Kalaikunda Air Force Station

Kalaikunda Air Force Station
Kalaikunda Air Force Station;
	IATA: none; ICAO: VEDX;
Summary
Airport type	Military
Operator	Eastern Air Command; Andaman and Nicobar Command
Serves	Indian Air Force
Location	Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
Elevation AMSL	200 ft / 61 m
Coordinates	22°20′21.90″N 087°12′52.37″E / 22.3394167°N 87.2145472°E
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Kalaikunda Air Force Station (ICAO: VEDX) is an Indian Air Force Base in Kharagpur, located in the West Midnapur district of the state of West Bengal. It was the home of No. 18 Squadron IAF, the Flying Bullets. The squadron flew the Indian license-built Mikoyan MiG-27ML till its decommissioning in April 2016.^[1] A squadron of Su-30 MKIs is now at the base.^[2]

^ "No. 18 Squadron numberplated". Times Of India. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
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