![]() No.14 Squadron Bulls Motto : Balam Jayay (Strength will Conquer) Date Raised : 1951-08-15 Location : Ambala On 2 November 48 when the IAF formed its first bomber Squadron. No 5 Squadron crest, the "Tusker" was to be as appropriate to its role and strength as any emblem can envisage. On 1 September 1957 the "Tuskers" became the first IAF Squadron to re-equip on the modern Canberra jet bomber aircraft. on 1 August 1981 the "Tuskers" re-equipped on the Jaguar Strike aircraft.
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Commanding Officers | |||||
Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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15 Aug 51 to 09 Jun 53 | Squadron Leader Leslie Richard Dickinson Blunt | 1994 GD(P) | CO | ||
10 Jun 53 to 30 Sep 55 | Squadron Leader Hemonto Kumar Bose | 2348 GD(P) | CO | ||
17 Oct 55 to 11 Feb 58 | Squadron Leader Jothi Miller Fenn | 3012 GD(P) | CO | ||
12 Feb 58 to 30 Oct 59 | Squadron Leader Samir Banerji | 2881 GD(P) | CO | ||
30 Oct 59 to 30 Mar 62 | Squadron Leader Minoo Jehangir Dotiwalla | 3839 GD(P) | CO | ||
31 Mar 62 to 19 Oct 62 | Squadron Leader Johney William Greene | 4093 GD(P) | CO | Ambala | |
30 Oct 62 to 15 May 63 | Wing Commander Harish Chandra Joshi | 3020 GD(P) | CO | ||
26 May 63 to 14 Dec 64 | Wing Commander Maheshwar Das Khanna | 2776 GD(P) | CO | ||
15 Dec 64 to 16 Jan 67 | Wing Commander Denis Anthony Lafontaine | 3844 GD(P) | CO | Kalaikunda | |
24 Jan 67 to 20 Sep 68 | Wing Commander Suraj Prakash Dutt | 3649 GD(P) | CO | Kalaikunda | |
21 Sep 68 to 27 Sep 70 | Wing Commander Amar Singh Mohan | 3661 GD(P) | CO | Kalaikunda | |
28 Sep 70 to 02 Sep 71 | Wing Commander Naresh Makanji Patel | 4662 GD(P) | CO | Kalaikunda | |
03 Sep 71 to 06 Nov 72 | Wing Commander Ramanathan Sundaresan | 4574 GD(P) | CO | Kalaikunda | |
07 Nov 72 to 27 Apr 75 | Wing Commander Harish Chandra Singhal | 4905 GD(P) | CO | Kalaikunda | |
28 Apr 75 to 06 Jun 77 | Wing Commander Madhava Krishna Khashav | 5119 GD(P) | CO | Kalaikunda | |
07 Jun 77 to 27 Jul 79 | Wing Commander Dil Mohan Singh Kahai | 5272 GD(P) | CO | ||
28 Jul 79 to 21 Sep 80 | Wing Commander Dinanath Ramchander Nadkarni | 5587 GD(P) | CO | ||
22 Sep 80 to 12 Dec 82 | Wing Commander Michael McMahon | 7399 GD(P) | CO | Ambala | |
13 Dec 82 to 13 Oct 85 | Wing Commander Shashindra Pal Tyagi | 8130 GD(P) | CO | Ambala | |
14 Oct 85 to 26 Jul 87 | Wing Commander Jayachand Joseph Williams | 10188 GD(P) | CO | Ambala | |
27 Jul 87 to 22 Jan 89 | Wing Commander Anil Khanna | 12388 GD(P) | CO | Ambala | |
23 Jan 89 to 18 Feb 91 | Wing Commander Devdas Banerjee | 12192 GD(P) | CO | Ambala | |
18 Feb 91 to 02 May 93 | Wing Commander Jatinder Pal Joshi | 13371 F(P) | CO | Ambala | |
03 May 93 to 02 Apr 95 | Wing Commander Abhay Gupta | 13241 F(P) | CO | Ambala | |
03 Apr 95 to 24 Mar 97 | Wing Commander Rahul Dhar | 14561 F(P) | CO | Ambala | |
25 Mar 97 to 25 Apr 99 | Wing Commander Rajeev Bhalla | 15433 F(P) | CO | Ambala | |
26 Apr 99 to 05 Jun 01 | Wing Commander Ashwani Bhakoo | 15689 F(P) | CO | Ambala | |
06 Jun 01 to 06 Jul 03 | Wing Commander Sunil Jayant Nanodkar | 16555 F(P) | CO | Ambala | |
07 Jul 03 to 19 Jun 05 | Wing Commander Kishore Kumar Khera | 18256 F(P) | CO | Ambala | |
20 Jun 05 to 15 Apr 07 | Wing Commander Ritu Raj Tyagi | 18571 F(P) | CO | Ambala | |
16 Apr 07 to 02 Jun 09 | Wing Commander Sanjai Chauhan | 20466 F(P) | CO | Ambala |