27 Wing Date Raised : 1979-01-26 Location : Bhuj The airstrip was constructed by the US Air Force in 1941-42 during World War-II to serve as a transit base between Karachi and Bombay (now _Mumbai). During that period, Dakota aircraft operated frequently from this base. After World War-II, the USAF handed over the airstrip to the then 'Maharao of Kutch'. A private operator, Mr. Kabali, started air services between Mumbai-Jamnagar-Bhuj and Karachi with Dakota aircrafts. In 1947, the airfield was handed over by the Maharao to the Union of India. A civil terminal building came up in 1948 and civil flights continued operations with British Heron and Avro aircraft. The first IAF establishment came into being as 12 Care & Maintenance Units (C & MU) in 1968. 12 C & MU was converted to 6 FBSU on 07 Aug 72. On 26 Jan 79, the base was upgraded to a Wing and this marked the birth of 27 Wg, Air Force. One Sqn of MiG-21 Bis aircraft was also relocated from Pune to Bhuj, thus completing the process of making it a frontline fighter base.
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Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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26 Jan 79 to 01 Mar 79 | Wing Commander Sharad Narayan Medhekar | 5062 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhuj | |
01 Mar 79 to 01 Aug 80 | Group Captain Satish Chandra Jain | 5068 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhuj | |
01 Aug 80 to 01 Mar 83 | Group Captain Trevor Joseph Fernandes | 5287 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhuj | |
01 Apr 83 to 14 Oct 85 | Group Captain Bipinchandra Shantaram Raje | 5182 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhuj | |
14 Oct 85 to 15 Mar 87 | Group Captain Suresh Kumar Sonpar | 6126 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhuj | |
25 Mar 87 to 03 Jan 90 | Group Captain Chittatoor Doraiswami Chandrasekhar | 8426 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhuj | |
04 Jan 90 to 08 Mar 93 | Group Captain Dileep Nilkanth Pandit | 8166 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhuj | |
09 Mar 93 to 10 Aug 94 | Group Captain Satish Kumar Jain | 9716 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhuj | |
11 Aug 94 to 19 Jan 97 | Group Captain Adhip Banerjee | 11592 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhuj | |
20 Jan 97 to 24 Aug 97 | Group Captain Parvez Hamilton Khokhar | 11860 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhuj | |
25 Aug 97 to 29 Dec 97 | Group Captain Mohinder Pal Singh Gill | 13604 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhuj | |
30 Dec 97 to 04 Feb 01 | Group Captain Satvir Singh Dhanda | 13926 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhuj | |
05 Feb 01 to 08 Dec 02 | Group Captain Mohit Kumar | 14674 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhuj | |
09 Dec 02 to 04 Jul 04 | Group Captain Sanderraman Neelakantan | 15184 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhuj | |
05 Jul 04 to 17 Jul 06 | Group Captain Navkaranjit Singh Dhillon | 16580 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhuj | |
17 Jul 06 to 06 Jul 08 | Group Captain Surendra Kumar Ghotia | 16575 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhuj | |
07 Jul 08 to 31 Mar 09 | Group Captain Rajiv Dayal Mathur | 16772 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhuj | |
01 Apr 09 to 09 May 10 | Group Captain Nagesh Kapoor | 18557 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhuj | |
10 May 10 to 21 May 12 | Group Captain Hardeep Bains | 19180 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhuj | |
21 May 12 to 31 Mar 13 | Group Captain Dhananjai Vishnu Wani | 18568 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhuj | |
01 Apr 13 to 06 Apr 14 | Air Commodore Dhananjai Vishnu Wani | 18568 F(P) | AOC | Bhuj | |
26 May 14 to 06 Jun 16 | Air Commodore Kanthalloor Saraswathy Kumar Suresh | 18822 F(P) | AOC | Bhuj | |
06 Jun 16 to 24 Jun 18 | Air Commodore Kartikeya Kale | 19883 F(P) | AOC | Bhuj |