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6 Tactical Air Center Date Raised : 1962-12-17 Location : Srinagar 6 Tactical Air Centre of the Indian Air Force was formed at Leh on 17 Dec 62. The Centre was raised as a result of the overall plan of expansion of the Indian Air Force during the Sino-Indian conflict. The role of the Units was to conduct OAS, Exercises and Training within the area of responsibility of Ladakh. In Oct 71, the centre moved to Jalandhar and was affiliated to Head Quarters 11 Corps. During 1971 Indo Pak War it moved to Dera Baba Nanak area. In 1972 the centre moved to Srinagar " "and is affiliated to Head Quarters 15 Corps ever since.
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| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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| 25 Jan 63 to 11 Jun 64 | Group Captain Soli Cursetji Kaikobad | 2119 GD(P) | CO | Leh |  |
| 12 Jun 64 to 15 Aug 65 | Group Captain Walter Vernon Alexander Lloyd | 2623 GD(P) | CO | Leh |  |
| 12 Sep 65 to 01 Jun 66 | Group Captain Kashinath Baburao Joshi | 2427 GD(P) | CO | Leh |  |
| 09 Aug 66 to 11 Sep 67 | Group Captain Harbans Singh Monga | 3162 GD(P) | CO | Leh |  |
| 19 Sep 67 to 29 Mar 68 | Group Captain Peter Maynard Wilson | 3590 GD(P) | CO | Leh |  |
| 04 Apr 68 to 25 Jun 69 | Group Captain Shanti Swarup Enand | 1989 GD(O) | CO | Leh |  |
| 05 Jul 69 to 17 Aug 70 | Group Captain Sudhindra Kumar Majumdar | 3484 GD(P) | CO | Leh |  |
| 18 Aug 70 to 07 Nov 71 | Group Captain Prabhakar Shanker Dere | 3883 GD(P) | CO | Leh/ Jallandhar |  |
| 08 Nov 71 to 06 Apr 74 | Group Captain Subodh Chandra Gajjar | 4008 GD(N) | CO | Jallandhar/ Srinagar | |
| 20 May 74 to 29 Feb 76 | Group Captain Alexander Puthenpurackal Jacob | 4118 GD(N) | CO | Srinagar | |
| 01 Jun 76 to 19 Jul 76 | Wing Commander Sube Singh Malik | 4663 GD(P) | CO | Srinagar |  |
| 20 Jul 76 to 12 Feb 78 | Group Captain Sube Singh Malik | 4663 GD(P) | CO | Srinagar | |
| 17 Apr 78 to 12 Apr 79 | Group Captain William George Beddoe | 4686 GD(P) | CO | Srinagar |  |
| 01 Apr 80 to 20 Sep 80 | Group Captain Ranbir Singh | 5088 GD(N) | CO | Srinagar | |
| 09 Mar 81 to 14 Feb 83 | Group Captain Dhan Singh Nagi | 5305 GD(P) | CO | Srinagar |  |
| 15 Feb 83 to 31 Jul 85 | Group Captain Mohinder Paul | 5126 GD(P) | CO | Srinagar |  |
| 06 Jun 86 to 23 Mar 88 | Group Captain Darshan Singh Basra | 6519 GD(P) | CO | Srinagar |  |
| 24 Mar 88 to 25 Mar 90 | Group Captain Jagjeet Singh Rahil | 9452 GD(P) | CO | Srinagar | |
| 26 Mar 90 to 09 Feb 92 | Group Captain Narendrajit Singh Rishi | 9025 GD(P) | CO | Srinagar |  |
| 10 Feb 92 to 07 Feb 94 | Group Captain Biraja Prasad Patnaik | 8754 GD(P) | CO | Srinagar | |
| 22 Apr 94 to 31 Jul 95 | Group Captain Apparanda Mudapa Ganapathy | 9759 GD(P) | CO | Srinagar |  |
| 01 Aug 95 to 11 Aug 97 | Group Captain Mohinder Pal Singh Gill | 13604 F(P) | CO | Srinagar |  |
| 01 Oct 97 to 16 Apr 00 | Group Captain Jai Ramdas Shirpurkar | 14298 F(P) | CO | Srinagar | |
| 17 Apr 00 to 09 Oct 02 | Group Captain Jugal Kumar Bhuyan | 14115 F(P) | CO | Srinagar | |
| 10 Oct 02 to 09 Nov 03 | Group Captain Rakesh Kumar Negi | 15869 F(P) | CO | Srinagar |  |
| 10 Nov 03 to 30 Jun 06 | Group Captain Sandip Banerjee | 15892 F(P) | CO | Srinagar | |
| 01 Jul 06 to 30 Sep 07 | Group Captain Rajesh Isser | 16968 F(P) | CO | Srinagar |  |
| 01 Oct 07 to 04 Jun 09 | Group Captain Wunnava Venkata Rama Rao | 18111 F(P) | CO | Srinagar | |
| 30 Jun 09 to 23 Aug 10 | Group Captain Sunil Kumar | 17713 F(P) | CO | Srinagar |  |
| 24 Aug 10 to 25 Sep 11 | Group Captain Kanthalloor Saraswathy Kumar Suresh | 18822 F(P) | CO | Srinagar |  |
| 13 May 13 to 13 Oct 14 | Group Captain Rohit Chandra | 21564 F(P) | CO | Srinagar | |
| 17 Jun 16 to 27 Jan 18 | Group Captain Vineet Aggarwal | 21038 F(N) | CO | Srinagar |  |
| 28 Jan 18 to 06 May 18 | Group Captain P Venkateshwarlu | CO | Srinagar | ||
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