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 503 Signal Unit Motto : Satatam Tatparah (Always Alert) Date Raised : 1964-08-26 Location : Arjangarh Formed on 26 Aug 1964 as the 503 SU under the command of Gp Capt Kanwar Singh. It is based at AFS Arjan Garh. Initially operated the Star Sapphire radar, It requipped to the THD1955 radar in Sept 1985. It was briefly renumbered to 54 SU before reverting back to 503 SU.
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Commanding Officers | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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| 26 Aug 64 to | Group Captain Kanwar Singh | 2781 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Arjangarh |  |
| 01 Jun 67 to 30 May 68 | Group Captain Anthony Ignatius Kenneth Suares | 2773 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Arjangarh |  |
| 13 Jul 81 to 21 Dec 83 | Group Captain Ranjit Singh Bedi | 5120 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Arjangarh |  |
| 09 Jan 84 to 13 Oct 85 | Group Captain Amarjit Singh Sethi | 5682 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Arjangarh |  |
| 14 Oct 85 to 06 Mar 88 | Group Captain Avinash Chander Goel | 6503 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Arjangarh |  |
| 18 Apr 88 to 22 Dec 91 | Group Captain Nagina Singh Matharhoo | 8180 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Arjangarh |  |
| 23 Dec 91 to 05 Jun 94 | Group Captain Ramesh Chander Gosain | 9447 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Arjangarh |  |
| 06 Jun 94 to 13 Aug 96 | Group Captain Avdesh Kumar Singh | 11005 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Arjangarh |  |
| 01 Oct 96 to 16 Jul 98 | Group Captain Rakesh Kacker | 12951 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Arjangarh |  |
| 16 Jul 98 to 31 Mar 01 | Group Captain Naseem Akhtar | 14279 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Arjangarh |  |
| 03 Apr 01 to 15 Jun 03 | Group Captain Navtej Singh | 14552 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Arjangarh |  |
| 16 Jun 03 to 10 May 05 | Group Captain Upkarjit Singh | 16204 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Arjangarh |  |
| 11 May 05 to 02 Sep 07 | Group Captain Kamal Kumar Dhawan | 15057 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Arjangarh | |
| 03 Sep 07 to 31 May 10 | Group Captain Rajnish Bhalla | 18094 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Arjangarh | |
| 31 May 10 to 27 May 12 | Group Captain Rippon Gupta | 18098 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Arjangarh | |
| 28 May 12 to 25 May 14 | Air Commodore Ranbir Singh Dagar | 17844 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Arjangarh |  |
| 26 May 14 to 01 Nov 17 | Air Commodore Shailendra Sharma | 19189 F(P) | AOC | Arjangarh |  |
| 01 Nov 17 to | Air Commodore Ajay Grover | 18095 F(P) | AOC | Arjangarh | |
| Unknown to | Air Commodore Aketi Suresh Kumar | 19872 F(P) | AOC | Arjangarh |  |
| 30 Dec 21 to 31 Mar 23 | Air Commodore Vikas Sharma | 20757 F(P) | AOC | Arjangarh |  |
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