5 Forward Base Support Unit Date Raised : 1972-06-08 Location : Uttarlai The uttarlai station was setup by RAF in 1935 by acquiring 384 acres of land from the Marwar State. It had an airstrip to facilitate landing of two-seater propeller aircrafts. After independence the airfield was handed over the CPWD and occupied by IAF in 1950. Post the 1965 war it was decided to convert it to a base and a C&MU was formed. It was upgraded to an FBSU on 8 June 1972 and a full fledged AFS on 20 Dec 1993
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Commanding Officers | |||||
Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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Unknown to 01 Dec 71 | Wing Commander Vishwanatha Krishnamurthy | 4022 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Uttarlai | |
Unknown to 01 Dec 76 | Wing Commander Virendra Naidu | 4920 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Uttarlai | |
Unknown to | Wing Commander Syed Shahid Hussain Naqvi | 7193 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Uttarlai | |
01 Jan 79 to 01 Feb 81 | Wing Commander Jawahar Lal Bhargava | 7209 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Uttarlai | |
01 Feb 81 to 21 Jul 82 | Wing Commander Ashley Malcolm Rodriques | 8186 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Uttarlai | |
22 Jul 82 to 09 Aug 85 | Wing Commander Rajinder Mohan Singh Datta | 8711 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Uttarlai | |
10 Aug 85 to 30 Sep 87 | Group Captain Manbir Singh | 6771 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Uttarlai | |
01 Oct 87 to 28 Mar 90 | Group Captain Baldhir Singh Ghumman | 8170 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Uttarlai | |
29 Mar 90 to 20 Apr 92 | Group Captain James Arun Benjamin | 11296 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Uttarlai | |
21 Apr 92 to 10 Jul 94 | Group Captain Avinash Deodata Joshi | 10886 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Uttarlai | |
11 Jul 94 to 08 Mar 96 | Group Captain Ramesh Vishwanath Phadke | 10895 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Uttarlai | |
09 Mar 96 to | Group Captain Shah Baig Singh Paul | 11857 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Uttarlai | |
12 May 97 to 05 Jun 00 | Group Captain Ajay Shrivniwas Karnik | 13140 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Uttarlai | |
06 Jun 00 to 29 Nov 11 | Group Captain Randhir Pratap | 13146 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Uttarlai | |
01 Dec 01 to 06 Aug 03 | Group Captain Sanjay Dandapani | 14690 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Uttarlai | |
07 Aug 03 to 31 Mar 05 | Group Captain Amit Aneja | 14668 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Uttarlai | |
21 Jun 05 to 26 Nov 06 | Group Captain Nirmal Singh Jamwal | 17156 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Uttarlai | |
27 Nov 06 to 31 Jul 07 | Group Captain Suraj Kumar Jha | 17445 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Uttarlai | |
01 Aug 07 to 05 Jul 09 | Group Captain Richard John Duckworth | 17136 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Uttarlai | |
06 Jul 09 to 21 Nov 10 | Group Captain Narmdeshwar Tiwari | 18270 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Uttarlai | |
22 Nov 10 to 20 May 12 | Group Captain Hilal Ahmed Rather | 19863 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Uttarlai | |
21 May 12 to 02 Jun 14 | Group Captain #N/A | Stn Cdr | Uttarlai | ||
02 Jun 14 to 01 Jan 17 | Air Commodore Man Singh Awana | 19153 F(P) | AOC | Uttarlai | |
17 Dec 18 to | Air Commodore Seethepalli Shrinivas | 18787 F(P) | AOC | Uttarlai |