Indian Air Force Signal Centre Date Raised : 1950-05-26 Disbanded : 2000-02-29 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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Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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26 Jan 50 to 17 Feb 52 | Squadron Leader Amiya Bhushan Mukerjee | 2314 A&SD | CO | New Delhi | |
18 Feb 52 to 01 Feb 53 | Squadron Leader Karnail Singh | 2658 A&SD | CO | New Delhi | |
02 Feb 53 to 10 Oct 56 | Squadron Leader Surjin Singh | 2659 A&SD | CO | New Delhi | |
10 Oct 56 to 15 Nov 59 | Squadron Leader G Singh | CO | New Delhi | ||
16 Nov 59 to 12 Dec 61 | Squadron Leader Kalandy Narayanan | 1934 GD(O) | CO | New Delhi | |
13 Dec 61 to 08 May 62 | Squadron Leader Govind Somnath Mehta | 4293 SIGS | CO | New Delhi | |
09 May 62 to 14 Jan 66 | Wing Commander Kalandy Narayanan | 1934 GD(O) | CO | New Delhi | |
15 Jan 66 to 11 Apr 68 | Wing Commander Jagir Singh | 2608 SIGS | CO | New Delhi | |
15 Apr 68 to 02 Aug 70 | Wing Commander Inder Swaroop Bhatnagar | 3930 SIGS | CO | New Delhi | |
03 Aug 70 to 14 Oct 70 | Wing Commander Satindra Nath Wadhwa | 4288 SIGS | CO | New Delhi | |
15 Oct 70 to 09 Apr 74 | Wing Commander Narayanan Seetharaman | 4385 SIGS | CO | New Delhi | |
10 Apr 74 to 26 Oct 77 | Wing Commander Satish Chand | 3555 SIGS | CO | New Delhi | |
27 Oct 77 to 16 Nov 80 | Wing Commander A K Rai | CO | New Delhi | ||
05 Jan 81 to 28 Feb 82 | Wing Commander Santokh Singh Tuteja | 5253 SIGS | CO | New Delhi | |
01 Mar 82 to 19 Jan 86 | Group Captain Krishan Chandra | 5250 SIGS | CO | New Delhi | |
17 Feb 86 to 11 Sep 88 | Group Captain Koteshwaran | CO | New Delhi | ||
12 Sep 88 to 28 Apr 91 | Group Captain Kamala Kant Dwivedi | 7335 SIGS | CO | New Delhi | |
29 Apr 91 to 29 May 93 | Group Captain Harbhajan Singh Bhatti | 11769 AE(L) | CO | New Delhi | |
30 May 93 to 23 May 96 | Group Captain A Kumar | CO | New Delhi | ||
24 May 96 to 30 Apr 98 | Group Captain Harjit Singh Dua | 11499 AE(L) | CO | New Delhi | |
22 Oct 98 to 22 Mar 99 | Group Captain R C Kakkar | CO | New Delhi | ||
26 Jul 99 to 29 Feb 00 | Group Captain Vinod Kumar Tiwari | 13198 AE(L) | CO | New Delhi |