11 Wing Date Raised : 1959-09-29 Location : Tezpur Air Force Station, Tezpur one of the EAC's main fighter base, is located in the lush green valley of Assam on the north bank of the Brahmaputra. The airfield was constructed by the British in 1942-43. But Air Force Station Tezpur, however, was formed much later on September 29, 1959. This Station occupies a strategic position in Assam vis-Ã¥-vis Southeast Tibet, Bangladesh, and Myanmar. Over a period of time the Station has been home to a range of frontline fighters. A helicopter Units also operates from this base. Toofanis and Vampires were the first aircraft to fly from this base. Other aircraft like the Hunters and the MiGs later followed to fly from this base. The MiG Operational Flying Training Units or MOFTU was also formed at this Station in the early days. The helicopter Units in Tezpur provides communication flights to a number of para military as well as civil agencies. The Units is also used for casualty evacuation from the remote areas of Arunachal Pradesh and Nagaland. The area of operation of the Station covers several helipads in Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Assam.
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Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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29 Sep 59 to | Wing Commander Hemonto Kumar Bose | 2348 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Tezpur | |
Unknown to 30 Sep 62 | Wing Commander Fredrick Van Allen Scudder | 2639 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Tezpur | |
29 Oct 62 to | Group Captain Arjan Singh Mangharam Bhawnani | 1868 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Tezpur | |
Unknown to | Group Captain John Frederick Shukla | 2458 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Tezpur | |
01 Jan 63 to 01 Dec 66 | Group Captain John Jasper Bouche | 2938 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Tezpur | |
14 Jul 67 to 06 Aug 69 | Group Captain Bharat Singh | 3582 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Tezpur | |
07 Aug 69 to 29 Feb 72 | Group Captain Malcolm Shirley Dundas Wollen | 3641 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Tezpur | |
01 Mar 72 to 02 Apr 74 | Group Captain Man Mohan Singh | 4023 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Tezpur | |
10 May 74 to 15 Jun 76 | Group Captain Karan Yadav | 4200 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Tezpur | |
16 Jun 76 to 26 Dec 77 | Group Captain Dilip Shankar Jog | 4608 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Tezpur | |
12 Apr 78 to 26 Dec 79 | Air Commodore Gandharva Sen | 4429 GD(P) | AOC | Tezpur | |
27 Dec 79 to 08 Oct 82 | Air Commodore Pynummooltil Simon George | 4240 GD(P) | AOC | Tezpur | |
09 Oct 82 to 02 Aug 83 | Air Commodore Partha Kumar Dey | 4404 GD(P) | AOC | Tezpur | |
03 Aug 83 to 22 Jan 85 | Air Commodore Krishen Kumar Bakshi | 5012 GD(P) | AOC | Tezpur | |
23 Jan 85 to 04 Feb 86 | Air Commodore Krishna Narayana Pillai | 4874 GD(P) | AOC | Tezpur | |
05 Feb 86 to 17 Feb 88 | Air Commodore Ashok Prataprao Shinde | 5671 GD(P) | AOC | Tezpur | |
18 Feb 88 to 23 Dec 88 | Air Commodore Sherwin Derek Leslie Tully | 5270 GD(P) | AOC | Tezpur | |
01 Mar 89 to 03 Feb 91 | Air Commodore Man Mohan Singh Vasudeva | 6128 GD(P) | AOC | Tezpur | |
04 Feb 91 to 23 Dec 92 | Air Commodore Gautam Parihar | 6775 GD(P) | AOC | Tezpur | |
24 Dec 92 to 26 Mar 95 | Air Commodore Purnendu Kumar Mukherjee | 7698 GD(P) | AOC | Tezpur | |
27 Mar 95 to 04 May 97 | Air Commodore Babu Ajit Kumar Shetty | 10110 GD(P) | AOC | Tezpur | |
05 May 97 to 08 Aug 99 | Air Commodore Gurnam Singh Choudhary | 11870 GD(P) | AOC | Tezpur | |
09 Aug 99 to 24 Oct 01 | Air Commodore Guriqbal Singh Nijjar | 12020 GD(P) | AOC | Tezpur | |
25 Oct 01 to 13 Oct 03 | Air Commodore Pranab Kumar Barbora | 12375 GD(P) | AOC | Tezpur | |
14 Oct 03 to 06 Nov 05 | Air Commodore Abhay Gupta | 13241 F(P) | AOC | Tezpur | |
07 Nov 05 to 16 Dec 07 | Air Commodore Amar Singh Ganpatrao Patil | 13272 F(P) | AOC | Tezpur | |
17 Dec 07 to 03 Jan 09 | Group Captain Manas Chatterjee | 17356 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Tezpur | |
05 Jan 09 to 14 Oct 10 | Air Commodore Thinide Kumar Nair | 14680 F(P) | AOC | Tezpur | |
15 Oct 10 to 12 Aug 12 | Air Commodore Sandeep Singh | 17312 F(P) | AOC | Tezpur | |
13 Aug 12 to 31 Dec 14 | Air Commodore Ajay Rathore | 18258 F(P) | AOC | Tezpur | |
01 Jan 15 to 15 Oct 17 | Air Commodore Kothapalli Venkata Rama Raju | 18573 F(P) | AOC | Tezpur | |
16 Oct 17 to | Air Commodore Manish Kumar Gupta | 20439 F(P) | AOC | Tezpur | |
Unknown to 19 Jan 21 | Air Commodore Tejpal Singh | 20724 F(P) | AOC | Tezpur |