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28 Wing


Date Raised : 1965-06-01 Location : Hindon (Ghaziabad)
The Marshal of the Air Force, the then CAS Air Marshal Arjan Singh DFC, inaugurated the Station on 01 Apr 1965. Flying operations commenced at this base on 01 Jun 65, with the induction of 104 Helicopter Units and the Aircrew Examining Board. Of all the Unitss which have been based at 28 Wing, only Aircrew Examining Board has enjoyed the distinction of having an uninterrupted tenure of over 37 years at this base.

Commanding Officers


01 Jun 65 - 01 Jan 67
Group Captain
Trilochan Singh Brar
2884 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Hindan (Ghaziabad)

07 Feb 67 - 10 Aug 69
Group Captain
Krishna Mohan Ram
3101 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Hindan (Ghaziabad)

11 Aug 69 - 30 Jun 70
Group Captain
Hemant Ramkrishna Chitnis
2964 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Hindan (Ghaziabad)

28 Jul 70 - 27 Nov 73
Group Captain
Terence Joseph Desa
3863 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Hindan (Ghaziabad)

28 Nov 73 - 08 Aug 74
Group Captain
Ripu Daman Sahni
3867 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Hindan (Ghaziabad)

10 Aug 74 - 04 Jan 76
Group Captain
Nirmal Chandra Suri
4236 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Hindan (Ghaziabad)

21 Feb 76 - 14 May 76
Group Captain
Brijpal Singh Sikand
3947 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Hindan (Ghaziabad)

15 May 76 - 16 Jan 81
Air Commodore
Brijpal Singh Sikand
3947 GD(P)
AOC
Hindan (Ghaziabad)

17 Jan 81 - 05 Jan 82
Air Commodore
Karan Yadav
4200 GD(P)
AOC
Hindan (Ghaziabad)

06 Jan 82 - 25 Mar 84
Air Commodore
Bhupendra Kumar Bishnoi
4594 GD(P)
AOC
Hindan (Ghaziabad)

09 Apr 86 - 24 Aug 86
Air Commodore
Eric Lionel Allen
4582 GD(P)
AOC
Hindan (Ghaziabad)

25 Aug 86 - 04 Sep 88
Air Commodore
Ramesh Shridhar Hardas
5308 GD(P)
AOC
Hindan (Ghaziabad)

11 Nov 88 - 02 Jan 91
Air Commodore
Sharadkumar Ramakrishna Deshpande
5694 GD(P)
AOC
Hindan (Ghaziabad)

03 Jan 91 - 24 Dec 92
Air Commodore
Ravish Malhotra
7673 GD(P)
AOC
Hindan (Ghaziabad)

24 Dec 92 - 02 Apr 95
Air Commodore
Devinder Singh Sant
8157 GD(P)
AOC
Hindan (Ghaziabad)

03 Apr 95 - 30 Sep 97
Air Commodore
Chandra Nath Ghosh
10124 GD(P)
AOC
Hindan (Ghaziabad)

01 Oct 97 - 16 Apr 00
Air Commodore
Allandur Sulochanan Gurunathan
10443 GD(P)
AOC
Hindan (Ghaziabad)

17 Apr 00 - 03 Dec 00
Air Commodore
Anup Kumar Shyam
12065 GD(P)
AOC
Hindan (Ghaziabad)

04 Dec 00 - 31 Oct 02
Air Commodore
Mahadeva Ramakrishna
12027 GD(P)
AOC
Hindan (Ghaziabad)

11 Nov 02 - 02 Feb 04
Air Commodore
Kesava Kurup Vijay Kumar
13396 F(P)
AOC
Hindan (Ghaziabad)

03 Feb 04 - 02 Jan 05
Air Commodore
Dilip Dinkar Mandpe
13937 F(P)
AOC
Hindan (Ghaziabad)

03 Jan 05 - 04 Jan 07
Air Commodore
Mohinder Pal Singh Gill
13604 F(P)
AOC
Hindan (Ghaziabad)

05 Jan 07 - 13 Jul 08
Air Commodore
Penumorthy Ramu
14102 F(P)
AOC
Hindan (Ghaziabad)

14 Jul 08 - 10 Jan 10
Air Commodore
Arjun Subramaniam
16592 F(P)
AOC
Hindan (Ghaziabad)

11 Jan 10 - 23 Aug 11
Air Commodore
Thazhathupulikunnel Devasia Joseph
16964 F(P)
AOC
Hindan (Ghaziabad)

23 Aug 11 - 08 Apr 13
Air Commodore
Anil Sabharwal
18553 F(P)
AOC
Hindan (Ghaziabad)

08 Apr 13 - 13 Dec 15
Air Commodore
Shiv Ratan Singh
18083 F(P)
AOC
Hindan (Ghaziabad)

14 Dec 15 - 03 Dec 17
Air Commodore
Nagesh Kapoor
18557 F(P)
AOC
Hindan (Ghaziabad)

04 Dec 17 -
Air Commodore
Rajiv Talwar
20464 F(P)
AOC
Hindan (Ghaziabad)
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