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 No.121 Helicopter Flight Sea Eagles Motto : Apatsu Mitram (A friend in time of need) Date Raised : 1973-01-07 Location : Mumbai 121 HF was located at the Air India complex at Kalina and their helicopters were located at Juhu. Sometimes in 1999 when a hanger utilised by AEU( Aircraft Errection Unit) where the Mi 8 and Mi 17 were assembled when they moved to India in crates. Initially they used the crates for making various bays. Later in 2002 the office acommodation came up adjoining the hanger.
Aircraft Types operated over the years: |
Commanding Officers | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 Jan 73 to 30 Sep 74 | Squadron Leader Harihara Rajagopal | 5277 GD(P) | CO | Bombay | |
| 11 Oct 74 to 24 Nov 75 | Squadron Leader Ranbir Singh Chauhan | 8136 GD(P) | CO | Bombay |  |
| 05 Dec 75 to 06 Jun 79 | Squadron Leader Rajinder Pal Singh Dhillon | 7741 GD(P) | CO | Bombay |  |
| 18 Aug 79 to 05 Jul 81 | Wing Commander Subhash Madanmohan Hundiwala | 6351 GD(P) | CO | Bombay | |
| 06 Jul 81 to 20 Nov 83 | Wing Commander Baljinder Kumar Dhir | 6460 GD(P) | CO | Bombay |  |
| 07 Dec 83 to 10 Feb 86 | Wing Commander Virender Kumar Sharma | 9795 GD(P) | CO | Bombay | |
| 10 Feb 86 to 22 May 88 | Wing Commander Pradeep Kumar Bose | 11329 GD(P) | CO | Bombay | |
| 23 May 88 to 16 Jul 92 | Wing Commander Rodney Ian Peters | 11452 GD(P) | CO | Bombay |  |
| 17 Jul 92 to 24 Jan 94 | Wing Commander Viman Kumar Arora | 12954 F(P) | CO | Bombay |  |
| 25 Jan 94 to 20 Oct 96 | Wing Commander Ravi Shankar | 14568 F(P) | CO | Bombay |  |
| 22 Oct 96 to 14 Dec 97 | Wing Commander Anshu Kumar Matta | 15875 F(P) | CO | Bombay |  |
| 15 Dec 97 to 16 May 99 | Wing Commander Anand Mohan Bajpai | 15896 F(P) | CO | Bombay | |
| 17 May 99 to 15 Aug 01 | Wing Commander Shriram Madhao Ghatpande | 16822 F(P) | CO | Bombay | |
| 16 Aug 01 to 15 Jun 03 | Wing Commander Nitin B Sathe | 17708 F(P) | CO | Bombay | |
| 16 Jun 03 to 25 Dec 05 | Wing Commander Sunil Khaura | 18598 F(P) | CO | Bombay |  |
| 26 Dec 05 to 02 Mar 08 | Wing Commander H R Pramodh Sharma | 19188 F(P) | CO | Bombay | |
| 03 Mar 08 to 28 Mar 10 | Wing Commander Amitabh Sharma | 21015 F(P) | CO | Bombay |  |
| 29 Mar 10 to 25 Mar 12 | Wing Commander Keethepurathy Paremaswaran Nair | 21727 F(P) | CO | Bombay | |
| 26 Mar 12 to 15 Jun 14 | Wing Commander Pankaj Kathpal | 22955 F(P) | CO | Bombay |  |
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