3 Wing


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

Commanding Officers

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DatesRank & NameNumberRemarksLocationPhoto
10 Nov 47 to 08 Nov 48Wing Commander Erlic Wilmot Pinto1593 GD(P)Stn CdrPalam (Delhi)
09 Nov 48 to 26 Apr 49Wing Commander Maurice Barker1691 F(P)Stn CdrPalam (Delhi)
27 Apr 49 to 09 Mar 51Group Captain Kanwar Jaswant Singh1587 GD(P)Stn CdrPalam (Delhi)
09 Mar 51 to 17 Mar 53Group Captain Ramaswami Rajaram1573 GD(O)Stn CdrPalam (Delhi)
18 Mar 53 to 01 Jan 54Group Captain Hirendra Nath Chatterjee1620 F(P)Stn CdrPalam (Delhi)
30 Sep 54 to 15 Jun 58Group Captain Hrushikesh Moolgavkar1644 F(P)Stn CdrPalam (Delhi)
16 Jun 58 to 30 Jun 60Group Captain Bandi Sreeramulu Krishnarao1727 F(P)Stn CdrPalam (Delhi)
01 Jul 60 to Group Captain Zafar Ahmed Shah1805 GD(P)Stn CdrPalam (Delhi)
15 Jun 62 to Group Captain Narayanrao Khanderao Shitoley1841 GD(O)Stn CdrPalam (Delhi)
Unknown to 01 Sep 65Group Captain Ajoy Kumar Bose2432 GD(P)Stn CdrPalam (Delhi)
01 Jan 67 to 01 Jan 69Group Captain Saroj Jena3157 F(P)Stn CdrPalam (Delhi)
Unknown to Group Captain Trilochan Singh Brar2884 F(P)Stn CdrPalam (Delhi)
Unknown to Group Captain Naresh Kumar Midha3658 F(P)Stn CdrPalam (Delhi)
01 Jan 70 to 01 Jan 74Group Captain Kapil Dev Chadha3845 F(P)Stn CdrPalam (Delhi)
Unknown to 01 Dec 74Group Captain Surendra Nath Kawlra3945 F(P)Stn CdrPalam (Delhi)
Unknown to 01 Dec 75Group Captain Jagdish Singh Wohra3943 F(P)Stn CdrPalam (Delhi)
Unknown to Group Captain Vidya Bhushan Vashist4584 F(P)Stn CdrPalam (Delhi)
Unknown to Group Captain Prabhat Kumar Varma4822 F(P)Stn CdrPalam (Delhi)
12 Jun 82 to 01 Jan 83Air Commodore Daya Krishan Ahuja4984 F(P)AOCPalam (Delhi)
01 Jan 83 to Air Commodore Arvind Dalaya4025 F(P)AOCPalam (Delhi)
Unknown to Air Commodore Surjit Singh Malhotra4831 F(P)AOCPalam (Delhi)
Unknown to 01 Dec 87Air Commodore Rajeshwar Kumar Bhalla5191 F(P)AOCPalam (Delhi)
Unknown to Air Commodore Velayudhan Girish Kumar6747 F(P)AOCPalam (Delhi)
Unknown to Air Commodore Chandra Mohan Singla6893 F(P)AOCPalam (Delhi)
Unknown to Air Commodore Krishnaswamy Shridharan7019 F(P)AOCPalam (Delhi)
01 Jan 94 to Air Commodore Raj Pal Singh Garcha8413 F(P)AOCPalam (Delhi)
Unknown to 26 Jun 99Air Commodore Praveen Chander Chopra10883 F(P)AOCPalam (Delhi)
27 Jun 99 to 28 Feb 01Air Commodore Sharad Yeshwant Savur10525 F(P)AOCPalam (Delhi)
01 Mar 01 to Air Commodore Bijender Singh Siwach12413 F(P)AOCPalam (Delhi)
Unknown to Air Commodore Kanwar Dalinderjit Singh12403 F(P)AOCPalam (Delhi)
Unknown to Air Commodore Keshav Gopal Bewoor13570 F(P)AOCPalam (Delhi)
Unknown to 30 Sep 05Air Commodore Rajinder Singh13980 F(P)AOCPalam (Delhi)
01 Sep 05 to 14 Oct 08Air Commodore Harjinder Pal Singh Natt14281 F(P)AOCPalam (Delhi)
15 Oct 08 to 18 May 10Air Commodore Anil Kumar Sinha16074 F(P)AOCPalam (Delhi)
Unknown to Air Commodore Vipin Indira Panabhan Nayar16829 F(P)AOCPalam (Delhi)
Unknown to 17 Apr 17Air Commodore Calambur Krishna Kumar18812 F(P)AOCPalam (Delhi)

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