No.47 Squadron Black Archers Motto : Karmani Vyaprutham Dhanuhu (My bow is ready for task) Date Raised : 1959-12-18 Location : Adampur No. 47 Squadron, Air Force was formed on 18 December 1959 at Halwara as an amalgamation of the best officers & men picked up from various Unitss of the Air Force. The Squadron adopted a kneeling Black and Archer as its Squadron Insignia. With its bow stretrched to perform the task, the Archer signifies ever ready state of the Squadron personnel to perform the task given with utmost efficiency. The squadron was first equipped with Toofani aircraft. In 1961, the Squadron moved to Kalaikunda. In August 1963 the Squadron moved to Bagdogra and also operated a detachment from Gorakhpur.In September 1964, the squadron moved to its new location at Hasimara. On 23 March 1968, the Squadron converted from the ageing Toofanis to the new thundering supersonic Mig 21 Fls. The Squadron also moved out from Hashimara to Chandigarh. In February 1969, the Squadron moved to its new location at Hindon. Having operated from Palam earlier, the air space around was not new. The Squadron stayed there for the following two years. In November 1973, Squadron moved to Halwara, its formation base. For next five years, the Squadron stayed there. In January 1978, the Squadron moved on to its new location at Chabua where it was to stay for the next seven years. In May 1985 Squadron moved to Hashimara. In May 87, the Squadron moved to Pune and converted to the Mig-29. In March 1997, the squadron moved to Adampur.
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Commanding Officers | |||||
Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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17 Dec 59 to 15 Apr 62 | Squadron Leader Denis Anthony Lafontaine | 3844 GD(P) | CO | Halwara/ KKD | |
16 Apr 62 to 03 Jul 64 | Squadron Leader Charles David Fernandez | 3852 GD(P) | CO | KKD/ Bagdogra | |
06 Jul 64 to 07 Nov 66 | Squadron Leader Pattathil Venugopal | 4431 GD(P) | CO | Bagdogra/ Hashimara | |
06 Nov 66 to 29 Mar 68 | Squadron Leader Onkar Singh Wadhawan | 4899 GD(P) | CO | Hashimara | |
30 Mar 68 to 29 Nov 70 | Wing Commander Tapas Kumar Sen | 4475 GD(P) | CO | Chandigarh/Hindon | |
30 Nov 70 to 02 Mar 72 | Wing Commander Harsern Singh Gill | 4657 GD(P) | CO | Hindon | |
03 Mar 72 to 19 May 74 | Wing Commander Sudharshan Handa | 4816 GD(P) | CO | Hindon/ Halwara | |
20 May 74 to 31 May 76 | Wing Commander Inderjit Singh Sandhu | 4790 GD(P) | CO | Halwara | |
01 Jun 76 to 17 Jul 77 | Wing Commander Sindhaghatta Subbaramu | 5371 GD(P) | CO | Halwara | |
18 Jul 77 to 04 Nov 79 | Wing Commander Janak Pratap Singh | 5672 GD(P) | CO | Halwara/ Chabua | |
05 Nov 79 to 04 Jul 82 | Wing Commander Man Mohan Singh Vasudeva | 6128 GD(P) | CO | Chabua | |
05 Jul 82 to 26 Feb 84 | Wing Commander Manayanthara Kunjanpillai Raghava Menon | 8766 GD(P) | CO | Chabua | |
27 Feb 84 to 04 May 86 | Wing Commander Narayan Menon | 9005 GD(P) | CO | Chabua/ Hasimara | |
05 May 86 to 03 Jul 88 | Wing Commander Vishwanathan Pasupathi | 10887 GD(P) | CO | Hashimara/ Pune | |
04 Jul 88 to 15 Jul 90 | Wing Commander Arun Kumar Tiwary | 12194 GD(P) | CO | Pune | |
16 Jul 90 to 07 Jun 92 | Wing Commander Sumit Mukerji | 12925 F(P) | CO | Pune | |
08 Jun 92 to 05 Jun 94 | Wing Commander Arup Raha | 13910 F(P) | CO | Pune | |
06 Jun 94 to 07 Jan 96 | Wing Commander Inder Singh | 14082 F(P) | CO | Pune | |
08 Jan 96 to 03 May 98 | Wing Commander Karath Padmadass Nair | 15195 F(P) | CO | Pune/ Adampur | |
04 May 98 to 28 May 00 | Wing Commander Sardar Harpal Singh | 16071 F(P) | CO | Adampur | |
29 May 00 to 11 Aug 02 | Wing Commander Praveen Bhatt | 16970 F(P) | CO | Adampur | |
12 Aug 02 to 18 Jul 04 | Wing Commander Sanjay Nimesh | 17862 F(P) | CO | Adampur | |
19 Jul 04 to 14 May 06 | Wing Commander Parveen Keshav Vohra | 19162 F(P) | CO | Adampur | |
15 May 06 to 06 Apr 08 | Wing Commander Pudiapura Jawahar Mohamed | 20445 F(P) | CO | Adampur | |
07 Apr 08 to 26 Apr 10 | Wing Commander Vikas Sharma | 20757 F(P) | CO | Adampur |