Iswahjudi Air Force Base
| Iswahjudi Air Force Base | |||||||||
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Pangkalan Angkatan Udara Iswahjudi | |||||||||
| Maospati, Magetan Regency, East Java in Indonesia | |||||||||
Iswahjudi Air Force Base gate | |||||||||
| Site information | |||||||||
| Type | Type A Air Force Base | ||||||||
| Owner | Indonesian Air Force | ||||||||
| Controlled by | National Air Operations Command | ||||||||
| Condition | Operational | ||||||||
| Location | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 07°36′56.76″S 111°26′02.82″E / 7.6157667°S 111.4341167°E | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1939 (as Maospati Vliegveld) | ||||||||
| Built by | Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force | ||||||||
| In use | 1939–present | ||||||||
| Battles/wars | |||||||||
| Garrison information | |||||||||
| Current commander | Colonel Muchtadi Anjar Legowo | ||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Identifiers | ICAO: WARI, LID: MDN | ||||||||
| Elevation | 110 metres (361 ft) AMSL | ||||||||
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Iswahjudi Air Force Base, Iswahjudi Airport, Iswahjudi Airbase or Iswahyudi is an airbase operated by the Indonesian Air Force. It is the main base of several fighter squadrons.
The airbase is located at Maospati, Magetan, near the city of Madiun on the west side of East Javan's capital Surabaya. It is named after Iswahjudi, an Indonesian Air Force officer who, together with Halim Perdanakusuma, was killed in an air crash while returning to Indonesia from Thailand in 1947.