The Air Force School

Delhi Cantonment, India · built 1955

The Air Force School (TAFS), formerly known as Air Force Central School (AFCS), is a high school in Delhi, India. It was founded in 1955 by Chief of Air Staff Subroto Mukherjee. The school was established in temporary wartime barracks at Wellingdon Camp, on 18 July 1955 to educate children of the Indian Air Force personnel. In May 1967, the school moved to its Aravalli Campus location on the Aravalli ridge in Subroto Park, Delhi Cantonment. The school celebrated its Silver Jubilee in 1980, and dropped the word "Central" from its name. The school, and its sister schools, Air Force Bal Bharati School and the Air Force Golden Jubilee Institute are presently run by the Indian Air Force Educational and Cultural Society.

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