3 Wing


Date Raised : 1947-11-10 Location : Palam (Delhi)

Commanding Officers


10 Nov 47 - 08 Nov 48
Wing Commander
Erlic Wilmot Pinto
1593 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Palam (Delhi)

09 Nov 48 - 26 Apr 49
Wing Commander
Maurice Barker
1691 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Palam (Delhi)

27 Apr 49 - 09 Mar 51
Group Captain
Kanwar Jaswant Singh
1587 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Palam (Delhi)

09 Mar 51 - 17 Mar 53
Group Captain
Ramaswami Rajaram
1573 GD(O)
Stn Cdr
Palam (Delhi)

18 Mar 53 - 30 Sep 54
Group Captain
Hirendra Nath Chatterjee
1620 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Palam (Delhi)

30 Sep 54 - 15 Jun 58
Group Captain
Hrushikesh Moolgavkar
1644 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Palam (Delhi)

16 Jun 58 - 04 Jul 60
Group Captain
Bandi Sreeramulu Krishnarao
1727 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Palam (Delhi)

05 Jul 60 - 17 Jan 62
Group Captain
Zafar Ahmed Shah
1805 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Palam (Delhi)

15 Feb 62 - 14 Jan 64
Group Captain
Narayanrao Khanderao Shitoley
1841 GD(O)
Stn Cdr
Palam (Delhi)

15 Jan 64 - 10 Jan 67
Group Captain
Ajoy Kumar Bose
2432 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Palam (Delhi)

11 Jan 67 - 27 Oct 69
Group Captain
Saroj Jena
3157 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Palam (Delhi)

28 Oct 69 - 21 Jun 70
Group Captain
Naresh Kumar Midha
3658 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Palam (Delhi)

22 Jun 70 - 06 Jan 74
Group Captain
Kapil Dev Chadha
3845 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Palam (Delhi)

07 Jan 74 - 27 Aug 74
Group Captain
Surendra Nath Kawlra
3945 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Palam (Delhi)

28 Aug 74 - 08 Feb 76
Group Captain
Jagdish Singh Wohra
3943 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Palam (Delhi)

09 Feb 76 - 28 Mar 80
Group Captain
Vidya Bhushan Vashist
4584 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Palam (Delhi)

05 May 80 - 12 Apr 81
Group Captain
Prabhat Kumar Varma
4822 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Palam (Delhi)

13 Apr 81 - 11 Jun 82
Group Captain
Daya Krishan Ahuja
4984 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Palam (Delhi)

12 Jun 82 - 04 Jan 83
Air Commodore
Daya Krishan Ahuja
4984 GD(P)
AOC
Palam (Delhi)

05 Jan 83 - 07 Jan 84
Air Commodore
Arvind Dalaya
4025 GD(P)
AOC
Palam (Delhi)

07 Jan 84 - 28 Dec 84
Air Commodore
Surjit Singh Malhotra
4831 GD(P)
AOC
Palam (Delhi)

29 Dec 84 - 30 Apr 86
Air Commodore
Kambiranda Muthanna Ponnappa
4503 GD(P)
AOC
Palam (Delhi)

07 May 86 - 30 Apr 89
Air Commodore
Rajeshwar Kumar Bhalla
5191 GD(P)
AOC
Palam (Delhi)

01 May 89 - 17 Sep 90
Air Commodore
Chandra Mohan Singla
6893 GD(P)
AOC
Palam (Delhi)

18 Sep 90 - 03 Jan 92
Air Commodore
Krishnaswamy Shridharan
7019 GD(P)
AOC
Palam (Delhi)

01 Apr 92 - 30 Jan 94
Air Commodore
Velayudhan Girish Kumar
6747 GD(P)
AOC
Palam (Delhi)

31 Jan 94 - 23 Apr 97
Air Commodore
Raj Pal Singh Garcha
8413 GD(P)
AOC
Palam (Delhi)

24 Apr 97 - 13 Jun 99
Air Commodore
Praveen Chander Chopra
10883 GD(P)
AOC
Palam (Delhi)

14 Jun 99 - 28 Feb 01
Air Commodore
Sharad Yeshwant Savur
10525 GD(P)
AOC
Palam (Delhi)

01 Mar 01 - 18 Aug 02
Air Commodore
Bijender Singh Siwach
12413 GD(P)
AOC
Palam (Delhi)

19 Aug 02 - 11 Jan 04
Air Commodore
Kanwar Dalinderjit Singh
12403 GD(P)
AOC
Palam (Delhi)

12 Jan 04 - 09 Dec 04
Air Commodore
Keshav Gopal Bewoor
13570 F(P)
AOC
Palam (Delhi)

20 Dec 04 - 02 Jul 06
Air Commodore
Rajinder Singh
13980 F(P)
AOC
Palam (Delhi)

03 Jul 06 - 14 Sep 08
Air Commodore
Harjinder Pal Singh Natt
14281 F(P)
AOC
Palam (Delhi)

15 Sep 08 - 25 Apr 10
Air Commodore
Anil Kumar Sinha
16074 F(P)
AOC
Palam (Delhi)

26 Apr 10 - 05 Jan 12
Air Commodore
Vipin Indira Panabhan Nayar
16829 F(P)
AOC
Palam (Delhi)

06 Jan 12 - 20 Jul 14
Air Commodore
Mulpuru Venkat Rama Rao
18115 F(P)
AOC
Palam (Delhi)

21 Jul 14 - 09 Apr 17
Air Commodore
Calambur Krishna Kumar
18812 F(P)
AOC
Palam (Delhi)

02 Jan 19 - 30 Sep 20
Air Commodore
Alok Sharma
18811 F(P)
AOC
Palam (Delhi)

01 Oct 20 - 09 Jan 21
Air Vice Marshal
Alok Sharma
18811 F(P)
AOC
Palam (Delhi)

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