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Training Command (India)
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<p>Training Command is the <a href="/facts/Indian_Air_Force/XbNJ5qcp">Indian Air Force</a>'s command responsible for flying and ground training. </p><p>In the 1930s, the approaching threat and later advent of <a href="/facts/World_War_II/2efV5L1U">World War II</a> and the leaning of Japan towards the Axis powers, the latter was considered as a potential enemy. Therefore, need was felt to make IAF a self-supporting force for the South Eastern Theatre of war. This led to the rapid expansion of the IAF. A target was fixed of 10 IAF Squadrons. With this expansion, the requirement of pilots and technical personnel increased. For the training of technical personnel, a technical training school was set up at Ambala in 1940. </p><p>In a 1949 reorganisation of the Indian Air Force, while frontline units were put under the Operations Command, all the training institutions were placed under the jurisdiction of the Training Command. </p><p>Among Training Command's units is the <a href="/facts/Navigation_Training_School_IAF/sJqKUWRk">Navigation Training School</a> at <a href="/facts/Begumpet_Air_Force_Station/3LIB8n95">Begumpet Air Force Station</a>, <a href="/facts/Hyderabad,_India/APPUtNqU">Hyderabad</a>. It flies the <a href="/facts/Hawker_Siddeley_HS_748/MIdGYna3">BAe HS. 748</a>, the <a href="/facts/Basic_Flying_Training_School_(India)/cVkM40MP">Basic Flying Training School</a> and the <a href="/facts/Air_Force_Administrative_College/SToQq6rk">Air Force Administrative College</a>. The Hawk Operational Training Squadron and Weapon System Operators' School are located at <a href="/facts/Bidar_Air_Force_Station/P9QtANYs">Bidar Air Force Station</a> which flows the <a href="/facts/BAE_Systems_Hawk/BtG0CK4J">Hawk Mk 132</a> trainer aircraft. </p>