Bareilly Airport also known as Bareilly Air Force Station or Trishul Air Base , is a military airbase

Airbase

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 and public airport

Airport

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 serving the city of Bareilly

Bareilly

Bareilly is a prominent city in Bareilly district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Standing on the Ramganga river, it is the capital of the Bareilly division and the geographical region Rohilkhand...

, in the state

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 of Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

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, India

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. The air force station is one of the largest airbases of the Indian Air Force

Indian Air Force

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 (IAF). It is part of Central Air Command. It has a squadron of State of the art fighters, the Sukhois and the helicopter squadrons. The Trishul air-base in Bareilly had Foxbats capable of flying up to 80,000 feet.

The underground hangar

Underground hangar

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 it possesses is considered to be one of the largest in Asia. Bareilly

Bareilly

Bareilly is a prominent city in Bareilly district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Standing on the Ramganga river, it is the capital of the Bareilly division and the geographical region Rohilkhand...

 has a major settlement of the Indian Army

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's regimental headquarter of Jat Regiment

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. Bareilly

Bareilly

Bareilly is a prominent city in Bareilly district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Standing on the Ramganga river, it is the capital of the Bareilly division and the geographical region Rohilkhand...

 also has the regional headquarters of Indo-Tibetan Border Police

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 and Border Security Force

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 too.

Domestic Terminal

The government has also passed orders for the use of Trishul's runway for the domestic airport being constructed in Bareilly

Bareilly

Bareilly is a prominent city in Bareilly district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Standing on the Ramganga river, it is the capital of the Bareilly division and the geographical region Rohilkhand...

. Adjoining land of "Van-Chetna Kendra" has been acquired by the government for this proposal and the construction of the domestic passenger terminal.