No.32 Squadron Thunderbirds

Motto : Mahavegashya Dhundvrataha ( Fast in speed, Fast in determination)
Date Raised : 1963-10-15 Disbanded : 2017-12-31

Aircraft Types operated over the years:

Commanding Officers


15 Oct 63 - 18 Oct 65
Wing Commander
Emanuel Raymond Fernandes
3577 GD(P)
CO
Adampur

19 Oct 65 - 14 Jul 67
Wing Commander
Rajkumar Jayvant Singh
3886 GD(P)
CO
Adampur

15 Jul 67 - 03 Nov 67
Wing Commander
Ravinder Lal Badhwar
4341 GD(P)
CO
Ambala

04 Nov 67 - 20 Dec 67
Wing Commander
Partha Kumar Dey
4404 GD(P)
CO
Ambala

21 Dec 67 - 28 Sep 70
Wing Commander
Jagdish Chandra Sabherwal
4443 GD(P)
CO
Ambala

29 Sep 70 - 06 May 73
Wing Commander
Harcharan Singh Manget
4666 GD(P)
CO
Ambala

07 May 73 - 13 Apr 75
Wing Commander
Ram Krishna Batra
4715 GD(P)
CO
Hindon

14 Apr 75 - 19 Jun 77
Wing Commander
Ranbir Singh Rana
5106 GD(P)
CO
Hindon

01 Jun 77 - 01 Jun 79
Wing Commander
Vinod Patney
6125 GD(P)
CO
Hindon

12 Jun 79 - 01 Mar 81
Wing Commander
Subir Dey
5309 GD(P)
CO
Hindon

02 Mar 81 - 29 Dec 82
Wing Commander
Amariit Singh Sandhu
7703 GD(P)
CO
Hindon

30 Dec 82 - 30 Dec 84
Wing Commander
Arun Vasant Sathaye
9039 GD(P)
CO
Hindon/ Jodhpur

31 Dec 84 - 27 Jul 86
Wing Commander
Surendra Singh Tyagi
9467 GD(P)
CO
Jodhpur

28 Jul 86 - 10 Apr 88
Wing Commander
Pramod Kumar Mehra
11581 GD(P)
CO
Jodhpur

11 Apr 88 - 04 Jun 89
Wing Commander
Adhip Banerjee
11592 GD(P)
CO
Jodhpur

05 Jun 89 - 02 Jun 91
Wing Commander
Seby George
12527 GD(P)
CO
Jodhpur

03 Jun 91 - 15 Apr 93
Wing Commander
Prakash Govind Malvi
12763 GD(P)
CO
Jodhpur

20 Apr 93 - 26 Mar 95
Wing Commander
Amul Kapoor
13378 F(P)
CO
Jodhpur

27 Mar 95 - 30 Mar 97
Wing Commander
Kamal Kant Dwivedi
14105 F(P)
CO
Jodhpur

31 Mar 97 - 25 Apr 99
Wing Commander
Kuldeep Malik
15181 F(P)
CO
Jodhpur

26 Apr 99 - 01 Jul 01
Wing Commander
Murugan Maniam
16207 F(P)
CO
Jodhpur

02 Jul 01 - 11 Aug 02
Wing Commander
Rajiv Jain
16787 F(P)
CO
Jodhpur

12 Aug 02 - 01 Aug 04
Wing Commander
Shiv Ratan Singh
18083 F(P)
CO
Jodhpur

02 Aug 04 - 04 Jun 06
Wing Commander
Balakrishnan Saju
18300 F(P)
CO
Jodhpur

05 Jun 06 - 31 Mar 08
Wing Commander
Palaparthy Venkat Shivanand
19901 F(P)
CO
Jodhpur

31 Mar 08 - 04 Apr 10
Wing Commander
Philip Thomas
20743 F(P)
CO
Jodhpur

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