1 TETTRA School


Date Raised : 1987-09-28 Location : Highgrounds (Chandigarh)
Type training on MiG-27 and MiG-29. Initially established for MiG-23 and MiG-27ML varaints. In 2005, the MiG-29 was added.

Commanding Officers


13 Apr 87 - 21 Jul 90
Group Captain
Sushil Kumar Gupta
6582 ARMT
Stn Cdr
Highgrounds (Chandig

20 Aug 90 - 22 Nov 92
Group Captain
Pirthi Pal Singh Kahlon
7979 ENG
Stn Cdr
Highgrounds (Chandig

23 Nov 92 - 29 Jan 95
Group Captain
Bal Krishan Gandhi
8289 ENG
Stn Cdr
Highgrounds (Chandig

30 Jan 95 - 05 Jan 96
Group Captain
Vijai Kant Tewari
10319 SIGS
Stn Cdr
Highgrounds (Chandig

04 Mar 96 - 21 Apr 98
Group Captain
Balatikalandra Uthaiah Chengappa
12112 AE(L)
Stn Cdr
Highgrounds (Chandig

23 Apr 98 - 31 Dec 99
Group Captain
Satnam Singh Nannar
12647 AE(M)
Stn Cdr
Highgrounds (Chandig

25 Apr 00 - 30 Sep 02
Group Captain
Rakesh Yadav
12809 AE(M)
Stn Cdr
Highgrounds (Chandig

01 Oct 02 - 30 Sep 05
Group Captain
Prashant Purushottam Khandekar
15095 AE(L)
Stn Cdr
Highgrounds (Chandig

01 Oct 05 - 26 Jul 07
Group Captain
Brinder Kumar Sood
16319 AE(L)
Stn Cdr
Highgrounds (Chandig

26 Jun 07 - 13 Aug 09
Group Captain
Raj Karan Singh Shera
16315 AE(L)
Stn Cdr
Highgrounds (Chandig

14 Aug 09 - 31 Aug 11
Group Captain
Sunil Padegaonkar
17279 AE(M)
Stn Cdr
Highgrounds (Chandig

05 Sep 15 - 06 Apr 16
Group Captain
Ashish Dureha
19074 AE(M)
Stn Cdr
Highgrounds (Chandig

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