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19 Wing Date Raised : 1963-02-21 Location : Borjhar (Guwahati) Air Force Station Guwahati was formed at Borjhar on the South bank of Brahmaputra river in November 1962 as a sequel to the Chinese aggression. The general terrain of this region is flat and amply forested with wild vegetation and foliage. 33 Sqn with Caribous and a Communication Flight were the first two operational Unitss of Air Force Station. The Challengers - a Helicopter Units was formed in November 1971 with the versatile Mi-8 Helicopter which were subsequently replaced with Mi-17s in 2001. Air Force Station, Guwahati also accommodates a Repair and Salvage Units, a Signal Units, Base Repair Depot, Movement Control Units, Regional Examination Board and an Airmen Selection Centre.
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| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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| 21 Feb 63 to 31 Oct 65 | Wing Commander Faredun Dinshaw Irani | 3240 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Borjhar (Guwahati) | |
| 15 Nov 65 to 01 Apr 68 | Wing Commander Sharan Singh Sawhny | 1937 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Borjhar (Guwahati) | |
| 15 Apr 68 to 01 Apr 70 | Wing Commander Sarab Daman Singh | 3176 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Borjhar (Guwahati) | |
| 01 May 70 to 29 Jan 73 | Wing Commander Vijay Chand Mankotia | 4041 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Borjhar (Guwahati) |  |
| 30 Jan 73 to 15 Sep 73 | Wing Commander Narayan Waman Tilak | 4411 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Borjhar (Guwahati) |  |
| 23 Oct 73 to 13 Jan 76 | Wing Commander Jagdish Kumar Seth | 4403 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Borjhar (Guwahati) |  |
| 14 Jan 76 to 19 Jun 77 | Wing Commander Krishna Chandra Misra | 4255 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Borjhar (Guwahati) | |
| 20 Jun 77 to 14 Jul 80 | Group Captain Mohan Chandra | 4889 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Borjhar (Guwahati) |  |
| 18 Aug 80 to 10 Feb 81 | Group Captain Rama Shankar Singh | 4660 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Borjhar (Guwahati) | |
| 01 May 81 to 16 Jun 82 | Group Captain Rabindar Nath Kharbanda | 5589 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Borjhar (Guwahati) |  |
| 17 Jun 82 to 19 Oct 84 | Group Captain Ajay Krishna Avasthi | 5805 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Borjhar (Guwahati) |  |
| 25 Oct 84 to 18 Aug 85 | Group Captain Ved Prakash Kala | 6340 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Borjhar (Guwahati) |  |
| 19 Aug 85 to 19 May 88 | Air Commodore Harwant Bir Singh | 5065 GD(P) | AOC | Borjhar (Guwahati) |  |
| 24 Oct 88 to 24 Feb 89 | Air Commodore Verinder Puri | 5199 GD(P) | AOC | Borjhar (Guwahati) |  |
| 07 Mar 89 to 08 Sep 89 | Air Commodore Kenneth Rodney Dutton | 5873 GD(P) | AOC | Borjhar (Guwahati) |  |
| 01 Mar 90 to 18 May 92 | Air Commodore Jawahar Lal Bhargava | 7209 GD(P) | AOC | Borjhar (Guwahati) |  |
| 18 May 92 to 18 Sep 95 | Air Commodore Krishan Kumar Sangar | 7017 GD(P) | AOC | Borjhar (Guwahati) |  |
| 09 Oct 95 to 30 Nov 98 | Air Commodore Druba Jyoti Sarma | 9822 GD(P) | AOC | Borjhar (Guwahati) |  |
| 07 Dec 98 to 03 Apr 01 | Air Commodore Suresh Chandra Malhan | 11579 GD(P) | AOC | Borjhar (Guwahati) |  |
| 03 Apr 01 to 01 Jan 03 | Air Commodore Sudhir Sah | 11648 GD(P) | AOC | Borjhar (Guwahati) |  |
| 01 Jan 03 to 30 Sep 04 | Air Commodore Raghupati Saran Das | 13158 F(P) | AOC | Borjhar (Guwahati) |  |
| 01 Oct 04 to 23 Nov 06 | Air Commodore Vaidya Nathan Babu | 13386 F(P) | AOC | Borjhar (Guwahati) |  |
| 23 Nov 06 to 28 Dec 08 | Air Commodore Manmohan Bahadur | 14665 F(P) | AOC | Borjhar (Guwahati) |  |
| 29 Dec 08 to 30 Sep 09 | Air Commodore Arun Purushottam Garud | 14692 F(P) | AOC | Borjhar (Guwahati) |  |
| 01 Oct 09 to 08 May 11 | Air Commodore Alok Kumar | 16988 F(P) | AOC | Borjhar (Guwahati) |  |
| 09 May 11 to 03 Jan 13 | Air Commodore Tejinder Singh Sareen | 17138 F(P) | AOC | Borjhar (Guwahati) | |
| 04 Jan 13 to 09 Nov 14 | Air Commodore Mukesh Rawat | 17453 F(P) | AOC | Borjhar (Guwahati) |  |
| 10 Nov 14 to 18 Dec 16 | Air Commodore Balakrishana Pillai Sreebhavan Krishna Kumar | 17870 F(P) | AOC | Borjhar (Guwahati) |  |
| 19 Dec 16 to 05 May 19 | Air Commodore Shashank Misra | 19175 F(P) | AOC | Borjhar (Guwahati) |  |
| 06 May 19 to 31 May 21 | Air Commodore Vyankat Tukaram Mare | 20778 F(P) | AOC | Borjhar (Guwahati) | |
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