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10 Tactical Air Centre


Date Raised : 1982-05-01 Location : Bhatinda
After raising of 10 Corps on 01 Jul 79, 10 TAC was formed on 01 May 82 with its nucleus initially at 34 Wing. The first Commander, Gp Capt MC Kappen took over the command of 10 TAC on 04 Apr 83 and shifted the centre from 34 Wing to its interim location in EME OTM Complex, Bathinda Military Station on 23 Apr 84. The centre remained at its interim location till 16 Jan 05 and then moved to a new complex, co-located with the new building of HQ 10 Corps, on 17 Jan 05.

Commanding Officers


10 May 82 - 03 Apr 83
Group Captain
Gopal Krishan Mehta
6752 GD(P)
CO
Bhatinda

04 Apr 83 - 01 Dec 85
Group Captain
Mani Cyriac Kappen
5714 GD(N)
CO
Bhatinda

02 Dec 85 - 07 Oct 87
Group Captain
Kailash Nath Datta
7701 GD(P)
CO
Bhatinda

08 Oct 87 - 25 Mar 90
Group Captain
Gurdip Singh Bal
7707 GD(P)
CO
Bhatinda

26 Mar 90 - 30 Nov 93
Group Captain
Akhilesh Chand Mathur
9455 GD(P)
CO
Bhatinda

21 Feb 94 - 25 Apr 96
Group Captain
Krishnamurthi Rajaram
12933 F(P)
CO
Bhatinda

17 Jun 96 - 08 Apr 01
Group Captain
Jitendra Singh Thakur
12012 GD(P)
CO
Bhatinda

09 Apr 01 - 12 Jan 03
Group Captain
Ramesh Malhotra
13590 F(P)
CO
Bhatinda

13 Jan 03 - 15 Jun 04
Group Captain
Tarun Kumar Varma
14273 F(P)
CO
Bhatinda

16 Jun 04 - 16 Jan 05
Wing Commander
P Singh

CO
Bhatinda

17 Jan 05 - 10 Oct 06
Group Captain
Virendra Kumar Khorana
16221 F(P)
CO
Bhatinda

11 Oct 06 - 05 May 08
Group Captain
Navayath Santosh
17720 F(P)
CO
Bhatinda

05 May 08 - 09 May 10
Group Captain
T M Shashidhar
17439 F(P)
CO
Bhatinda

10 May 10 - 28 Jun 11
Group Captain
Savinder Pal Singh
18116 F(P)
CO
Bhatinda
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