![]() No.109 Helicopter Unit Motto : Apatsu Mitram (A friend in time of need) Date Raised : 1961-08-26 The Units came into being on August 26, 1961.One Zero Nine was awarded a crest, with a motto 'APATSU MITRAM'. The motto means 'a friend to those in distress'. The Units insignia signifies the embodiment of service on land, sea and in air, with the rotors trisecting the crest depicting the prominence of helicopter in all three areas. The mountains in the background signify the area where helicopters are the only aircraft which can been used in a variety of roles. On 1 April 1967, the Units moved from Chandigarh to Jammu and The Units moved to Sulur on 4 June 1987. It was later re-christened as 'The Knights'.
Aircraft Types operated over the years: |
Commanding Officers | |||||
Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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28 Sep 61 to 09 Jun 63 | Squadron Leader William Joseph Liddle | 3400 GD(P) | CO | Chandigarh | |
10 Jun 63 to 24 Jan 64 | Squadron Leader Arvind Dalaya | 4025 F(P) | CO | Chandigarh | |
25 Jan 64 to 10 Jan 67 | Squadron Leader Parm Jit Singh | 4603 F(P) | CO | Chandigarh | |
11 Jan 67 to 13 Mar 70 | Squadron Leader Kevin Martin | 5074 F(P) | CO | Chandigarh/ Jammu | |
14 Mar 70 to 01 Apr 73 | Squadron Leader Nilkanth Keshav Barvey | 5864 F(P) | CO | Jammu | |
02 Apr 73 to 02 Dec 73 | Squadron Leader Harpal Singh Bedi | 5595 F(P) | CO | Jammu | |
03 Dec 73 to 26 Feb 76 | Wing Commander Rajendra Dev Pant | 4737 F(P) | CO | Jammu | |
27 Feb 76 to 12 Jun 77 | Wing Commander Mohan Chandra | 4889 F(P) | CO | Jammu | |
13 Jun 77 to 11 Dec 79 | Wing Commander Jawahar Lal Kochhar | 5796 F(P) | CO | Jammu | |
12 Dec 79 to 25 Oct 81 | Wing Commander Lalit Kumar Dutta | 6506 F(P) | CO | Jammu | |
26 Oct 81 to 25 Dec 84 | Wing Commander Krishan Kumar Sangar | 7017 F(P) | CO | Jammu | |
25 Dec 84 to 10 May 87 | Wing Commander Vishwanathan Natarajan | 10462 F(P) | CO | Jammu | |
11 May 87 to 20 Jun 89 | Wing Commander Vijay Kumar Narayan Sapre | 11285 F(P) | CO | Sulur | |
21 Jun 89 to 27 Sep 92 | Wing Commander Mahadeva Ramakrishna | 12027 F(P) | CO | Sulur | |
19 Oct 92 to 25 Apr 95 | Wing Commander Kottukonam Gopakumaran Neelakanthan Nair | 14295 F(P) | CO | Sulur | |
03 Jul 95 to 21 Sep 97 | Wing Commander Thankachan John | 15422 F(P) | CO | Sulur | |
22 Sep 97 to 19 Sep 99 | Wing Commander Rajan Kapur | 16054 F(P) | CO | Sulur | |
20 Sep 99 to 02 Sep 01 | Wing Commander Atanu Guru | 16794 F(P) | CO | Sulur | |
03 Sep 01 to 10 Aug 03 | Wing Commander Sanjay Kumar Mittal | 17472 F(P) | CO | Sulur | |
11 Aug 03 to 12 Jun 05 | Wing Commander Umesh Kumar Sharma | 17323 F(P) | CO | Sulur | |
13 Jun 05 to 25 Feb 07 | Wing Commander ---------------- | 99999 | CO | Sulur | |
26 Feb 07 to 18 Mar 09 | Wing Commander Manish Girdhar | 20163 F(P) | CO | Sulur | |
19 Mar 09 to 13 Mar 11 | Wing Commander ---------------- | 99999 | CO | Sulur | |
14 Mar 11 to 14 Apr 13 | Wing Commander ---------------- | 99999 | CO | Sulur | |
15 Apr 13 to 29 Mar 15 | Wing Commander ---------------- | 99999 | CO | Sulur | |
30 Mar 15 to 30 Jul 17 | Wing Commander ---------------- | 99999 | CO | Sulur | |
31 Jul 17 to 08 Sep 20 | Wing Commander ---------------- | 99999 | CO | Sulur | |
09 Sep 20 to 08 Dec 21 | Wing Commander Prithvi Singh Chauhan | 26982 F(P) | CO | Sulur | |
12 Jan 22 to | Wing Commander ---------------- | 99999 | CO | Sulur |