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 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 | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 63 to 18 Oct 65 | Wing Commander Emanuel Raymond Fernandes | 3577 GD(P) | CO | Adampur |  |
| 19 Oct 65 to 14 Jul 67 | Wing Commander Rajkumar Jayvant Singh | 3886 GD(P) | CO | Adampur |  |
| 15 Jul 67 to 03 Nov 67 | Wing Commander Ravinder Lal Badhwar | 4341 GD(P) | CO | Ambala | |
| 04 Nov 67 to 20 Dec 67 | Wing Commander Partha Kumar Dey | 4404 GD(P) | CO | Ambala |  |
| 21 Dec 67 to 28 Sep 70 | Wing Commander Jagdish Chandra Sabherwal | 4443 GD(P) | CO | Ambala | |
| 29 Sep 70 to 06 May 73 | Wing Commander Harcharan Singh Manget | 4666 GD(P) | CO | Ambala |  |
| 07 May 73 to 13 Apr 75 | Wing Commander Ram Krishna Batra | 4715 GD(P) | CO | Hindon |  |
| 14 Apr 75 to 19 Jun 77 | Wing Commander Ranbir Singh Rana | 5106 GD(P) | CO | Hindon |  |
| 01 Jun 77 to 01 Jun 79 | Wing Commander Vinod Patney | 6125 GD(P) | CO | Hindon |  |
| 12 Jun 79 to 01 Mar 81 | Wing Commander Subir Dey | 5309 GD(P) | CO | Hindon |  |
| 02 Mar 81 to 29 Dec 82 | Wing Commander Amariit Singh Sandhu | 7703 GD(P) | CO | Hindon | |
| 30 Dec 82 to 30 Dec 84 | Wing Commander Arun Vasant Sathaye | 9039 GD(P) | CO | Hindon/ Jodhpur |  |
| 31 Dec 84 to 27 Jul 86 | Wing Commander Surendra Singh Tyagi | 9467 GD(P) | CO | Jodhpur |  |
| 28 Jul 86 to 10 Apr 88 | Wing Commander Pramod Kumar Mehra | 11581 GD(P) | CO | Jodhpur |  |
| 11 Apr 88 to 04 Jun 89 | Wing Commander Adhip Banerjee | 11592 GD(P) | CO | Jodhpur |  |
| 05 Jun 89 to 02 Jun 91 | Wing Commander Seby George | 12527 GD(P) | CO | Jodhpur | |
| 03 Jun 91 to 15 Apr 93 | Wing Commander Prakash Govind Malvi | 12763 GD(P) | CO | Jodhpur |  |
| 20 Apr 93 to 26 Mar 95 | Wing Commander Amul Kapoor | 13378 F(P) | CO | Jodhpur |  |
| 27 Mar 95 to 30 Mar 97 | Wing Commander Kamal Kant Dwivedi | 14105 F(P) | CO | Jodhpur |  |
| 31 Mar 97 to 25 Apr 99 | Wing Commander Kuldeep Malik | 15181 F(P) | CO | Jodhpur |  |
| 26 Apr 99 to 01 Jul 01 | Wing Commander Murugan Maniam | 16207 F(P) | CO | Jodhpur | |
| 02 Jul 01 to 11 Aug 02 | Wing Commander Rajiv Jain | 16787 F(P) | CO | Jodhpur | |
| 12 Aug 02 to 01 Aug 04 | Wing Commander Shiv Ratan Singh | 18083 F(P) | CO | Jodhpur |  |
| 02 Aug 04 to 04 Jun 06 | Wing Commander Balakrishnan Saju | 18300 F(P) | CO | Jodhpur |  |
| 05 Jun 06 to 31 Mar 08 | Wing Commander Palaparthy Venkat Shivanand | 19901 F(P) | CO | Jodhpur |  |
| 31 Mar 08 to 04 Apr 10 | Wing Commander Philip Thomas | 20743 F(P) | CO | Jodhpur |  |
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