No.116 Helicopter Unit Tankbusters Motto : Apatsu Mitram (A friend in time of need) Date Raised : 1967-07-27 Location : Jodhpur 116 Helicopter Units was formed in Sarsawa in August 1967 with Mi-4 Helicopters. Later, the Units has operated Chetak and recently, the Dhruv helicopter . This was also one of the first helicopter Unitss to be equipped with Anti Tank Guided Missiles, thus assuming the name of ‘Tankbusters’ that the Units bears proudly till date.
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Commanding Officers | |||||
Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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27 Jul 67 to 09 Aug 70 | Squadron Leader Kshitindra Kumar Deb | 4913 GD(P) | CO | Sarsawa | |
10 Aug 70 to 01 Apr 73 | Squadron Leader Brij Mohan Datta | 5319 F(P) | CO | Sarsawa | |
02 Apr 73 to 31 Jan 74 | Squadron Leader Avinash Chander Chopra | 7604 F(P) | CO | ||
01 Feb 74 to 31 Jul 77 | Squadron Leader Bharat Bhushan Koshal | 7023 F(P) | CO | ||
01 Aug 77 to 28 Oct 79 | Squadron Leader Arun Devap Nayak | 8946 F(P) | CO | ||
29 Oct 79 to 23 Dec 79 | Squadron Leader Ranbir Singh Chauhan | 8136 F(P) | CO | ||
24 Dec 79 to 10 May 81 | Wing Commander Ranbir Singh Chauhan | 8136 F(P) | CO | ||
11 May 81 to 25 Apr 83 | Wing Commander Sivaramakrishnan Kalyanaraman | 7704 F(P) | CO | ||
26 Apr 83 to 14 Jul 85 | Wing Commander Deepak Kumar Sonpar | 8415 F(P) | CO | ||
15 Jul 85 to 22 Jun 87 | Wing Commander Praveen Chander Chopra | 10883 F(P) | CO | Jodhpur | |
23 Jun 87 to 19 Jun 89 | Wing Commander Bhadar Jit Singh Jaswal | 11637 F(P) | CO | Jodhpur | |
19 Jun 89 to 31 Dec 91 | Wing Commander Basudev Banerjee | 11654 F(P) | CO | Jodhpur | |
01 Jan 92 to 17 Sep 95 | Wing Commander Rohit Rai | 13160 F(P) | CO | Jodhpur | |
18 Sep 95 to 21 Feb 98 | Wing Commander Sandeep Atwal | 15411 F(P) | CO | Jodhpur | |
03 May 98 to 29 Apr 00 | Wing Commander Pankaj Jaiswal | 16232 F(P) | CO | Jodhpur | |
30 Apr 00 to 04 Aug 02 | Wing Commander Alok Kumar | 16988 F(P) | CO | Jodhpur | |
05 Aug 02 to 20 Jun 04 | Wing Commander Sunil Kumar Bhatia | 17360 F(P) | CO | Jodhpur | |
21 Jun 04 to 25 Feb 06 | Wing Commander Ajay Shukla | 18793 F(P) | CO | Jodhpur | |
08 May 06 to 06 Apr 08 | Wing Commander Shailender Sood | 19181 F(P) | CO | Jodhpur | |
07 Apr 08 to 09 May 10 | Wing Commander ---------------- | 99999 | CO | Jodhpur | |
10 May 10 to 24 Feb 13 | Wing Commander ---------------- | 99999 | CO | Jodhpur | |
25 Feb 13 to 29 Mar 15 | Wing Commander ---------------- | 99999 | CO | Jodhpur | |
30 Mar 15 to | Wing Commander ---------------- | 99999 | CO | Jodhpur |