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No.105 Helicopter Unit Daring Eagles

Motto : Apatsu Mitram (A friend in time of need)
Date Raised : 1959-11-23 Location : Gorakhpur
105 Helicopter Units is the second oldest Helicopter Units of the Indian Air Force. The Units formed at Jorhat on 23 November 1959, was equipped with Mi-4 helicopters and moved to Air Force Station Gorakhpur on 3 August 1987. Besides, communication, Logistics and reconnaissance Units also carries out SHBO and VIP task.
Aircraft Types operated over the years:

Commanding Officers


03 Mar 60 - 27 May 61
Flight Lieutenant
Maheshwar Sarup Kapoor
4096 GD(P)
CO
Chabua

28 May 61 - 15 May 63
Squadron Leader
Arnold Sochindranath Williams
3950 GD(P)
CO
Chabua

16 May 63 - 07 May 65
Squadron Leader
Khurshed Jahangirji Mistri
3651 GD(P)
CO
Chabua

08 May 65 - 12 May 67
Squadron Leader
Prabhakar Jaywant Jakatdar
4237 GD(P)
CO
Chabua

13 May 67 - 14 Jan 68
Squadron Leader
Mohan Chandra
4889 GD(P)
CO
Chabua

15 Jan 68 - 31 Jan 71
Squadron Leader
Yenagudde Sadashiva Hegde
4812 GD(P)
CO
Chabua

01 Feb 71 - 28 Nov 71
Squadron Leader
Dinesh Chandra Kaushik
6353 GD(P)
CO
Chabua

29 Nov 71 - 27 Oct 74
Squadron Leader
Pran Nath Chhabra
5334 GD(P)
CO
Chabua

28 Oct 74 - 25 Jul 76
Squadron Leader
Narinder Singh Chahal
8155 GD(P)
CO
Chabua

26 Jul 76 - 14 May 78
Squadron Leader
Thiruvenkatachari Jayaraman
9474 GD(P)
CO
Chabua

15 May 78 - 08 Apr 79
Squadron Leader
Adolph Vincent Condillac
7723 GD(P)
CO
Chabua

09 Apr 79 - 23 Sep 80
Wing Commander
Rakesh Tandon
5391 GD(P)
CO
Chabua

29 Dec 80 - 29 Dec 82
Wing Commander
KaranjIt Singh Dhillon
7016 GD(P)
CO
Chabua

30 Dec 82 - 26 Jun 85
Wing Commander
Vijay Prakash
9468 GD(P)
CO
Chabua

27 Jun 85 - 12 Oct 86
Wing Commander
Anil Govindrao Bendre
10570 GD(P)
CO
Chabua

13 Oct 86 - 14 Jun 87
Wing Commander
Harpal Singh Ahluwalia
9821 GD(P)
CO
Chabua

15 Jun 87 - 18 Jun 89
Wing Commander
Francis Gomes
11409 GD(P)
CO
Chabua/ Gorakhpur

19 Jun 89 - 25 Feb 90
Wing Commander
Pradeep Kumar
12029 GD(P)
CO
Gorakhpur

05 Mar 90 - 25 Apr 93
Wing Commander
Jagdish Chander Dahiya
12041 GD(P)
CO
Gorakhpur

26 Apr 93 - 23 Jul 95
Wing Commander
Vaidya Nathan Babu
13386 F(P)
CO
Gorakhpur

24 Aug 95 - 28 Jun 98
Wing Commander
Richard Anthony
15027 F(P)
CO
Gorakhpur

29 Jun 98 - 14 May 00
Wing Commander
Vidhya Sagar Bharti
16611 F(P)
CO
Gorakhpur

15 May 00 - 04 Aug 00
Wing Commander
Ashish Kumar Pradhan
17162 F(P)
CO
Gorakhpur

05 Aug 00 - 22 Aug 04
Wing Commander
Therli Apparao Dayasagar
18122 F(P)
CO
Gorakhpur

23 Aug 04 - 25 Feb 06
Wing Commander
Mohan Gupta
18562 F(P)
CO
Gorakhpur

26 Jun 06 - 17 Jun 08
Wing Commander
Manu Chaudhary
19896 F(P)
CO
Gorakhpur

18 Jun 08 - 20 Jun 10
Wing Commander
Amitabh Ranjan
21022 F(P)
CO
Gorakhpur
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