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 | |||||
Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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03 Mar 60 to 27 May 61 | Flight Lieutenant Maheshwar Sarup Kapoor | 4096 GD(P) | CO | Chabua | |
28 May 61 to 15 May 63 | Squadron Leader Arnold Sochindranath Williams | 3950 GD(P) | CO | Chabua | |
16 May 63 to 07 May 65 | Squadron Leader Khurshed Jahangirji Mistri | 3651 GD(P) | CO | Chabua | |
08 May 65 to 12 May 67 | Squadron Leader Prabhakar Jaywant Jakatdar | 4237 GD(P) | CO | Chabua | |
13 May 67 to 14 Jan 68 | Squadron Leader Mohan Chandra | 4889 GD(P) | CO | Chabua | |
15 Jan 68 to 31 Jan 71 | Squadron Leader Yenagudde Sadashiva Hegde | 4812 GD(P) | CO | Chabua | |
01 Feb 71 to 28 Nov 71 | Squadron Leader Dinesh Chandra Kaushik | 6353 GD(P) | CO | Chabua | |
29 Nov 71 to 27 Oct 74 | Squadron Leader Pran Nath Chhabra | 5334 GD(P) | CO | Chabua | |
28 Oct 74 to 25 Jul 76 | Squadron Leader Narinder Singh Chahal | 8155 GD(P) | CO | Chabua | |
26 Jul 76 to 14 May 78 | Squadron Leader Thiruvenkatachari Jayaraman | 9474 GD(P) | CO | Chabua | |
15 May 78 to 08 Apr 79 | Squadron Leader Adolph Vincent Condillac | 7723 GD(P) | CO | Chabua | |
09 Apr 79 to 23 Sep 80 | Wing Commander Rakesh Tandon | 5391 GD(P) | CO | Chabua | |
29 Dec 80 to 29 Dec 82 | Wing Commander KaranjIt Singh Dhillon | 7016 GD(P) | CO | Chabua | |
30 Dec 82 to 26 Jun 85 | Wing Commander Vijay Prakash | 9468 GD(P) | CO | Chabua | |
27 Jun 85 to 12 Oct 86 | Wing Commander Anil Govindrao Bendre | 10570 GD(P) | CO | Chabua | |
13 Oct 86 to 14 Jun 87 | Wing Commander Harpal Singh Ahluwalia | 9821 GD(P) | CO | Chabua | |
15 Jun 87 to 18 Jun 89 | Wing Commander Francis Gomes | 11409 GD(P) | CO | Chabua/ Gorakhpur | |
19 Jun 89 to 25 Feb 90 | Wing Commander Pradeep Kumar | 12029 GD(P) | CO | Gorakhpur | |
05 Mar 90 to 25 Apr 93 | Wing Commander Jagdish Chander Dahiya | 12041 GD(P) | CO | Gorakhpur | |
26 Apr 93 to 23 Jul 95 | Wing Commander Vaidya Nathan Babu | 13386 F(P) | CO | Gorakhpur | |
24 Aug 95 to 28 Jun 98 | Wing Commander Richard Anthony | 15027 F(P) | CO | Gorakhpur | |
29 Jun 98 to 14 May 00 | Wing Commander Vidhya Sagar Bharti | 16611 F(P) | CO | Gorakhpur | |
15 May 00 to 04 Aug 00 | Wing Commander Ashish Kumar Pradhan | 17162 F(P) | CO | Gorakhpur | |
05 Aug 00 to 22 Aug 04 | Wing Commander Therli Apparao Dayasagar | 18122 F(P) | CO | Gorakhpur | |
23 Aug 04 to 25 Feb 06 | Wing Commander Mohan Gupta | 18562 F(P) | CO | Gorakhpur | |
26 Jun 06 to 17 Jun 08 | Wing Commander Manu Chaudhary | 19896 F(P) | CO | Gorakhpur | |
18 Jun 08 to 20 Jun 10 | Wing Commander Amitabh Ranjan | 21022 F(P) | CO | Gorakhpur |