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 No.25 Squadron Himalayan Eagles Motto : Satvadeena hi Sidhvayah ( Excellence through Diligence) Date Raised : 1963-03-01 Location : Vadodara The sqn was raised in 1963 at Chandigarh to support the Army operations in Nothern Sector in the harsh Leh and Ladakh region. Initially formed on 4 An-12s, it added IL-76 in 1989. in 1993 the An-12s were replaced by the An-32s. The sqn moved to the western sector at Vadodara in Sep 2011. Hwoever the Il-76 element remained at 12 wing and merged with 44 Sqn.
Aircraft Types operated over the years: |
Commanding Officers | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Mar 63 to 27 May 63 | Squadron Leader George Jagdish Shaw | 3362 GD(P) | CO | Chandigarh |  |
| 28 May 63 to 30 Nov 65 | Wing Commander Reginald Azariah Rufus | 3319 GD(P) | CO | Chandigarh |  |
| 01 Dec 65 to 09 Jan 67 | Wing Commander Nittript Lal Badhwar | 3955 GD(P) | CO | Chandigarh |  |
| 23 Jan 67 to 18 Sep 68 | Wing Commander Prakashnarain Jainarain Mehra | 4037 GD(P) | CO | Chandigarh |  |
| 19 Sep 68 to 08 Aug 71 | Wing Commander Sandip Sen | 4356 GD(P) | CO | Chandigarh |  |
| 09 Aug 71 to 14 Jan 73 | Wing Commander Jagjit Singh Sawhney | 4449 GD(P) | CO | Chandigarh |  |
| 15 Jan 73 to 19 Mar 75 | Wing Commander Ramesh Chandra Sondhi | 4659 GD(P) | CO | Chandigarh |  |
| 20 Mar 75 to 25 Mar 79 | Group Captain Chandra Kant Dhawan | 4995 GD(P) | CO | Chandigarh |  |
| 26 Mar 79 to 14 Jan 81 | Group Captain Verinder Puri | 5199 GD(P) | CO | Chandigarh |  |
| 15 Jan 81 to 14 Jan 83 | Group Captain Chander Parkash Puri | 4917 GD(P) | CO | Chandigarh |  |
| 05 Jan 83 to 29 Jun 86 | Group Captain Karimbil Kamalesh Babu | 5874 GD(P) | CO | Chandigarh |  |
| 30 Jun 86 to 27 Nov 88 | Group Captain Satish Kapoor | 6774 GD(P) | CO | Chandigarh |  |
| 28 Nov 88 to 15 Jul 90 | Group Captain Raj Pal Singh Garcha | 8413 GD(P) | CO | Chandigarh |  |
| 16 Jul 90 to 04 Jul 93 | Group Captain Ramamoorthy Vijay Kumar | 10918 GD(P) | CO | Chandigarh |  |
| 05 Jul 93 to 31 May 95 | Group Captain Peter Keith Pinto | 8419 GD(P) | CO | Chandigarh |  |
| 01 Jun 95 to 29 Mar 98 | Group Captain Dhiraj Kukreja | 13130 F(P) | CO | Chandigarh |  |
| 30 Mar 98 to 01 Jul 01 | Group Captain Satish Pal Singh | 13770 F(P) | CO | Chandigarh |  |
| 23 Jul 01 to 06 Jul 03 | Group Captain Raju Stephen | 14689 F(P) | CO | Chandigarh |  |
| 07 Jul 03 to 03 Jul 05 | Group Captain Surendranath Mohanty | 16052 F(P) | CO | Chandigarh |  |
| 04 Jul 05 to 15 Jul 07 | Group Captain Birender Singh Yadav | 17166 F(P) | CO | Chandigarh |  |
| 16 Jul 07 to 31 May 09 | Group Captain Joseph Xavier Israel | 17167 F(P) | CO | Chandigarh |  |
| 01 Jun 09 to 29 Aug 10 | Group Captain Surendra Pal Singh | 18260 F(P) | CO | Chandigarh |  |
| 30 Aug 10 to | Group Captain Bhartendra Singh | 19874 F(P) | CO | Chandigarh |  |
| Unknown to | Group Captain Dalbir Singh | 23726 F(P) | CO | Vadodara |  |
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