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Indian Air Force Selection Board


Date Raised : 1950-01-26 Disbanded : 1962-04-16 Location : Dehradun
The institute was initially established as an Experimental Selection Board at Forest Research Institute, Dehradun in 1943. Subsequently, the Board was renamed as No 7 General Selection Board in March 1944, then Royal Indian Air Force Board and moved to its present location at Clement Town in Oct 1948. The board was remaned as Royal indian Air Force Selection Board. Post 26 Jan 1950, it was renamed as Air Force Selection Board. in 1962, with mysore coming up as 2 AFSB, the Units was renamed as 1 AFSB
Unit previously existed as RIAFSB

Commanding Officers


26 Jan 50 - 01 Aug 52
Wing Commander
Dadi Ardeshir Mehta
1625 GD(N)
President
Dehradun

02 Aug 52 - 16 Nov 55
Wing Commander
Samuel Wilbert Bobb
1674 GD(P)
President
Dehradun

17 Nov 55 - 02 Nov 57
Wing Commander
Gian Dev Sharma
1742 GD(P)
President
Dehradun

03 Nov 57 - 06 May 60
Group Captain
Yeshwant Vinayak Malse
1616 GD(P)
President
Dehradun

23 Jul 60 - 26 Jun 61
Group Captain
Kasargod Sadanand Bhat
1747 GD(P)
President
Dehradun

01 Jul 61 - 16 Apr 62
Group Captain
Maurice Barker
1691 GD(P)
President
Dehradun
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Unit continued existence as 1 AFSB
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