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 Southern Air Command Date Raised : 1984-06-18 Location : Trivandrum Southern Air Command with its Headquarters at Trivandrum was born on 19 Jul 84 out of the changed geopolitical situation around Southern peninsula. The need was felt to establish a full fledged Operational Air Command covering the geopolitical area of peninsular India extending to 18 deg N including the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal and Lakshadweep islands in the Arabian sea. Headquarters Southern Air Command was setup at Trivandrum at "Belhaven Palace", an old palace of Maharaja of Travancore located in the heart of Thiruvananthapuram city. The construction of permanent Command Headquarters was completed and the Headquarters moved from Belhaven Palace to Akkulam on 8 Aug 1996. In 1984 the command had only five lodger Unitss and that has grown to eleven over a period of time Read Detailed History
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Commanding Officers | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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| 18 Jun 84 to 30 Nov 86 | Air Marshal Terence Joseph Desa | 3863 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Trivandrum |  |
| 01 Dec 86 to 30 Sep 87 | Air Marshal Rajagopal Sriramulu Naidu | 4090 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Trivandrum |  |
| 21 Dec 87 to 31 Oct 89 | Air Marshal Gandharva Sen | 4429 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Trivandrum |  |
| 07 Nov 89 to 31 Mar 91 | Air Marshal Suresh Chand | 4585 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Trivandrum |  |
| 13 May 91 to 30 Apr 92 | Air Marshal Sukh Dev Mohan | 4789 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Trivandrum |  |
| 01 May 92 to 31 Jul 93 | Air Marshal Ravinder Nath Bharadwaj | 5001 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Trivandrum |  |
| 03 Sep 93 to 31 Mar 95 | Air Marshal Sherwin Derek Leslie Tully | 5270 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Trivandrum |  |
| 01 May 95 to 30 Apr 97 | Air Marshal Bharat Kumar | 5787 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Trivandrum |  |
| 01 May 97 to 02 Jan 99 | Air Marshal Krishnan Narayan Nair | 6346 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Trivandrum |  |
| 15 Jan 99 to 31 Aug 00 | Air Marshal Darshan Singh Basra | 6519 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Trivandrum |  |
| 01 Sep 00 to 12 Mar 02 | Air Marshal Manjit Singh Sekhon | 6756 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Trivandrum |  |
| 18 Mar 02 to 31 Dec 02 | Air Marshal Tej Mohan Asthana | 7672 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Trivandrum |  |
| 01 Jan 03 to 31 Dec 03 | Air Marshal Anil Kumar Trikha | 8436 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Trivandrum |  |
| 02 Jan 04 to 30 Sep 04 | Air Marshal Sunil Kumar Malik | 9002 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Trivandrum |  |
| 01 Aug 04 to 31 Aug 06 | Air Marshal Sharad Yeshwant Savur | 10525 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Trivandrum |  |
| 01 Sep 06 to 31 Jan 07 | Air Marshal Padamjit Singh Ahluwalia | 11631 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Trivandrum |  |
| 01 Feb 07 to 31 Mar 08 | Air Marshal Yashwant Rao Rane | 12210 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Trivandrum |  |
| 01 Apr 08 to 30 Sep 08 | Air Marshal Suresh Chandra Mukul | 12930 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Trivandrum |  |
| 01 Oct 08 to 31 Aug 09 | Air Marshal Sadhashivan Radhakrishnan | 12408 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Trivandrum |  |
| 01 Sep 09 to 30 Jun 11 | Air Marshal Sumit Mukerji | 12925 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Trivandrum |  |
| 01 Jul 11 to 31 Jul 12 | Air Marshal Satish Pal Singh | 13770 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Trivandrum |  |
| 01 Aug 12 to 31 Dec 13 | Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Jolly | 14083 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Trivandrum |  |
| 01 Jan 14 to 31 May 15 | Air Marshal Arun Purushottam Garud | 14692 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Trivandrum |  |
| 01 Jun 15 to 31 Jul 16 | Air Marshal Jasbir Singh Walia | 15684 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Trivandrum |  |
| 01 Aug 16 to 28 Feb 17 | Air Marshal Sanderraman Neelakantan | 15184 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Trivandrum |  |
| 01 Mar 17 to 31 Jul 18 | Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria | 16026 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Trivandrum |  |
| 01 Aug 18 to 31 Oct 19 | Air Marshal Balakrishnan Suresh | 16206 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Trivandrum |  |
| 01 Nov 19 to 31 Jan 21 | Air Marshal Amit Tiwari | 16806 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Trivandrum |  |
| 01 Feb 21 to 24 Sep 21 | Air Marshal Manavendra Singh | 16983 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Trivandrum |  |
| 03 Oct 21 to 31 Mar 23 | Air Marshal Jonnalagedda Chalapati | 17358 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Trivandrum |  |
| 01 Apr 23 to | Air Marshal Balakrishnan Manikantan | 18291 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Trivandrum |  |
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