Shahrokhi Air Base, 3rd Tactical Air Base, Hamadan
The Hamadan Air Base (N34°52'05.40" E48°33'08.31") is located outside of the city of Hamadan. This base is part of the Western Area Command of the Iranian Air Force. The base is operated by the civil government. There is one asphalt runway at the base (3229 meters x 45 meters). There are two additional airfields/bases approximately 30 miles north of Hamadan that also serve military purposes. This is where Shahroki Air Base is located.
There are three tactical squadrons (33d and 34th TFS and 31st TRS) located at Hamadan/Shahrokhi which fly F-4Ds, F-4Es, and RF-4Es. This base is also reported to house a rescue squadron and a Base Flight, which uses an AB-212. As of 2008 an unknown squadron with Su-24 was also reported to be station at the base.
During the first US-Iraq War, Ex-Iraqi AF pilots fled to Iran, and those planes that have not been put to use to the Iranian Air Force, these would be primarily the Su-20 and Su-22 Fitter aircraft not absorbed into the IRIAF, have been stored at Hamadan/Shahrokhi.
