1 Forward Base Support Unit Date Raised : 1972-08-01 Location : Amritsar After partition, DGCA took over the control of Amritsar Air Field from the Royal Air Force. Since then Amritsar has been mainly a civil Air Field with the Air Force operating its detachments from time to time. After the Indo-Pak war of 1965, the requirement of establishing an IAF Base at Rajasansi was felt. The need was primarily to have the ability of launching air attacks against strategic targets deep inside the territory of our western adversary and also to launch offensive missions in support of the army. To cater for this, No.4 MEMU (Mobile Echelon Maintenance Units) was established in 1966 at Rajasansi. At that time the runway and other infrastructure was under the DGCA. The base was subsequently re-designated as No. 1 FBSU AF on 01 Aug 1972.
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01 Aug 72 - Wing CommanderWilliam George Beddoe4686 GD(P)Stn CdrAmritsar | Unknown - 08 Jul 90Group CaptainMan Mohan Sehgal8390 GD(P)Stn CdrAmritsar | 09 Jul 90 - 09 Feb 92Group CaptainAditya Vikram Pethia8384 GD(P)Stn CdrAmritsar | 10 Feb 92 - Group CaptainNarendrajit Singh Rishi9025 GD(P)Stn CdrAmritsar | Unknown - Group CaptainGurinder Singh Mann16033 F(P)Stn CdrAmritsar | |
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