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 No.37 Squadron Black Panthers Motto : Sadaiv Nirbhik (Fearless Forever) Date Raised : 1957-12-23 Disbanded : 2019-12-27 37 Squadron of the Indian Air Force was formed on 23 Dec 57 at Air Force Station Palam with the motto "Forever Fearless", and was alloted the crest BLACK PANTHERS.
Aircraft Types operated over the years: |
Commanding Officers | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Dec 57 to 16 Oct 60 | Squadron Leader Amrit Lal Bajaj | 3395 GD(P) | CO | Palam/ Jamnagar |  |
| 17 Oct 60 to 23 Aug 62 | Squadron Leader Ian Steele Loughran | 4024 GD(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 19 Nov 62 to 21 Dec 64 | Wing Commander Wilbur Desmond McNeill | 2995 GD(P) | CO | Pune/ Chabua |  |
| 21 Dec 64 to 25 Aug 67 | Wing Commander Harendra Narain Bysak | 3857 GD(P) | CO | Chabua/ Tezpur |  |
| 25 Aug 67 to 16 Oct 69 | Wing Commander Man Mohan Sinha | 4408 GD(P) | CO | Tezpur |  |
| 24 Nov 69 to 02 Dec 70 | Wing Commander Prabhakar Jaywant Jakatdar | 4237 GD(P) | CO | Tezpur |  |
| 01 Apr 71 to 14 Dec 73 | Wing Commander Swaroop Krishna Kaul | 4721 GD(P) | CO | Tezpur/ Kalaikunda |  |
| 15 Dec 73 to 14 Jul 76 | Wing Commander Sudershan Kumar Sahni | 4599 GD(P) | CO | Kalaikunda |  |
| 15 Jul 76 to 06 May 79 | Wing Commander Dhan Singh Nagi | 5305 GD(P) | CO | Kaliakinda/ Adampur |  |
| 07 May 79 to 04 Jan 81 | Wing Commander Kanwer Jit Singh Gill | 5702 GD(P) | CO | Adampur | |
| 05 Jan 81 to 11 Apr 83 | Wing Commander Amalendra Nath Sen | 8395 GD(P) | CO | Adampur |  |
| 12 Apr 83 to 30 Jun 85 | Wing Commander Amitava Chakladar | 8132 GD(P) | CO | Chandigarh |  |
| 01 Jul 85 to 21 Sep 87 | Wing Commander Mohan Dikshit | 11309 GD(P) | CO | Nal (Bikaner) |  |
| 22 Sep 87 to 16 Nov 88 | Wing Commander Kalathil Payan Sreekanth | 10508 GD(P) | CO | Nal (Bikaner) |  |
| 05 Dec 88 to 30 Sep 90 | Wing Commander Pradeep Saruotham Shetty | 11650 GD(P) | CO | Nal (Bikaner) |  |
| 01 Oct 90 to 01 Nov 92 | Wing Commander Rakesh Kacker | 12951 F(P) | CO | Nal (Bikaner) |  |
| 02 Nov 92 to 08 Jan 95 | Wing Commander Philip Mohan Mathai | 13244 F(P) | CO | Nal (Bikaner) |  |
| 09 Jan 95 to 17 Nov 96 | Wing Commander Joseph Noronha | 13914 F(P) | CO | Nal (Bikaner) |  |
| 18 Nov 96 to 22 Mar 98 | Wing Commander Malvider Singh Mander | 15034 F(P) | CO | Nal (Bikaner) |  |
| 23 Mar 98 to 28 May 00 | Wing Commander Dinesh Dhawan | 15403 F(P) | CO | Nal (Bikaner) |  |
| 29 May 00 to 14 Jul 02 | Wing Commander Navkaranjit Singh Dhillon | 16580 F(P) | CO | Nal (Bikaner) |  |
| 15 Jul 02 to 21 Jul 04 | Wing Commander Vishwas Gaur | 17361 F(P) | CO | Nal (Bikaner)/ Bhuj |  |
| 22 Jul 04 to 02 Jul 06 | Wing Commander Rajesh Abhishek Rao Kaileti | 18577 F(P) | CO | Bhuj |  |
| 03 Jul 06 to 18 May 08 | Wing Commander Prashant Mohan | 20160 F(P) | CO | Bhuj |  |
| 19 May 08 to 30 May 10 | Wing Commander Anil Kumar | 20742 F(P) | CO | Bhuj/ Uttarlai |  |
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