Set up right after the 1962 Sino-Indian war, it later came to be known as the ‘House of Hunters’ when it housed three squadrons of Hunter aircraft. The Mi-G fighters too operated from the base for five years and later made a return from 1985 to 1987.
IAF chief Air Chief Marshal R.K.S. Bhadauria said that the induction of Rafale had been carefully planned at Hasimara, keeping in mind the importance of strengthening IAF's capability in the eastern sector.
As a test pilot, Air Commodore Srivastava has done major trials on Mirage 2000 and Jaguar aircraft
