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 No.30 Squadron Rhinos Motto : Aseema Paurusha (Boundless Valor) Date Raised : 1969-11-01 Location : Lohegaon 30 Sqn was formed on 01 Nov 69 at 11 Wg. The squadron's crest comprises of a `RHINO', the name by which the Units is called.
Aircraft Types operated over the years: |
Commanding Officers | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Nov 69 to 29 Jan 73 | Wing Commander Vidya Sagar Chadha | 4587 GD(P) | CO | Tezpur/ KKD |  |
| 29 Jan 73 to 28 Apr 75 | Wing Commander George Lawrence Daniel | 4892 GD(P) | CO | KKD/ Tezpur | |
| 28 Apr 75 to 22 Apr 78 | Wing Commander Allan David Alley | 4975 GD(P) | CO | Tezpur |  |
| 22 Apr 78 to 05 Jan 81 | Wing Commander Suresh Vishnu Ratnaparkhi | 6136 GD(P) | CO | Tezpur |  |
| 05 Jan 81 to 15 Jun 83 | Wing Commander Man Mohan Sehgal | 8390 GD(P) | CO | Tezpur |  |
| 15 Jun 83 to 21 Aug 84 | Wing Commander Dara Phiroze Chinoy | 7199 GD(P) | CO | Tezpur |  |
| 28 Aug 84 to 15 Dec 86 | Wing Commander Satish Kumar Jain | 9716 GD(P) | CO | Tezpur |  |
| 15 Dec 86 to 25 Jul 87 | Wing Commander Subhash Bhojwani | 9734 GD(P) | CO | Tezpur |  |
| 03 Aug 87 to 21 May 89 | Wing Commander Suman Chopra | 12385 GD(P) | CO | Tezpur |  |
| 22 May 89 to 14 Jul 91 | Wing Commander Guriqbal Singh Nijjar | 12020 GD(P) | CO | Tezpur |  |
| 15 Jul 91 to 01 Aug 93 | Wing Commander Ramalingam Ramanathan Iyer | 13263 F(P) | CO | Tezpur | |
| 02 Aug 93 to 16 Jul 95 | Wing Commander Simhakutty Varthaman | 13606 F(P) | CO | Tezpur |  |
| 17 Jul 95 to 10 Aug 97 | Wing Commander Chamarajnagar Ramaswamy Mukunda | 15014 F(P) | CO | Tezpur | |
| 11 Aug 97 to 15 Aug 99 | Wing Commander Adiyeri Chevidichi Rajeev | 15215 F(P) | CO | Tezpur |  |
| 16 Aug 99 to 14 Oct 01 | Wing Commander Arjun Subramaniam | 16592 F(P) | CO | Tezpur |  |
| 15 Oct 01 to 31 Oct 02 | Wing Commander Krishnan Sundarram | 17163 F(P) | CO | Tezpur |  |
| 15 Apr 04 to 15 Aug 05 | Wing Commander Sandeep Singh | 17312 F(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 16 Aug 05 to 02 Sep 07 | Wing Commander Awadesh Kumar Bharti | 18781 F(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 03 Sep 07 to 26 Jul 09 | Wing Commander Mohanto Panging | 20446 F(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 27 Jul 09 to 25 Jul 11 | Wing Commander Sivaraman Sajan | 21807 F(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 08 Jul 13 to 16 Aug 15 | Wing Commander T Gopinath | 23973 F(P) | CO | Pune | |
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