21 Wing

Date Raised : 1966-08-01 Location : Leh

21 Wing was formed in 1966. his located at an altitude of 10,845 ft and spread over 1019 acres of land and has a runway length is 9,700 ft. The Wing provides Air Traffic Control and safety facilities to transport, helicopters and fighter aircrafts operating to and from this airfield. It also renders enroute navigational facilities to aircrafts and helicopters flying in close proximity to the International Border and Line of Control.

Commanding Officers
01 Aug 66 - 16 Jul 67 Wing Commander Brijpal Singh Sikand 3947 GD(P) Stn Cdr Leh	16 Jul 67 - 06 Sep 68 Wing Commander Chitta Ranjan Bose 3865 GD(P) Stn Cdr Leh	06 Sep 68 - 02 Jan 70 Wing Commander Muthyala Dhanraj 3604 GD(P) Stn Cdr Leh	03 Jan 70 - 26 Mar 71 Wing Commander Suresh Chand 4585 GD(P) Stn Cdr Leh	27 Mar 71 - 19 Mar 72 Wing Commander Krishna Kumar Gupta 4621 GD(P) Stn Cdr Leh
02 Mar 72 - 22 Nov 73 Wing Commander Mangatil Karakad Chandrasekhar 4720 GD(P) Stn Cdr Leh	23 Nov 73 - 19 Jul 74 Wing Commander Chander Parkash Puri 4917 GD(P) Stn Cdr Leh	20 Jul 74 - 14 Mar 76 Wing Commander Rajeshwar Kumar Verma 5021 GD(P) Stn Cdr Leh	15 Mar 76 - 17 Mar 77 Wing Commander Verinder Puri 5199 GD(P) Stn Cdr Leh	18 Jul 77 - 07 Feb 79 Wing Commander Inder Puri 6499 GD(P) Stn Cdr Leh
08 Feb 79 - 28 Jan 80 Wing Commander Kenneth Rodney Dutton 5873 GD(P) Stn Cdr Leh	29 Jan 80 - 07 Dec 80 Wing Commander Jawahar Lal Kochhar 5796 GD(P) Stn Cdr Leh	08 Dec 80 - 14 Feb 82 Wing Commander Abhaya Singh 8424 GD(P) Stn Cdr Leh	15 Feb 82 - 22 Jan 84 Group Captain Eknath Narayan Gadre 5378 GD(P) Stn Cdr Leh	23 Jan 84 - 17 Dec 85 Group Captain Dinesh Chandra Kaushik 6353 GD(P) Stn Cdr Leh
18 Feb 85 - 12 Oct 86 Air Commodore Madhavan Ambaidy 5372 GD(P) AOC Leh	13 Oct 86 - 09 Mar 88 Air Commodore Naresh Kumar 5057 GD(P) AOC Leh	10 Mar 88 - 11 Jun 89 Air Commodore Gurdarshan Singh Brar 6146 GD(P) AOC Leh	12 Jun 89 - 12 May 91 Air Commodore Manjit Singh Dhillon 7021 GD(P) AOC Leh	13 May 91 - 29 Dec 92 Air Commodore Rajinder Pal Singh Dhillon 7741 GD(P) AOC Leh
30 Dec 92 - 26 Mar 95 Air Commodore Vijay Kumar Mohrotra 8441 GD(P) AOC Leh	27 Mar 95 - 19 Aug 96 Air Commodore Mohinder Kumar Saini 9779 GD(P) AOC Leh	02 Sep 96 - 14 Oct 97 Air Commodore Mirza Murtuza Ali 11340 GD(P) AOC Leh	15 Oct 97 - 19 Sep 99 Air Commodore Harpal Singh Ahluwalia 9821 GD(P) AOC Leh	20 Sep 99 - 03 Feb 02 Air Commodore Fali Homi Major 11442 GD(P) AOC Leh
04 Feb 02 - 02 Feb 04 Air Commodore Anil Bhalla 12759 GD(P) AOC Leh	03 Feb 04 - 11 Dec 05 Air Commodore Kulmanbir Singh Hundal 12784 GD(P) AOC Leh	12 Dec 05 - 30 Apr 07 Air Commodore Bhabani Charan Talukdar 13923 F(P) AOC Leh	01 May 07 - 26 Jul 09 Air Commodore Kulwant Singh Gill 15220 F(P) AOC Leh	27 Jul 09 - 03 Jan 11 Air Commodore Anil Tiwari 17160 F(P) AOC Leh
04 Jan 11 - 20 Dec 12 Air Commodore Sandesh Prabhakar Wagle 17710 F(P) AOC Leh	21 Dec 12 - 30 Jun 14 Air Commodore Rajesh Isser 16968 F(P) AOC Leh	07 Jul 14 - 18 Sep 16 Air Commodore Balakrishnan Manikantan 18291 F(P) AOC Leh	27 Mar 17 - Air Commodore Stanzin Thenless 19970 F(P) AOC Leh

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