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23 Wing Date Raised : 1963-01-25 Location : Jammu Jammu, the winter capital of the state of J & K ensconced between the gentle meanders of the river Tawi and picturesque backdrop of Trikuta hills found itself on the map of the Indian Air Force on 10 Mar 1948. The date was to epitomise birth of a rich operational history in years to come and marked the formation of No 1 Wing, Air Force under the command of legendary wg Cdr MM Engineer, MVC, DFC. The Wing operated from Srinagar in summer and Jammu in winter till end of 1950. There after, it maintained its detachment at Jammu under command of one Flt Lt and few officers. 23 Wg AF was formed here on 25 Jan 63 under the command of Wg Cdr J Andrews.
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| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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| 25 Jan 63 to 14 Jan 64 | Wing Commander Jacob Andrews | 2378 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Jammu | |
| 15 Jan 64 to 29 Apr 66 | Wing Commander George Victor Francis | 2925 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Jammu | |
| 30 Jun 66 to 02 Feb 67 | Wing Commander Sudhindra Kumar Majumdar | 3484 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Jammu |  |
| 10 Mar 67 to 12 Sep 69 | Wing Commander Manuel Keshrinath Gaikwad | 3882 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Jammu | |
| 19 Sep 69 to 22 Jun 71 | Wing Commander Angelo Reginald Lobo | 3957 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Jammu |  |
| 26 Jul 71 to 20 Jan 74 | Wing Commander Bharati Kumar Chatterji | 4505 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Jammu | |
| 11 Feb 74 to 14 Sep 75 | Wing Commander Inder Dev Bhalla | 4571 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Jammu |  |
| 15 Sep 75 to 14 Jun 77 | Wing Commander Shiv Prakash Sabharwal | 4413 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Jammu | |
| 28 Jun 77 to 11 Apr 79 | Wing Commander Subhash Madanmohan Hundiwala | 6351 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Jammu | |
| 12 Apr 79 to 26 Oct 80 | Wing Commander Prithipal Singh Bhachu | 5793 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Jammu | |
| 27 Oct 80 to 15 Jul 82 | Group Captain Jagjit Singh Sawhney | 4449 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Jammu |  |
| 16 Jul 82 to 16 Aug 85 | Group Captain Om Prakash Devgon | 4726 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Jammu |  |
| 22 Aug 85 to 30 Jun 88 | Air Commodore Rajendra Dev Pant | 4737 F(P) | AOC | Jammu |  |
| 21 Oct 88 to 11 Nov 88 | Group Captain Subhash Madanmohan Hundiwala | 6351 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Jammu | |
| 11 Nov 88 to 03 Jan 91 | Air Commodore Subhash Madanmohan Hundiwala | 6351 F(P) | AOC | Jammu | |
| 26 Aug 91 to 13 Jun 94 | Group Captain Subhash Chandra Kharbanda | 10113 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Jammu |  |
| 14 Jun 94 to 31 Jan 95 | Group Captain Pushpendra Singh Diwaniyan | 12379 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Jammu |  |
| 01 Feb 95 to 12 Nov 96 | Group Captain Maheshwar Dutt | 11607 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Jammu |  |
| 13 Nov 96 to 31 Jan 00 | Group Captain Surindra Kumar Sharma | 12023 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Jammu | |
| 01 Feb 00 to 03 Jan 02 | Group Captain Ashok Kumar Malhotra | 14112 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Jammu | |
| 04 Jan 02 to 01 Jun 03 | Group Captain Manmohan Bahadur | 14665 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Jammu |  |
| 02 Jun 03 to 04 Jul 04 | Group Captain Sanjib Kumar Bhattacharya | 15702 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Jammu |  |
| 05 Jul 04 to 16 Oct 05 | Group Captain Radhakrishnan Shankar | 17010 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Jammu | |
| 17 Oct 05 to 14 Oct 07 | Group Captain Jasjit Singh Kler | 16225 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Jammu |  |
| 15 Oct 07 to 30 Apr 09 | Group Captain Vishwanath Prakash | 17149 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Jammu |  |
| 13 Oct 10 to 30 Sep 12 | Air Commodore Nitin B Sathe | 17708 F(P) | AOC | Jammu | |
| 01 Oct 12 to 21 Sep 14 | Air Commodore Prashant Eknath Patange | 17706 F(P) | AOC | Jammu |  |
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