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1 Wing Date Raised : 1948-03-10 Location : Srinagar IAF Station Jammu, then the advance HQ of No 3 Wing was formed into an independent 01 Operational Wing, RIAF, administered by Air HQ India through No 1 operational Group, Palam on 10 Mar 1948. In the third week of Jul 1950, No 1 Wing moved from Jammu to its present location. The airfield was developed into an IAF base from the old runway that was used by the erstwhile Maharaja Hari Singh for his personal use. Though the base was formally established in 1948 the first AF Dakota landed on 27 Oct 1947 carrying troops of 1 st Sikh Bn to beat back the advancing Pakistani raiders. The old ATC building still remains at this station as a historical relic and a reminder of yesteryears. Since its inception AF Station Srinagar has played a significant role in all the major conflicts.
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| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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| 10 Mar 48 to 14 Sep 48 | Wing Commander Minoo Merwan Engineer | 1614 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Jammu |  |
| 15 Sep 48 to 21 Apr 49 | Wing Commander Hrushikesh Moolgavkar | 1644 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Srinagar |  |
| 22 Apr 49 to 11 Nov 49 | Squadron Leader Tekchand Gopaldas Kelly | 1753 GD(O) | Stn Cdr | Srinagar |  |
| 12 Nov 49 to 16 Sep 51 | Wing Commander Anand Ramdas Pandit | 1707 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Srinagar |  |
| 17 Sep 51 to 18 Feb 52 | Wing Commander Ranendu Sen | 1618 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Srinagar |  |
| 09 Jun 52 to 09 Aug 52 | Wing Commander Chodagam Satyanarayana | 1610 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Srinagar |  |
| 10 Oct 52 to 03 Oct 54 | Wing Commander Sarosh Jehangir Dastur | 1792 GD(O) | Stn Cdr | Srinagar |  |
| 04 Oct 54 to 03 Jul 55 | Wing Commander Kashinath Baburao Joshi | 2427 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Srinagar |  |
| 04 Jul 55 to 21 Jul 57 | Wing Commander Amrit Lal Bery | 1861 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Srinagar |  |
| 22 Jul 57 to 28 Jul 58 | Wing Commander Subodh Kumar Nandi | 1810 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Srinagar |  |
| 30 Jul 58 to 29 Sep 59 | Group Captain Jagdish Chandra Varma | 1646 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Srinagar |  |
| 30 Sep 59 to 11 Jun 62 | Group Captain Anantha Ananthanarayanan | 1607 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Srinagar |  |
| 12 Jun 62 to 26 Dec 62 | Group Captain Damodar Madhao Oka | 1813 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Srinagar |  |
| 27 Dec 62 to 06 May 65 | Group Captain Christopher Andrew Neelakantan | 1926 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Srinagar |  |
| 07 May 65 to 06 Aug 66 | Group Captain Gian Dev Sharma | 1742 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Srinagar |  |
| 07 Aug 66 to 11 Jan 67 | Group Captain Saroj Jena | 3157 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Srinagar |  |
| 12 Jan 67 to 03 Aug 67 | Group Captain Mohindar Singh Khalsa | 3138 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Srinagar |  |
| 04 Aug 67 to 21 May 70 | Group Captain Brian Keith Stidston | 2821 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Srinagar |  |
| 22 May 70 to 07 Oct 73 | Group Captain Rathnaker Sarvotham Sanadi | 3849 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Srinagar |  |
| 08 Oct 73 to 14 Mar 76 | Group Captain Ashok Kumar | 4099 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Srinagar |  |
| 15 Mar 76 to 23 Dec 77 | Air Commodore Man Mohan Singh | 4023 GD(P) | AOC | Srinagar |  |
| 24 Dec 77 to 26 Dec 79 | Air Commodore Kanwal Krishan Malik | 4335 GD(P) | AOC | Srinagar |  |
| 27 Dec 79 to 30 Dec 82 | Air Commodore Harcharan Singh Manget | 4666 GD(P) | AOC | Srinagar |  |
| 31 Dec 82 to 18 Aug 85 | Air Commodore Akbar Singh Bains | 4882 GD(P) | AOC | Srinagar |  |
| 15 Aug 85 to 03 Jan 88 | Air Commodore Satwant Singh | 5010 GD(P) | AOC | Srinagar |  |
| 04 Jan 88 to 11 Jul 89 | Air Commodore Ajai Kumar Singh | 6336 GD(P) | AOC | Srinagar |  |
| 12 Jul 89 to 01 Mar 90 | Air Commodore Satish Kumar Sareen | 5370 GD(P) | AOC | Srinagar |  |
| 05 Mar 90 to 12 Jan 92 | Air Commodore Vinod Kumar Bhatia | 6497 GD(P) | AOC | Srinagar |  |
| 13 Jan 92 to 31 Jan 94 | Air Commodore Baldhir Singh Ghumman | 8170 GD(P) | AOC | Srinagar |  |
| 01 Feb 94 to 24 Sep 95 | Air Commodore Man Mohan Sehgal | 8390 GD(P) | AOC | Srinagar |  |
| 25 Sep 95 to 23 Dec 97 | Air Commodore Ravindra Dattatreya Limaye | 10464 GD(P) | AOC | Srinagar |  |
| 24 Dec 97 to 03 Jan 99 | Air Commodore Pradeep Vasant Naik | 12005 GD(P) | AOC | Srinagar |  |
| 04 Jan 99 to 16 Jul 00 | Air Commodore Mahinder Dev Khanna | 10526 GD(P) | AOC | Srinagar |  |
| 17 Jul 00 to 22 Dec 02 | Air Commodore Satish Kumar Gahlaut | 12764 GD(P) | AOC | Srinagar |  |
| 23 Dec 02 to 04 Jan 05 | Air Commodore Krishnamurthi Rajaram | 12933 F(P) | AOC | Srinagar |  |
| 05 Jan 05 to 29 Dec 06 | Air Commodore Sanjib Bordoloi | 13912 F(P) | AOC | Srinagar |  |
| 30 Oct 06 to 19 Dec 07 | Air Commodore Priya Ranjan Sharma | 13927 F(P) | AOC | Srinagar |  |
| 29 Dec 07 to 16 Dec 09 | Air Commodore Ramesh Goyal | 14567 F(P) | AOC | Srinagar |  |
| 17 Dec 09 to 04 Sep 11 | Air Commodore Upkarjit Singh | 16204 F(P) | AOC | Srinagar |  |
| 05 Sep 11 to 18 Feb 13 | Air Commodore Diptendu Choudhury | 17335 F(P) | AOC | Srinagar |  |
| 19 Feb 13 to 03 Nov 14 | Air Commodore Balkrishnan Balachandran | 18561 F(P) | AOC | Srinagar |  |
| 04 Nov 14 to 09 Nov 16 | Air Commodore Manoj Yashwant Marathe | 18824 F(P) | AOC | Srinagar |  |
| 10 Nov 16 to 31 May 18 | Air Commodore Venigalla Srinivas Choudhary | 19869 F(P) | AOC | Srinagar |  |
| Unknown to | Air Commodore G Krishan Mohan | 20124 F(P) | AOC | Srinagar |  |
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