Iswahyudi Air Force Base

Iswahyudi Air Force Base, Iswahyudi Airport or Iswahyudi Airfield is an airfield operated by the Indonesian Air Force. It is the main base of several squadrons of Indonesian jet fighters, including:

  • Skadron Udara 3 "Sarang Naga" ("Dragon's Nest), equipped with F-16A/B Block-15 OCU, F-16C/D Block 25;[3]
  • Skadron Udara 14 "The Eagles", equipped with F-5E/F-5F;
  • Skadron Udara 15 "The Typhoons", equipped with KAI T-50 Golden Eagle.

Iswahyudi Airfield

Lapangan Udara Iswahyudi
Summary
Airport typeMilitary
OperatorIndonesian Air Force
LocationMadiun, East Java, Indonesia
Elevation AMSL361 ft / 110 m
Runways
Direction Length Surface
m ft
17R/35L 3,050 10,007 Asphalt[1]
17L/35R 2,575 8,448 Asphalt[2]

The airfield is located at Maospati, Magetan, near the city of Madiun on the west side of East Javan capital Surabaya. It is named after Iswahyudi, an Indonesian air force officer who, together with Halim Perdanakusuma, was killed in an air crash while returning to Indonesia from Thailand in 1947.[4]

Currently, the airport is not used for civilian flights.

References
  1. http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=ID53678&sch=madiun
  2. http://worldaerodata.com/wad.cgi?id=ID53678&sch=madiun
  3. http://warnesysworld.com/final-six-f-16-block-25s-indonesian-air-force-completed/
  4. Sudarmanto 1996, p. 247.



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