35 Wing Date Raised : 1980-02-18 Location : Suratgarh The site selected for the airfield was an open area around the village of Karnisar. Work commenced in Aug 1973 with the clearing and levelling of the sand dunes. In the absence of any other local army Unitss, the personnel survived on a diet consisting of canal fish since the construction plans of airfield were a top secret matter. The Commanding Officer had to sleep every night guarding the papers, locked in a box that was chained to his wrist. Thus originated 11 Forward Base Support Units on 27 Oct 1975, which moved to its present location in Jan 1976. The base became operational on 02 May 1976 with 17 Squadron (MiG-21) and 20 Squadron (Hunters) moving in and was converted to 35 Wing on 18 Feb 1980 with the aim to enhance the operational flexibility on the Western Front. Since Oct 1975, the Wing has seen a steady induction of various aircrafts, SAMs, Radars signal and other operational Unitss.
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| 16 Jul 90 - 28 Dec 92Group CaptainBrijendra Mohan Bali8438 GD(P)Stn CdrSuratgarh | 01 Jan 93 - 31 May 95Group CaptainAshok Dharam Chhibbar12118 GD(P)Stn CdrSuratgarh | 01 Jun 95 - 13 Nov 96Group CaptainRajesh Lal11634 GD(P)Stn CdrSuratgarh | 14 Nov 96 - 26 Jul 98Group CaptainGurcharan Singh Bhogal12504 GD(P)Stn CdrSuratgarh | |
27 Jul 98 - 13 Jun 99Group CaptainVenkataraman Ramamurthy Iyer12939 F(P)Stn CdrSuratgarh | 21 Jun 99 - 01 May 01Group CaptainAnjan Kumar Gogoi13382 F(P)Stn CdrSuratgarh | 02 May 01 - 16 Oct 02Group CaptainAtul Saikia13585 F(P)Stn CdrSuratgarh | 16 Oct 02 - 09 May 04Group CaptainJasbir Singh Walia15684 F(P)Stn CdrSuratgarh | 10 May 04 - 05 Jan 07Group CaptainPerumpillabil Narayanan Radha Govind15019 F(P)Stn CdrSuratgarh | |
05 Jan 07 - 02 Nov 08Group CaptainNeeraj Yadav16399 F(P)Stn CdrSuratgarh | 03 Nov 08 - 24 Mar 10Group CaptainShiv Ratan Singh18083 F(P)Stn CdrSuratgarh | 25 Mar 10 - 25 Apr 10Group CaptainDiptendu Choudhury17335 F(P)Stn CdrSuratgarh | 26 Apr 10 - 25 Aug 10Air CommodoreDiptendu Choudhury17335 F(P)AOCSuratgarh | 26 Aug 10 - 29 Dec 11Air CommodoreGedela Raveendranath16985 F(P)AOCSuratgarh | |
30 Dec 11 - 21 Jun 15Air CommodorePradeep Waman Ambedkar16600 F(P)AOCSuratgarh | | 31 Jul 17 - 05 Jan 20Air CommodoreG Krishan Mohan20124 F(P)AOCSuratgarh |