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Bidar Air Force Station
Quick Facts
Airport type | Military / Public |
Operator | Indian Air Force |
Serves | Bidar |
Elevation AMSL | 2,178 ft / 664 m |
Coordinates | 17°54′24″N 77°28′46″E |
Bidar AFS or Bidar Air Force Station is located in Bidar in the state of Karnataka in India. Bidar is one of the renowned Aviation Training Academies, which provided aviation training to the Kiran Mk II trainers, Hawk Advanced jet trainers and the other new entrants of Indian Air Force. The airbase is also used for the aviation aerobatics team of Indian Air Force for their aerobatics demonstration. The training base of Bidar airbase is one of the oldest ones but later it was upgraded to meet the training requirements of the Hawks. The airport was equipped with the aircraft maintenance and testing facility and the runway was enlarged to facilitate the takeoff and landing of the aircrafts. Thus the Bidar Airbase has all state of the art facilities which are required by the budding Air Force trainees.
Runways
Direction | Length | Surface | |
m | ft | ||
02/20 | 2,120 | 6,955 | Asphalt |
08/26 | 2,072 | 6,798 | Asphalt |
Aircrafts
The Bidar AFS has some of the advance aircrafts of IAF in its safekeeping like the Turbomeca Adour Mk871 and the Mk811 the famous Jaguar aircraft.
Kendriya Vidyalaya Air Force Station Bidar
Kendriya Vidyalaya located at Bidar Air Force Station is one of the renowned ones for its excellent educational record and is regarded as the best school of Bidar. The school provides both secondary and senior secondary education to its students. The main aim of the school is to encourage the feeling of Indianness and togetherness among its students apart from providing them superior quality of education. The school focuses on all round development of the students and imparts moral valued in the young kids so that they become responsible citizens of society. The school has received several awards and honors for its excellent performance.
Mission KV, AFS BIDAR
1. The school was initially started to meet the educational requirements of those kids whose parent’s were employees at Bidar AFS. As Bidar AFS was located in the outskirts the parents find it difficult to enroll their kids in the schools which ere very far off from the airbase.
2. To become one of the best schools by imparting superior quality of education to students.
3. The school also encouraged innovation and experimentation in the field of education for which it collaborated with other educational bodies like the NCERT or the National Council of Educational Research and Training and the Central Board of Secondary Education.
4. The main objective of the school is to instill the feeling of ‘Indianness’ or national unity among its students apart from imparting them excellent education.
Infrastructural Facilities
The school has huge campus which is well maintained and has a beautiful garden. It has two computer labs three science labs and one big library which have a wide range of books. It has all the state of the art teaching aids which help the teachers to impart better education. It has a separate room for sports activity and a big playground for the students.
Library
The library is very rich and has large number of books and some latest editions of encyclopedias and other educational magazines. The library also has wide range of books for the small kids of primary classes.
Laboratories
The school has separate labs for different subjects like Chemistry, Physics and Computer science. It also has a Junior Science lab for students of lower classes.
Activity Room
The activity room includes projectors, whiteboards, stage hall where students polish their academic talents.
Sports & Games
The sports department has all the required resourced to cater the requirements of their students who want to play different sports .
Art Education
The school takes at most care to polish the artistic creativity of their student.
Other amenities
The school has a beautiful park and garden for kids.
The school has canteen facility for both staff and students.
Address
Principal, Kendriya Vidyalaya, Air Force Station,
Bidar-585 401, Karnataka.
Phone: 08482-236502 (Office)
Fax: 08482-236502
E-mail: [email protected]
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