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9 Wing Date Raised : 1955-01-21 Location : Halwara Originally raised as 306 Wing at Palam on 16 March 1950, it moved to Halwara and subsequently renamed to 9 Wing on 29 Jan 1955. Halwara was built on an abandoned forward airstrip and played an active role in both the 1965 and 1971 wars. In recent years, it was home to the last of the MiG-23BN Unitss
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Unit previously existed as 306 Wing
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| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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| 21 Jan 55 to 19 Apr 55 | Wing Commander Jagbir Singh Bolarya | 1663 GD(O) | Stn Cdr | Halwara |  |
| 19 Apr 55 to 07 Nov 57 | Wing Commander Anil Kanta Ganguly | 1677 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Halwara |  |
| 07 Nov 57 to 18 Jun 60 | Wing Commander Pundalik Basawant Rao Pawar | 2123 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Halwara |  |
| 18 Jun 60 to 03 Oct 62 | Wing Commander Samir Banerji | 2881 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Halwara |  |
| 03 Oct 62 to 20 Nov 62 | Wing Commander George Kanishtkumar John | 2132 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Halwara |  |
| 21 Nov 62 to 05 Jan 66 | Group Captain George Kanishtkumar John | 2132 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Halwara | |
| 06 Jan 66 to 30 Apr 69 | Group Captain Dilbagh Singh | 2998 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Halwara |  |
| 01 May 69 to 03 Mar 72 | Group Captain Chandra Kant Viswanath Gole | 3652 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Halwara |  |
| 04 Mar 72 to 05 Jan 75 | Group Captain Narinder Chatrath | 3959 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Halwara |  |
| 06 Jan 75 to 15 Jul 76 | Group Captain Man Singh | 4094 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Halwara |  |
| 16 Jul 76 to 28 Dec 77 | Group Captain Pirthi Singh | 4480 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Halwara |  |
| 19 Dec 77 to 20 Nov 79 | Group Captain Upkar Singh | 4658 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Halwara |  |
| 21 Nov 79 to 23 Jan 81 | Air Commodore Upkar Singh | 4658 GD(P) | AOC | Halwara | |
| 23 Jan 81 to 06 Jan 84 | Air Commodore Ajit Singh Lamba | 4877 GD(P) | AOC | Halwara |  |
| 06 Jan 84 to 10 Feb 86 | Air Commodore Ranjit Singh Bedi | 5120 GD(P) | AOC | Halwara |  |
| 10 Feb 86 to 30 Dec 87 | Air Commodore Pratap Rao | 5188 GD(P) | AOC | Halwara |  |
| 30 Dec 87 to 22 Jan 89 | Air Commodore Dev Nath Rathore | 5780 GD(P) | AOC | Halwara |  |
| 23 Jan 89 to 11 Jan 91 | Air Commodore Vinod Kumar Verma | 6528 GD(P) | AOC | Halwara |  |
| 11 Jan 91 to 08 Mar 92 | Air Commodore Teshter Jall Master | 7224 GD(P) | AOC | Halwara |  |
| 09 Mar 92 to 27 Aug 93 | Air Commodore Sitaramaiah Pingali | 7674 GD(P) | AOC | Halwara |  |
| 11 Oct 93 to 19 Nov 95 | Air Commodore Gopalasamudram Mahadevan Vishwanathan | 9056 GD(P) | AOC | Halwara |  |
| 20 Nov 95 to 05 Jan 98 | Air Commodore Kalathil Payan Sreekanth | 10508 GD(P) | AOC | Halwara |  |
| 05 Jan 98 to 03 Jun 00 | Air Commodore Saravjit Singh Hothi | 12215 GD(P) | AOC | Halwara |  |
| 03 Jun 00 to 02 Sep 01 | Air Commodore Gurcharan Singh Bhogal | 12504 GD(P) | AOC | Halwara |  |
| 03 Sep 01 to 17 Oct 03 | Air Commodore Sanjay Kumar Jayaswal | 13134 F(P) | AOC | Halwara |  |
| 18 Oct 03 to 02 Jan 05 | Air Commodore Vijay Kumar Bali | 13787 F(P) | AOC | Halwara |  |
| 03 Jan 05 to 30 Aug 06 | Air Commodore Anil Chopra | 13368 F(P) | AOC | Halwara |  |
| 01 Sep 06 to 31 Dec 07 | Air Commodore Pradeep Mallappa Katti | 15005 F(P) | AOC | Halwara |  |
| 01 Jan 08 to 31 Aug 09 | Air Commodore Anil Chaudhary | 14564 F(P) | AOC | Halwara |  |
| 01 Sep 09 to 03 Aug 10 | Group Captain Vikram Singh | 17699 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Halwara |  |
| 04 Aug 10 to 29 Nov 10 | Air Commodore Vikram Singh | 17699 F(P) | AOC | Halwara | |
| 30 Nov 10 to 13 Jun 12 | Air Commodore Ashwani Kumar Nabh | 16608 F(P) | AOC | Halwara |  |
| 14 Jun 12 to 13 Jun 14 | Air Commodore Ravi Gopal Krishana Kapoor | 18253 F(P) | AOC | Halwara |  |
| 13 Jun 14 to 15 Jan 17 | Air Commodore Parveen Keshav Vohra | 19162 F(P) | AOC | Halwara |  |
| 16 Jan 17 to 12 Nov 18 | Air Commodore Dhananjay Vasant Khot | 19516 F(P) | AOC | Halwara |  |
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