IAF Camp | |
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village | |
  IAF Camp Location in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India  IAF Camp IAF Camp (India) | |
| Coordinates: 9°09′13″N92°49′28″E / 9.153547°N 92.824377°E Coordinates: 9°09′13″N92°49′28″E / 9.153547°N 92.824377°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |
| District | Nicobar |
| Tehsil | Car Nicobar |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 731 |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| Census code | 645018 |
IAF Camp (short for Indian Air Force Camp) is a village in the Nicobar district of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India. It is located in the Car Nicobar tehsil. [1] The Car Nicobar Air Force Base is located here.
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is the air arm of the Indian Armed Forces. Its complement of personnel and aircraft assets ranks fourth amongst the air forces of the world. Its primary mission is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during armed conflict. It was officially established on 8 October 1932 as an auxiliary air force of the British Empire which honoured India's aviation service during World War II with the prefix Royal. After India gained independence from the United Kingdom in 1947, the name Royal Indian Air Force was kept and served in the name of Dominion of India. With the government's transition to a Republic in 1950, the prefix Royal was removed after only three years.
Nicobar district is one of three districts in the Indian union territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. The district's administrative territory encompasses all of the Nicobar Islands, which are located in the Indian Ocean, between the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. The headquarters of the district is the village of Malacca, located on the island of Car Nicobar.
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands, is a Union territory of India comprising 572 islands of which 37 are inhabited, are a group of islands at the juncture of the Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea.
