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 42 Wing Date Raised : 1984-12-10 Location : Mohanbari On 30th April 1963 when the Naga insurgency was on the rise, Air Force Station Mohanbari played a crucial to quash the rebellion. The detachment of 43 Sqn equipped with Dakotas also operated from this base till 1980. This Base became as a full fledged Air Force Station on Oct 1984, 42 Wing. Read Detailed History
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Commanding Officers | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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| 12 Dec 84 to 12 Dec 86 | Group Captain Virendra Kumar Dhir | 6862 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Mohanbari | |
| 02 Feb 87 to 18 Jun 88 | Group Captain Krishnaswamy Shridharan | 7019 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Mohanbari |  |
| 03 Jan 88 to 02 May 91 | Group Captain Ravindra Vikram Singh | 9524 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Mohanbari |  |
| 03 May 91 to 06 Jun 93 | Group Captain Vijay Kumar Narayan Sapre | 11285 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Mohanbari |  |
| 07 Jun 93 to 25 Oct 96 | Group Captain Suresh Lal | 11322 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Mohanbari |  |
| 26 Oct 96 to 09 May 97 | Group Captain Sudhir Sah | 11648 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Mohanbari |  |
| 10 May 97 to 12 Sep 99 | Group Captain Narendra Kumar Upadhyay | 12779 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Mohanbari |  |
| 13 Sep 99 to 18 Dec 01 | Group Captain Harjinder Pal Singh Natt | 14281 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Mohanbari |  |
| 19 Dec 01 to 30 Jan 04 | Group Captain Ravi Krishan | 13807 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Mohanbari |  |
| 30 Jan 04 to 04 Sep 05 | Group Captain Jacob James | 16233 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Mohanbari |  |
| 28 Sep 05 to 14 Jun 07 | Group Captain Daljeet Singh Ahluwalia | 16571 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Mohanbari | |
| 25 Jun 07 to 07 Apr 09 | Group Captain Rajan Kapur | 16054 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Mohanbari | |
| 18 Apr 09 to 16 Aug 11 | Group Captain Sanjay Anand Kunte | 18073 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Mohanbari |  |
| 17 Aug 11 to 03 Jun 13 | Group Captain Manu Chaudhary | 19896 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Mohanbari |  |
| 13 Jun 16 to 30 Sep 17 | Group Captain Samir Jayasinha Pendse | 20495 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Mohanbari |  |
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