History
The Jodhpur Flying Club was set up by His Highness Maharajah Umaid Singh in the 1920s at a small airfield near his Chittar Palace in Jodhpur. Through the next 3 decades, the airfield grew in stature, being used as an air base for the RAF during World War II. The air base was later upgraded in 1950 after the formation of Indian Air Force.Jodhpur was home to the IAF's Air Force Flying College until the 1965 war.
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