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 No.23 Squadron Panthers Motto : Amritham Abhayam (Immortal and Fearless) Date Raised : 1956-10-01 Location : Suratgarh
Aircraft Types operated over the years: |
Commanding Officers | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Oct 56 to 20 Aug 57 | Squadron Leader Kanwar Singh | 2781 GD(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 21 Aug 57 to 30 Sep 57 | Squadron Leader Lakshman Madhav Katre | 3117 GD(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 01 Oct 57 to 14 Apr 59 | Squadron Leader Cecil Hugh Lawrence Digby | 2988 GD(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 15 Apr 59 to 31 Oct 61 | Squadron Leader Subramaniam Raghavendran | 3840 GD(P) | CO | Pune/ Palam/ Ambala |  |
| 14 Oct 61 to 02 Oct 62 | Squadron Leader Malcolm Shirley Dundas Wollen | 3641 GD(P) | CO | Ambala |  |
| 03 Oct 62 to 01 Jul 65 | Wing Commander Bhopindra Singh | 3025 GD(P) | CO | Ambala |  |
| 08 Jul 65 to 14 Jan 68 | Wing Commander Subramaniam Raghavendran | 3840 GD(P) | CO | Ambala/Pathankot | |
| 15 Jan 68 to 23 Dec 68 | Wing Commander Partha Kumar Dey | 4404 GD(P) | CO | Pathankot |  |
| 24 Dec 68 to 29 Nov 70 | Wing Commander Rajeshwar Singh | 3868 GD(P) | CO | Pathankot | |
| 30 Nov 70 to 24 Sep 71 | Wing Commander Amar Jit Singh Sandhu | 4705 GD(P) | CO | Pathankot |  |
| 06 Oct 71 to 03 Mar 74 | Wing Commander Sukh Dev Mohan | 4789 GD(P) | CO | Pathankot |  |
| 04 Mar 74 to 13 Dec 76 | Wing Commander Satwant Singh | 5010 GD(P) | CO | Pathankot |  |
| 14 Dec 76 to 07 Jul 77 | Wing Commander Bidyut Mukhuty | 5196 GD(P) | CO | Pathankot | |
| 08 Jul 77 to 30 Jun 79 | Wing Commander Anil Yeshwant Tipnis | 5859 GD(P) | CO | Halwara |  |
| 01 Jul 79 to 06 Jul 81 | Wing Commander Sanjeeva Sahay | 6139 GD(P) | CO | Halwara |  |
| 07 Jul 81 to 03 Jul 83 | Wing Commander Jayendra Sukrut Raj | 8423 GD(P) | CO | Halwara/ Suratgarh |  |
| 04 Jul 83 to 07 Jul 85 | Wing Commander Surinder Kumar Mitroo | 7688 GD(P) | CO | Suratgarh |  |
| 08 Jul 85 to 20 Sep 87 | Wing Commander Gurdeep Singh | 8695 GD(P) | CO | Suratgarh |  |
| 21 Sep 87 to 10 Sep 89 | Wing Commander Anil Sinha | 11297 GD(P) | CO | Suratgarh |  |
| 11 Sep 89 to 28 Oct 91 | Wing Commander Vivek Kumar Chopra | 12752 GD(P) | CO | Suratgarh |  |
| 29 Oct 91 to 27 Jun 93 | Wing Commander Randhir Pratap | 13146 F(P) | CO | Suratgarh |  |
| 28 Jun 93 to 04 Jun 95 | Wing Commander Arona Kumar Rao | 13384 F(P) | CO | Suratgarh | |
| 05 Jun 95 to 30 Mar 97 | Wing Commander Mathappan Jose | 14278 F(P) | CO | Suratgarh |  |
| 31 Mar 97 to 20 Sep 98 | Wing Commander Aniruddh Prabhakar Kaduskar | 15189 F(P) | CO | Suratgarh |  |
| 21 Sep 98 to 03 Dec 00 | Wing Commander Chandrashekharan Hari Kumar | 15881 F(P) | CO | Suratgarh |  |
| 04 Dec 00 to 24 Nov 02 | Wing Commander S Rajasekhar | 16777 F(P) | CO | Suratgarh | |
| 25 Nov 02 to 18 Jul 04 | Wing Commander Richard John Duckworth | 17136 F(P) | CO | Suratgarh |  |
| 19 Jul 04 to 10 Aug 06 | Wing Commander Anurag Joshi | 18280 F(P) | CO | Suratgarh |  |
| 11 Aug 06 to 16 Aug 08 | Wing Commander Kariat Vadukkoote Surendran Nair | 19528 F(P) | CO | Suratgarh |  |
| 17 Aug 08 to 09 Aug 10 | Wing Commander Tejpal Singh | 20724 F(P) | CO | Suratgarh |  |
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