Air Force Station Tambaram
Tambaram Air Force Station on the outskirts of Chennai houses the Flying Instructor's School (FIS). The FIS was originally raised in the north in Ambala in 1948 and moved to its current location in 1954. Till then Chennai (Then Madras) saw aircraft only at St Thomas Mount, from where a flight of Blenheims and Wapitis of the erst while Coastal Defence Flights (CDF) used to fly missions during World War Two.
Folland Gnat IE-1078 at FIS
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This aircraft is a veteran of the 1965 India Pakistan war and was part of No.23 Squadron based at Pathankot.
MiG-21FL at FIS
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An unidentified MiG-21 belonging to No.45 Squadron
