Suryadarma Air Force Base is one of 9 Indonesian Airforce bases on

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. It is named after

Suryadi Suryadarma Air Chief Marshal (Ret.) Soerjadi Soerjadarma (EYD: Suryadi Suryadarma) (6 December 1912 – 16 August 1975) was the Chief of Staff of the Indonesian Air Force from 1946 to 1962. Biography Early life Born with the name Elang Soerjadi Soerjadarma, ...

, the first commander-in-chief of the air force. It is located in the village of Kalijati, in the ''

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'' of Subang in

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. In the time of the Dutch East Indies, the base was the centre for pilots. On 2 March 1942, the colonial Dutch troops based their campaign against the Japanese here. Today, the base is used by helicopter pilots. It is used by Skadron Udara 7, a team of

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G-3B-1,

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B and

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helicopters.

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