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 No.17 Squadron Golden Arrows Motto : Udayam Ajasram Date Raised : 1951-10-01 Location : Ambala
Aircraft Types operated over the years: |
Commanding Officers | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Oct 51 to 29 Jul 52 | Flight Lieutenant Doughlas Llewellyn Springett | 3017 GD(P) | CO | Adampur |  |
| 30 Jul 52 to 02 Dec 52 | Flight Lieutenant George Christadoss Vithuasiromony Nallayya | 2770 GD(P) | CO | Adampur |  |
| 03 Dec 52 to 30 Nov 54 | Flight Lieutenant Kottarathil Narayan Pillai Madhava Panicker | 3603 GD(P) | CO | Adampur | |
| 01 Dec 54 to 20 Aug 57 | Squadron Leader Lakshman Madhav Katre | 3117 GD(P) | CO | Ambala |  |
| 21 Aug 57 to 21 Sep 58 | Squadron Leader Kanwar Singh | 2781 GD(P) | CO | Ambala |  |
| 22 Sep 58 to 23 May 61 | Squadron Leader Jagdish Raj Bhasin | 3591 GD(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 24 May 61 to 11 Oct 61 | Squadron Leader Malcolm Shirley Dundas Wollen | 3641 GD(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 12 Oct 61 to 17 Sep 62 | Squadron Leader Rajkumar Jayvant Singh | 3886 GD(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 18 Sep 62 to 23 Jun 64 | Squadron Leader Pradyot Kumar Senapati | 2928 GD(P) | CO | Kalaikunda | |
| 24 Jun 64 to 02 Dec 65 | Wing Commander Charles Harold Ivan Carson | 3647 GD(P) | CO | Jorhat | |
| 17 Dec 65 to 23 Aug 66 | Wing Commander Amar Singh Mohan | 3661 GD(P) | CO | Jorhat |  |
| 24 Aug 66 to 12 Jan 69 | Wing Commander Gunakar Kamalkar Bakhle | 4204 GD(P) | CO | Hashimara |  |
| 13 Jan 69 to 02 Mar 72 | Wing Commander Narinder Chatrath | 3959 GD(P) | CO | Hashimara |  |
| 03 Mar 72 to 26 Apr 72 | Wing Commander Rhitendra Kishore Chanda | 4738 GD(P) | CO | Hashimara |  |
| 02 Jun 72 to 16 Jan 75 | Wing Commander Atindra Atul Bose | 4740 GD(P) | CO | Adampur |  |
| 20 Jan 75 to 11 Apr 77 | Wing Commander Jasjit Singh | 5100 GD(P) | CO | Halwara |  |
| 12 Mar 77 to 02 Dec 79 | Wing Commander Janak Kapur | 5585 GD(P) | CO | Halwara |  |
| 03 Dec 79 to 17 Dec 80 | Wing Commander Apram Jeet Singh | 7403 GD(P) | CO | Halwara |  |
| 18 Dec 80 to 04 Jan 83 | Wing Commander Vappale Ramchandran Nair | 7407 GD(P) | CO | Halwara/ Bhatinda |  |
| 05 Jan 83 to 31 Dec 84 | Wing Commander Suresh Premchand Malkani | 9429 GD(P) | CO | Bhatinda |  |
| 28 Jan 85 to 08 Oct 86 | Wing Commander Raghu Rajan | 8997 GD(P) | CO | Bhatinda |  |
| 09 Oct 86 to 27 Mar 88 | Wing Commander Vasant Vasudevan | 11587 GD(P) | CO | Bhatinda |  |
| 28 Mar 88 to 29 Mar 90 | Wing Commander Raj Kumar Kachru | 11850 GD(P) | CO | Bhatinda |  |
| 30 Mar 90 to 19 Apr 92 | Wing Commander Satish Kumar Gahlaut | 12764 GD(P) | CO | Bhatinda |  |
| 20 Apr 92 to 22 Aug 93 | Wing Commander Gopal Ranjit Mohan | 12926 F(P) | CO | Bhatinda |  |
| 23 Aug 93 to 11 Jun 95 | Wing Commander Arun Kumar Singwall | 13578 F(P) | CO | Bhatinda |  |
| 12 Jun 95 to 31 Mar 97 | Wing Commander Sanjay Dandapani | 14690 F(P) | CO | Bhatinda |  |
| 01 Apr 97 to 15 Aug 99 | Wing Commander Birender Singh Dhanoa | 15405 F(P) | CO | Bhatinda |  |
| 16 Aug 99 to 14 Oct 01 | Wing Commander Adrian Christopher Albuquerque | 16200 F(P) | CO | Bhatinda |  |
| 15 Oct 01 to 27 Jul 03 | Wing Commander Ashwani Kumar Nabh | 16608 F(P) | CO | Bhatinda |  |
| 28 Jul 03 to 27 Jun 05 | Wing Commander Alok Chaudhry | 18271 F(P) | CO | Bhatinda |  |
| 20 Aug 08 to 21 Jun 09 | Wing Commander Tarun Chaudhry | 20452 F(P) | CO | Bhatinda |  |
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