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39 Wing Date Raised : 1985-04-01 Location : Udhampur The base is sited approximately 5 Km East of Udhampur town spread over 713 acres. A complete hill was blown up to pave the way for its 9000 ft runway, which was taken over on 01 Oct 1975. Even now, the northern end of the runway is guarded by a sentinel in the form of a hill, which permits the landings and take-offs for aircraft only n one direction. It was originally 9 FBSU that was raised on 1 April 1976. It was redisgnated as 39 Wing on 1 April 1985. Lodger Unitss are 153 HU, 132 FAC Flt, 901 SU, 711 SU, NACC and 603 Garud Flt.
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Unit previously existed as 9 FBSU
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| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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| 01 Apr 85 to 13 Oct 85 | Group Captain Subir Dey | 5309 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Udhampur |  |
| 14 Oct 85 to 01 Oct 87 | Group Captain Syed Shahid Hussain Naqvi | 7193 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Udhampur |  |
| 01 Oct 87 to 01 Jul 88 | Group Captain Vijay Kumar Mohrotra | 8441 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Udhampur |  |
| 01 Jul 88 to 02 Sep 90 | Group Captain Krishan Kumar Sangar | 7017 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Udhampur |  |
| 01 Jul 91 to 07 Feb 94 | Group Captain Jai Kishen Kaushik | 10524 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Udhampur |  |
| 07 Feb 94 to 07 Jan 96 | Group Captain Ronald Banerjee | 11398 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Udhampur |  |
| 08 Jan 96 to 14 Feb 97 | Group Captain Yadupati Saran Das | 13613 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Udhampur |  |
| 15 Feb 97 to 25 Jun 99 | Group Captain Ghanshyam Singh | 13588 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Udhampur |  |
| 26 Jun 99 to 02 Apr 00 | Group Captain Kunwar Jaisingh Singh | 13799 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Udhampur | |
| 03 Apr 00 to 30 Apr 01 | Group Captain Ajit Singh Siwaich | 13812 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Udhampur |  |
| 21 Dec 01 to 20 Nov 03 | Group Captain Ashvani Kumar Sachdev | 13908 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Udhampur |  |
| 20 Nov 03 to 19 Sep 04 | Group Captain Rakesh Kumar Negi | 15869 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Udhampur |  |
| 20 Sep 04 to 02 Jul 06 | Group Captain Manavendra Singh | 16983 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Udhampur |  |
| 10 Jul 06 to 04 Nov 07 | Group Captain Guttikonda Amara Prasad Babu | 17714 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Udhampur |  |
| 06 Nov 07 to 21 Jun 09 | Group Captain Nicodemus Manohar Samuel | 17449 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Udhampur |  |
| 22 Jun 09 to 31 Jan 11 | Group Captain Prashant Mukund Vithalkar | 17855 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Udhampur |  |
| 01 Feb 11 to 24 Jun 12 | Group Captain Sandeep Chowdhary | 19207 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Udhampur |  |
| 25 Jun 12 to 06 May 14 | Group Captain Devendra Parshotam Hirani | 21019 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Udhampur |  |
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