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