air Force Station.

Units
It has 21 Squadron of 45 Wing. WIng is an active air force combat formation.

History
Originally the base was home to a squadron each of MiG-23s and MiG-27s, both single-engine fighters, of 21 Squadron.

Sirsa was amongst nine airfields in the Western Air Command (WAC) for the Modernisation of Air Field Infrastructure programme (MAFI), started in 2009, and due its proximity to the Delhi, work at the station which included equipping it with sensitive radars was commence first, scheduled to complete by 2011, when the first of six C-130J Hercules tactical transport aircraft are to arrive from the US, to be used be exclusively used by the Special Forces (SF). Hindon was designated to become home base for these aircraft, and for this purpose, the Hindon runway was extended and modern hangars, servicing and operations facilities suitable for the C-130J aircraft were added.