Bhatinda first 'MAFI' upgraded IAF airfield

Under the Modernisation of Airfield Infrastructure (MAFI) project, which involves modernisation of 67 military air^elds in India to facilitate operations in all-weather and visibility conditions, Air Force Station Bhatinda is the ^rst such to be upgraded. By end-2016, 30 IAF and IN bases, including 8 along the Sino-Indian border, will have been modernised to a level where aircraft can take o^ and land in visibility as low as 300 metres. As part of the MAFI project, Bhatinda has been equipped with an Instrument Landing System that permits Category II landing, among other advantages. The Rs 2,500 crore MAFI project was globally tendered, and won by Tata Power Strategic Electronics Division.