Start Date : 16 Nov 64 End Date : 04 Jun 67
97 Pilot Course - The course training was broken up into five states pre- commissioning - AFAC, EFTUs, PTE, AFFC and finally applied stage at various conversion units. About 150 direct entry cadets selected for the 97 PC joined AFAC Coimbatore on 16 Nov 1964 and completed ground training in March 1965.
Thereafter they were sent to various Elementary Flying Training Units (EFTUs) between March 1965 and August 1965. They were expected to do 25 hours of flying including about five solo. Tambaram and Nagpur had L-5s, Kanpur, Delhi and Patiala had Pushpak. 28 NDA Course joined up at this stage too. Due to the 1965 war, the course was sent on indefinite leave after this stage.
The Course was recalled in September 1965 and then sent to Pilot Training Establishment (PTE) Bamrauli for Basic stage flying on the HT2. The cadets were required to complete 25-30 hours of flying.This stage completed in early 1966.
The Course was then sent to AFFC Jodhpur for the intermediate stage flying on the Texan T6G/Harvard aircraft between in March 1966. Each Flight cadet was given between 75-80 hours of flying hours with about half of it being solo.
For the applied stage, the course was split into four groups. Cadets each were sent to FTW Hakimpet on Vampires for Fighter stream, No1. TTW at Begumpet and No. 2 TTW at Yelahanka on DC3 Dakota for Transport stream and LSTU Bamrauli on Bell G3 for helicopter stream. On completion of these stages successfully on 04 June 1967 they received commission and Wings.
Subsequently, the fighter lot was divided into half and sent to 220 sqn and 221 Sqn on Vampires at Pune for operational conversion training. Thereafter they were sent to the Operational Training Unit (OTU) at Jamnagar.
10862 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air CommodoreKariyadil Cheriyan Kuruvilla | No Image Available10863 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantOmesh Keshav Karnik | 10864 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderSankaranarayanan Balasubramanian | 10865 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air CommodoreArun Dattatreya Karandikar | 10866 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air Vice MarshalJagdish Singh Grewal |
No Image Available10867 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderAshok YadavDied in Service on 30 Aug 87 | 10868 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainMaheshwarsingh Thakursingh Baran | No Image Available10869 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainOm Prakash Sharma | 10870 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderGunaratnam Muthiah David | 10871 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flying OfficerSudhir TyagiDied in Service on 04 Dec 71 |
No Image Available10872 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderManjul Kumar Pant | No Image Available10873 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantJagdish Kumar MalikDied in Service on 22 Feb 74 | No Image Available10874 GD(P)Flying OfficerJasminder Pal Singh Sekhon | No Image Available10875 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderKeeleri Nakadi Premnath Raghavan | 10877 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flying OfficerNirmal Jit Singh SekhonDied in Service on 14 Dec 71 |
10878 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderRaeburn Demonte | No Image Available10879 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderVinay Kumar Bali | 10880 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderSamavedam Vera Raja Sekhar | 10881 GD(P)Flying OfficerMoti Lal ChadhaDied in Service on 12 Feb 71 | 10882 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderKammbir Singh Jaijee |
10883 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air CommodorePraveen Chander Chopra | 10884 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderRam Lal Wadhwa | 10885 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air CommodoreBiswajit Mukerjee | 10886 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air MarshalAvinash Deodata Joshi | 10887 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderVishwanathan Pasupathi |
No Image Available10888 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderShiv Chander Verma | 10889 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainAshok Kumar Brahmawar | No Image Available10890 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderVinod Kumar Arora | 10891 GD(P)Flying OfficerRoshan Lal Hastu | 10892 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainVinod Kumar Bhatia |
10893 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderRomesh Chandra John Banerjee | 10894 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainKuttippuzha Joseph Mathew | 10895 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air CommodoreRamesh Vishwanath Phadke | 10896 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainSyed Mohammed Ghouse | 10897 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderArbinder Singh |
10898 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderMir Jawad Ali | No Image Available10899 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderBrian Arnold William Stephen Zachariahs | 10900 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderAllan Donald Templeton | No Image Available10901 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderKuldip Rai Jandial | No Image Available10902 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderBalraj Singh Rathee |
10903 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantViney Kumar Heble | No Image Available10904 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderSatish Dwarkanath Makashir | No Image Available10906 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainRamesh Chandra Aggarwal | 10907 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderVerindar Kumar Jandial | No Image Available10908 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderDasharathy Dayakar |
10909 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flying OfficerManmohan SinghDied in Service on 07 Dec 71 | No Image Available10910 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderKenneth Jonathan Templeton | No Image Available10911 GD(P)Flying OfficerTirath Singh SandhuDied in Service on 07 Nov 68 | No Image Available10912 GD(P)Flying OfficerSanjaya GhoshDied in Service on 30 Jun 69 | No Image Available10913 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderAjit Pandurang Jambawalikar |
No Image Available10914 GD(P)Flying OfficerJeffrey Leslle Hill | No Image Available10915 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantRaj Kumar Gupta | 10916 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air Vice MarshalDhanwant Singh Guram | No Image Available10917 GD(P)Flying OfficerRajinder Kumar DhirDied in Service on 31 Dec 69 | 10918 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air CommodoreRamamoorthy Vijay Kumar |
10920 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderGommenavalli Narayanappa Ramachandra | 10922 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderYashpal Kothari | No Image Available10924 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderKarna Kumar Naidu | No Image Available10925 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainVinod Mahajan | 10927 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderNarender Singh Dhaka |
10928 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderVinayak Shivram Patwardhan | No Image Available10929 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderChand Mohan Trehan | No Image Available10930 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderVijay Kumar Jain | No Image Available10931 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flying OfficerVinod Kumar KhajuriaDied in Service on 10 Feb 72 | 10932 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderShapur Erachshaw BariaDied in Service on 15 Jul 90 |
No Image Available10933 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flying OfficerRajeshinder Singh Sidhu | 10934 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainPeter Douglas Woodman | No Image Available10935 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderHari Jeet Singh Sahi | No Image Available10936 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderKaran Kumar Dilawari | No Image Available10937 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderPrem Chander Sharma |
No Image Available10938 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderJoyprakash Bhaumik | No Image Available10939 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderCharanjit Singh Grewal | 10940 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air CommodoreSuryakant Nijanand Bal | 10941 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air Vice MarshalShyamal Kumar Banerjee | 10942 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderVinod Ahuja |
No Image Available10943 GD(P)Flight LieutenantNaresh Chander Monga | No Image Available10944 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderDebdas Podder | No Image Available10945 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air CommodoreSurjeet Singh Bhatti | No Image Available10946 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderSureshchandra Gordhanbhai PatelDied in Service on 22 Mar 86 | No Image Available10947 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderIntezam Husain NaqviDied in Service on 27 Sep 84 |
10948 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flying OfficerBartan Ramesh | No Image Available10949 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderRathindra Mohan Chaterjee | No Image Available10950 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderAshok Gangadhar Tamhne | 10951 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderAsok Kumar Banerjee | No Image Available10953 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderSubir Mitra |
10954 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderPrem Prakash Chopra | No Image Available10955 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantAnang Mohan BoseDied in Service on 14 Aug 75 | No Image Available10956 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderPattencherry Subbaramaiyer Venkiteswaran | No Image Available10957 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderSubhash Chandra Chunni | No Image Available10958 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderJose Jesus Da Conceicao E SouzaDied in Service on 07 Nov 79 |
10960 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainVipin Channa | No Image Available10961 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderRamindarjit Singh Walia | No Image Available10962 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderRam Chandra Khatri | 10963 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderNaresh Chand Jain | No Image Available10965 GD(P)Flight LieutenantRajan Caleb Paul |
10966 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderAwadh Prakash Gaur | No Image Available10967 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainKrishan Swaroop Seth | No Image Available10968 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderVijay Bhargava | No Image Available10969 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantGurpreet Singh Sidhu | No Image Available10970 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderTapan Kumar Mitra |
No Image Available10972 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderReginald Mukha | No Image Available10973 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderDurga Charan Das | No Image Available10975 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderSushil Joachim Mitra | No Image Available10976 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderRohinlon Jamahed Darukhanawala | No Image Available10977 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderNarinder Palta |
No Image Available10978 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantAnand Mohan Singh TanwarDied in Service on 19 Nov 78 | No Image Available10979 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderMan Mohan Singh | No Image Available10980 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderManeck Dinshaw Karbhary | No Image Available10981 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderMathew Karavadaseril Abraham | 10983 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainSurya Kumar Gupta |
10984 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air Vice MarshalGordon Peter Douglas D'Souza | No Image Available10986 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantDarryl Raymond KumarDied in Service on 05 Apr 77 | 10987 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderSuhas Clement Solomon | 10989 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderManabendra Ghosh | No Image Available10991 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderBaldev SinghDied in Service on 31 Dec 82 |
No Image Available10992 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainBhuvanesh Kaul | No Image Available10993 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderHarish Kumar Raghunath Seth | No Image Available10994 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderJimi Hoshang Dallas | No Image Available10995 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderNawal Kishore Srivastava | No Image Available10998 A&SD (Later ADM)Wing CommanderMadhu Joshi |
No Image Available10999 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderAjit Dutta | No Image Available11000 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantKrishanpal Singh Sidhu | No Image Available11001 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderKamal Nath | No Image Available11002 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderPradeep Singh Bisht | No Image Available11003 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderJagjit Singh Pathania |
11005 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air MarshalAvdesh Kumar Singh | No Image Available11006 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderColin Anthony Kyte | No Image Available11008 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderViswanath Shyam Sunder | No Image Available11009 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderTimothy Preston Mullapaudy | No Image Available11010 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderMadan Mohan Gaur |
No Image Available11011 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderSuresh Chandra Chatturvedi | No Image Available11013 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderBhupinder Singh Talwar | No Image Available11015 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderDarshan Singh Grewal | No Image Available11016 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderHarpal Singh Gill | No Image Available11017 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderAshok Vinayak Godbole |
No Image Available11018 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderSudhir Anant Patwardhan | No Image Available11022 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainArvind Rai Narang | 11023 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainKrishan Pratap Narain Singh | No Image Available11024 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantVijendra RaoDied in Service on 07 Sep 74 | No Image Available11025 GD(P)Pilot OfficerSarabjit Singh Sahni |
No Image Available11026 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderAlok Chakrabarthi | No Image Available11027 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderRavindra Pal Singh | No Image Available11028 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderTrilochan Singh | No Image Available11029 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderPreetinder Singh Thapar | No Image Available11030 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderImmanuel George Bhaskaran |
No Image Available11031 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderBalakrishna Ravi Kumar | No Image Available11032 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantBhupendra Madholal ParikhDied in Service on 07 Sep 74 | 11033 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderHarpal Singh Baidwan | No Image Available11034 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderNarendra Nath Srivastava | No Image Available11035 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderAshok Kumar Chandra |
No Image Available11037 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantKenneth Amarjit Masih | No Image Available11038 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantFaiq Mahmood | No Image Available11039 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderAdarsh Bhasin | No Image Available11040 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flying OfficerAnuj Kumar AgaDied in Service on 03 Feb 73 | No Image Available11042 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderSati Raman Prasad Shah |
No Image Available11044 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantMysore Rangaraj Yesho Kumar | No Image Available11045 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderHarish Kumar Rai | No Image Available11046 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderIrshad Ahmed | No Image Available11047 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderPalghat Sundaram Krishnaswamy | 11048 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flying OfficerSatyabrata NandiDied in Service on 17 Dec 71 |
No Image Available11049 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderKeshab Samuel Tiwari | No Image Available11050 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantHarjeet Singh KahlonDied in Service on 28 Sep 74 | 11051 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air Vice MarshalHar Prakash Singh Sidhu | No Image Available11052 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderAlan Rajasooriya Chatterjee | No Image Available11053 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderTarsame Singh Gill |
No Image Available11054 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantMohinder Bir Singh | 11055 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantGurjeet Singh Jawandha | 11056 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderSikander Shikoh | No Image Available11062 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantJaspal Singh Sethi |