Air Force Communication Centre Date Raised : 2000-03-01 Location : New Delhi Air Force Communication Centre (AFCC) was established way back in 1945 with the name, Royal Air Force Signal Centre. On August 15, 1947, as India became independent, it continued to function with the name Royal Indian Air Force (RIAF) Signal Centre to provide voice and data communication to Air HQ at Vayu Bhawan and RK Puram. As India became republic on January 26, 1950 the name of this centre changed as IAF Signal Centre. Later, it was commonly known as Air Force Signal Centre (AFSC) till March 2000. Keeping in view the changed role, it was renamed as Air Force Communication Centre. Toady, AFCC operates from six different locations namely Sena Bhawan, Vayu Bhawan, RK Puram, Ridge, 412 Air Force Station and Transmitting Station, Gurgaon. As per the policy, this centre is responsible for signals and telecommunication facilities to Air HQs and lodger Unitss. It is also responsible for frequency monitoring of Air Force W/T, R/T and beacons, technical evaluation and field trials of communication equipment.
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| 01 Jul 03 - 31 Aug 04Group CaptainRamaiyer Padmanabhan13475 AE(L)CONew Delhi | 01 Sep 04 - 16 Aug 07Group CaptainSubhash Chandra Luthra15105 AE(L)CONew Delhi | 17 Aug 07 - 11 Jun 10Group CaptainShashank Kulkarni16929 AE(L)CONew Delhi | | |
| 02 Feb 15 - 01 Jan 17Air CommodorePijush Mukherjee17671 AE(L)AOCNew Delhi | |