No.31 Squadron Lions Motto : Shatru Chhidrey Prahret (A Kill with every blow) Date Raised : 1963-09-01 Location : Jodhpur Formed in Pathankot on September 1, 1963, No 31 squadron was equipped with French Mystere aircraft which it flew till 1973. The squadron then flew indigenous Marut aircraft till 1983 followed by Mig-23 till 2003 after which it was numberplated. It was in dormant stage till January 2009 when it was resurrected at Lohegaon IAF station. it mover to Jodhpur in 2011
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01 Sep 63 - 19 May 66Wing CommanderWilliam Macdonald Goodman3571 GD(P)COPathankot | 20 May 66 - 04 Jan 68Wing CommanderTerence Joseph Desa3863 GD(P)COPathankot | 14 Jan 68 - 22 Dec 69Wing CommanderSatnam Shah4479 GD(P)COPathankot | 12 Jan 70 - 03 Dec 73Wing CommanderMurari Lal Trehon4577 GD(P)COPathankot/ Hindon | 03 Dec 73 - 10 Nov 75Wing CommanderBharat Balkrishna Bhadkamkar4980 GD(P)COHindon/ Jodhpur | |
10 Nov 75 - 12 Nov 77Wing CommanderRajeshwar Kumar Bhalla5191 GD(P)COJodhpur | 12 Nov 77 - 12 Sep 80Wing CommanderSuresh Kumar Sonpar6126 GD(P)COJodhpur | 15 Sep 80 - 01 Mar 83Wing CommanderDinkar Shantaram Jatar6521 GD(P)COJodhpur | 24 Mar 83 - 11 Jun 84Wing CommanderMelvinder Singh Grewal7728 GD(P)COHalwara | 26 Nov 84 - 07 Jul 86Wing CommanderMohinder Kumar Arora10093 GD(P)COHalwara | |
07 Jul 86 - 20 Jun 88Wing CommanderCharanjit Singh Gill11645 GD(P)COHalwara | 10 Jun 88 - 13 Aug 90Wing CommanderSaravjit Singh Hothi12215 GD(P)COHalwara | 13 Aug 90 - 19 Sep 91Wing CommanderSanjoy Bose12757 GD(P)COHalwara | 01 Oct 91 - 01 Sep 93Wing CommanderMohinder Pal Singh Gill13604 F(P)COHalwara | 27 Sep 93 - 12 Jun 95Wing CommanderRaj Kumar Beniwal13789 F(P)COHalwara | |
12 Jun 95 - 10 Apr 97Wing CommanderParamjit Singh Gill14097 F(P)COHalwara | 10 Apr 97 - 20 Sep 99Wing CommanderPradeep Mallappa Katti15005 F(P)COHalwara | 20 Sep 99 - 09 Oct 01Wing CommanderJoseph Mathew16384 F(P)COHalwara | 09 Oct 01 - 30 Sep 03Wing CommanderGedela Raveendranath16985 F(P)COHalwara | 01 Jan 09 - 20 Jun 11Wing CommanderAshutosh Srivastav21250 F(P)COPune | |