Shindand Airbase

 airport, military airbase

Shindand Airbase (ICAO: OASD) is located in the western part of Afghanistan in the Herat province, 7 miles northwest of the city of Sabzwar. The runway has a concrete surface. An all weather asphalt road connects it with the Farah - Herat highway.

It was captured by the Taliban forces in 1997 and recaptured by the Afghan National Army in August 2004. Originally built in 1961, the Soviet-built runway sustained massive damage during bombing when coalition forces initially entered Afghanistan in 2002.

Once the largest Afghan Air Force base, it is now used by the ISAF for humanitarian, training and medical flights.

In 2010 the runway was refurbished so that it is able to support all Afghan National Army Air Force aircraft currently in use and opens western Afghanistan to larger fixed wing aircraft like the C-17 Globemaster III.