Indian Aviation Contingent -I (MONUC) Date Raised : 2003-07-13 Disbanded : 2010-10-04 Location : Congo MONUC is one of the largest and most robust peace keeping operations ever undertaken by the UN. The Aviation Contingents are by far the key elements in the arsenal of MONUC in achieving its mandate of maintaining peace in this huge country, the second largest in Africa. The tasks required by UN from the Mi-35 Sqn were to provide armed escort, fire support, anti-armour support, reconnaissance, information gathering and MEDEVAC, all these both by day as well as night. The Mi-17 utility helicopters were to undertake tasks including troop induction, cargo carriage, under slung operations, SAR, CASEVAC and MEDEVAC, reconnaissance and surveillance, both by day and night.
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Commanding Officers | |||||
Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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13 Jul 03 to 12 Aug 04 | Group Captain Kulwant Singh Gill | 15220 F(P) | Cont Cdr | Congo | |
13 Aug 04 to 25 Sep 05 | Group Captain Daljeet Singh Ahluwalia | 16571 F(P) | Cont Cdr | Congo | |
26 Sep 05 to 28 Apr 06 | Group Captain Govindan Ajith Kumar Nair | 14677 F(P) | Cont Cdr | Congo | |
29 Apr 06 to 15 Sep 06 | Group Captain Atanu Guru | 16794 F(P) | Cont Cdr | Congo | |
26 Sep 06 to 17 Oct 07 | Group Captain Sanderraman Neelakantan | 15184 F(P) | Cont Cdr | Congo | |
18 Oct 07 to 24 Oct 08 | Group Captain Navkaranjit Singh Dhillon | 16580 F(P) | Cont Cdr | Congo | |
25 Oct 08 to 02 Dec 09 | Group Captain Ravi Bhate | 17342 F(P) | Cont Cdr | Congo | |
02 Dec 09 to 04 Oct 10 | Group Captain Ashwani Kumar Nabh | 16608 F(P) | Cont Cdr | Congo |