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No.111 Helicopter Unit Snow Tigers Motto : Apatsu Mitram (A friend in time of need) Date Raised : 1963-08-01 Location : Bareilly The Units of Snow Tigers was on 01 Aug 63, under the Command of Sqn Ldr BS Kalra. The Units was located at Tezpur with MI-4 aircraft, with its main role being casuality evac and tpt support. During this period the Units also had a detachment of two ac for his highness of the King of Nepal. On 03 Feb 1964 the Units was fully operational.
Aircraft Types operated over the years: |
Commanding Officers | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03 Jan 63 to 22 Nov 65 | Squadron Leader Bhagat Singh Kalra | 4492 GD(P) | CO | Tezpur | |
| 22 Nov 65 to 24 Feb 69 | Squadron Leader Birendra Datt Dangwal | 4839 GD(P) | CO | Hashimara |  |
| 24 Feb 69 to 26 Jan 72 | Squadron Leader Kodendera Cariappa Cariappa | 5376 GD(P) | CO | Hashimara |  |
| 26 Jun 72 to 15 Mar 76 | Squadron Leader Manjit Singh Dhillon | 7021 GD(P) | CO | Hashimara |  |
| 15 Mar 76 to 25 Jul 77 | Squadron Leader Arun Devap Nayak | 8946 GD(P) | CO |  | |
| 25 Jul 77 to 09 Apr 79 | Squadron Leader Gurcharan Singh Arora | 9755 GD(P) | CO | ||
| 09 Apr 79 to 22 Oct 79 | Wing Commander Harihara Rajagopal | 5277 GD(P) | CO | ||
| 22 Oct 79 to 17 Jan 83 | Wing Commander Avtar Singh Makkar | 6522 GD(P) | CO | ||
| 17 Jan 83 to 08 May 83 | Wing Commander Ramesh Thakurdas Chandani | 9797 GD(P) | CO |  | |
| 09 May 83 to 03 Jul 85 | Wing Commander Rajinder Pal Singh Dhillon | 7741 GD(P) | CO |  | |
| 04 Jul 83 to 07 Jul 85 | Wing Commander Gurdip Singh | 9395 GD(P) | CO |  | |
| 08 Jul 85 to 14 Dec 86 | Wing Commander S K Gupta | CO | |||
| 15 Dec 86 to 06 Dec 87 | Wing Commander Bansi Parmar | 10138 GD(P) | CO | ||
| 07 Dec 87 to 16 Dec 90 | Wing Commander Sudhir Sah | 11648 GD(P) | CO |  | |
| 17 Dec 90 to 05 May 93 | Wing Commander Sadanand Keshav Dixit | 12407 GD(P) | CO |  | |
| 06 May 93 to 06 Apr 96 | Wing Commander Sanjiv Mishra | 14094 F(P) | CO |  | |
| 22 Apr 96 to 05 Aug 97 | Wing Commander Arun Purushottam Garud | 14692 F(P) | CO |  | |
| 24 Nov 97 to 18 Jun 00 | Wing Commander Sunil Bijlani | 16087 F(P) | CO |  | |
| 19 Jun 00 to 04 Aug 02 | Wing Commander Ajay Dogra | 17145 F(P) | CO |  | |
| 05 Aug 02 to 04 Jul 04 | Wing Commander Sudhir Kumar Sharma | 17717 F(P) | CO |  | |
| 05 Jul 04 to 25 Jun 06 | Wing Commander Ashwin Keshav Puntambekar | 19210 F(P) | CO |  | |
| 02 Dec 13 to 25 Jul 14 | Wing Commander Thakur Narsing Bhagat Singh | 23790 F(P) | CO | Bareilly |  |
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