22 Wing Date Raised : 1989-12-01 Location : Kumbhigram Kumbhirgram is the serving airfield for Silchar town in the state of Assam, India built by the British in 1944, it is home to an IAF Wing and also hosts the civil airport. The base was home to 7 Sqn during WWII and used for interdiction against Japan. The airport is situated on the foothills of the Barail range. DGCA took charge of the base in 1954 and The IAF established its presence in March 1966, when No. 403 Air Force Station was formed at Kumbhirgram. It was a major helicopter base in the north east, and was home to various Mi-4 Unitss. The major resident Units happened to be No.110 HU. In 1989, 403 Air Force Station was upgraded to 22 Wing, AF.
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Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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17 Oct 89 to 26 Aug 92 | Group Captain Mohinder Kumar Saini | 9779 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Kumbhigram | |
27 Oct 92 to 30 Nov 94 | Group Captain Pradeep Kumar | 12029 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Kumbhigram | |
01 Dec 94 to 01 Dec 96 | Group Captain Rodney Ian Peters | 11452 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Kumbhigram | |
02 Dec 96 to 16 Sep 98 | Group Captain Suman Sharma | 13775 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Kumbhigram | |
17 Sep 98 to 04 Mar 01 | Group Captain Roderick Osbern Joseph Assey | 14108 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Kumbhigram | |
05 Mar 01 to 29 May 03 | Group Captain Dilip Dinkar Mandpe | 13937 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Kumbhigram | |
30 May 03 to 22 Aug 04 | Group Captain Sher Singh | 15718 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Kumbhigram | |
23 Aug 04 to 16 Feb 07 | Group Captain Alok Kumar | 16988 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Kumbhigram | |
26 Feb 07 to 01 Jun 09 | Group Captain Tripath Pal Singh Dhillon | 16215 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Kumbhigram | |
08 Jun 09 to 15 Aug 11 | Group Captain Tonda Sree Venkatesh | 16796 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Kumbhigram | |
16 Aug 11 to 05 May 13 | Group Captain Maneesh Agrawal | 19552 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Kumbhigram | |
06 May 13 to 31 Aug 14 | Group Captain Shashank Misra | 19175 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Kumbhigram | |
01 Sep 14 to 09 Oct 16 | Group Captain Ravuri Sheetal | 20490 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Kumbhigram |