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3 Wing Date Raised : 1947-11-10 Location : Palam (Delhi)
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Commanding Officers | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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| 10 Nov 47 to 08 Nov 48 | Wing Commander Erlic Wilmot Pinto | 1593 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 09 Nov 48 to 26 Apr 49 | Wing Commander Maurice Barker | 1691 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 27 Apr 49 to 09 Mar 51 | Group Captain Kanwar Jaswant Singh | 1587 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 09 Mar 51 to 17 Mar 53 | Group Captain Ramaswami Rajaram | 1573 GD(O) | Stn Cdr | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 18 Mar 53 to 30 Sep 54 | Group Captain Hirendra Nath Chatterjee | 1620 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 30 Sep 54 to 15 Jun 58 | Group Captain Hrushikesh Moolgavkar | 1644 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 16 Jun 58 to 04 Jul 60 | Group Captain Bandi Sreeramulu Krishnarao | 1727 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 05 Jul 60 to 17 Jan 62 | Group Captain Zafar Ahmed Shah | 1805 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 15 Feb 62 to 14 Jan 64 | Group Captain Narayanrao Khanderao Shitoley | 1841 GD(O) | Stn Cdr | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 15 Jan 64 to 10 Jan 67 | Group Captain Ajoy Kumar Bose | 2432 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 11 Jan 67 to 27 Oct 69 | Group Captain Saroj Jena | 3157 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 28 Oct 69 to 21 Jun 70 | Group Captain Naresh Kumar Midha | 3658 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 22 Jun 70 to 06 Jan 74 | Group Captain Kapil Dev Chadha | 3845 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 07 Jan 74 to 27 Aug 74 | Group Captain Surendra Nath Kawlra | 3945 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 28 Aug 74 to 08 Feb 76 | Group Captain Jagdish Singh Wohra | 3943 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Palam (Delhi) | |
| 09 Feb 76 to 28 Mar 80 | Group Captain Vidya Bhushan Vashist | 4584 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 05 May 80 to 12 Apr 81 | Group Captain Prabhat Kumar Varma | 4822 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 13 Apr 81 to 11 Jun 82 | Group Captain Daya Krishan Ahuja | 4984 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 12 Jun 82 to 04 Jan 83 | Air Commodore Daya Krishan Ahuja | 4984 GD(P) | AOC | Palam (Delhi) | |
| 05 Jan 83 to 07 Jan 84 | Air Commodore Arvind Dalaya | 4025 GD(P) | AOC | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 07 Jan 84 to 28 Dec 84 | Air Commodore Surjit Singh Malhotra | 4831 GD(P) | AOC | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 29 Dec 84 to 30 Apr 86 | Air Commodore Kambiranda Muthanna Ponnappa | 4503 GD(P) | AOC | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 07 May 86 to 30 Apr 89 | Air Commodore Rajeshwar Kumar Bhalla | 5191 GD(P) | AOC | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 01 May 89 to 17 Sep 90 | Air Commodore Chandra Mohan Singla | 6893 GD(P) | AOC | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 18 Sep 90 to 03 Jan 92 | Air Commodore Krishnaswamy Shridharan | 7019 GD(P) | AOC | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 01 Apr 92 to 30 Jan 94 | Air Commodore Velayudhan Girish Kumar | 6747 GD(P) | AOC | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 31 Jan 94 to 23 Apr 97 | Air Commodore Raj Pal Singh Garcha | 8413 GD(P) | AOC | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 24 Apr 97 to 13 Jun 99 | Air Commodore Praveen Chander Chopra | 10883 GD(P) | AOC | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 14 Jun 99 to 28 Feb 01 | Air Commodore Sharad Yeshwant Savur | 10525 GD(P) | AOC | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 01 Mar 01 to 18 Aug 02 | Air Commodore Bijender Singh Siwach | 12413 GD(P) | AOC | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 19 Aug 02 to 11 Jan 04 | Air Commodore Kanwar Dalinderjit Singh | 12403 GD(P) | AOC | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 12 Jan 04 to 09 Dec 04 | Air Commodore Keshav Gopal Bewoor | 13570 F(P) | AOC | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 20 Dec 04 to 02 Jul 06 | Air Commodore Rajinder Singh | 13980 F(P) | AOC | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 03 Jul 06 to 14 Sep 08 | Air Commodore Harjinder Pal Singh Natt | 14281 F(P) | AOC | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 15 Sep 08 to 25 Apr 10 | Air Commodore Anil Kumar Sinha | 16074 F(P) | AOC | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 26 Apr 10 to 05 Jan 12 | Air Commodore Vipin Indira Panabhan Nayar | 16829 F(P) | AOC | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 06 Jan 12 to 20 Jul 14 | Air Commodore Mulpuru Venkat Rama Rao | 18115 F(P) | AOC | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 21 Jul 14 to 09 Apr 17 | Air Commodore Calambur Krishna Kumar | 18812 F(P) | AOC | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 02 Jan 19 to 30 Sep 20 | Air Commodore Alok Sharma | 18811 F(P) | AOC | Palam (Delhi) |  |
| 01 Oct 20 to 09 Jan 21 | Air Vice Marshal Alok Sharma | 18811 F(P) | AOC | Palam (Delhi) | |
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