A little while back Jet Airways landed on a taxiway in Goa. These incidents will continue to occur in India, irrespective of the nationality of the crew and the type of aircraft used. To a large extent the number of incidents have been reduced with the installation of ILS's at most of the airports. In addition, now Jepp charts and ATIS display/broadcasts repetitive warnings on the proximity/bearing and distance of airfields with similar direction runways. However, offset inbound radials and substandard reception signals of VOR/DME's and NDB's continue to plague the pilots operating in this environment. When uncertain, the safest bet at these fields is to come overhead and then commence the approach.
Airforce fields, with uni directional runway lighting makes it practically impossible to spot the runway at night except when you are aligned with the runway. Hopefully, you are aligned with the correct runway with only an NDB to crosscheck. Almost all VORDMEs at Airforce fields are installed by civil authorities (AAI) and not the airforce authorities.
Our company requires that either a check flight or an observation flight be initially conducted for all pilots operating to such fields. It helps improve both pilots awareness about airfield peculiarities.
Cheers and Happy New Year.