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4 Tactical Air Center Motto : Samvayi hi Durjayaha (Together we are invincible) Date Raised : 1957-01-19 Location : Nagrota 4 TAC, AF was formed at Udhampur on 19 Jan 1957 in support of 15 Corps and functioned under Adv HQ WAC. On formation of Northern Command at Udhampur in Jun 1972, this centre was re-located at Nagrota and its affiliation changed to 16 Corps. The TAC continues to be an independent unit under the functional control of HQ AOC J &K. |
Commanding Officers | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 Jan 57 to 29 Sep 59 | Group Captain Jagdish Chandra Varma | 1646 GD(P) | CO | Udhampur |  |
| 30 Sep 59 to 26 Jan 60 | Group Captain Anantha Ananthanarayanan | 1607 GD(P) | CO | Udhampur |  |
| 27 Jan 60 to 18 Jun 61 | Wing Commander Damodar Madhao Oka | 1813 GD(P) | CO | Udhampur |  |
| 19 Jun 61 to 25 Aug 63 | Group Captain Jagbir Singh Bolarya | 1663 GD(P) | CO | Udhampur |  |
| 26 Aug 63 to 10 Jul 64 | Group Captain John Francis Lazaro | 2944 F(P) | CO | Udhampur |  |
| 11 Jul 64 to 13 Mar 65 | Wing Commander Girish Bansi | 3596 GD(P) | CO | Udhampur | |
| 16 Mar 65 to 02 Jan 67 | Group Captain Vellore Manickam Radhakrishnan | 1769 GD(P) | CO | Udhampur |  |
| 06 Feb 67 to 05 Sep 67 | Group Captain Brian Keith Stidston | 2821 F(P) | CO | Udhampur |  |
| 09 Oct 67 to 24 Jan 70 | Group Captain Nauroze Kaikaushru Lalkaka | 3083 F(P) | CO | Udhampur |  |
| 27 Jan 70 to 14 Nov 72 | Group Captain Kanwar Iqbal Singh Chhabra | 3831 F(N) | CO | Udhampur/ Nagrota |  |
| 16 Nov 72 to 17 Jun 74 | Group Captain Madan Mohan Arora | 3864 F(P) | CO | Nagrota |  |
| 26 Jun 74 to 10 Jul 76 | Group Captain Dalip Wikram Chauhan | 4031 F(P) | CO | Nagrota |  |
| 10 Jul 76 to 07 May 77 | Group Captain Krishan Kumar Badhwar | 4669 F(P) | CO | Nagrota |  |
| 20 Jun 77 to 20 Oct 80 | Group Captain Krishen Kumar Bakshi | 5012 F(P) | CO | Nagrota |  |
| 21 Oct 80 to 24 Jan 83 | Group Captain Peter Eric Gaynor | 5110 F(P) | CO | Nagrota |  |
| 24 Jan 83 to 28 Sep 86 | Group Captain Satya Van Bhutani | 5070 F(P) | CO | Nagrota |  |
| 13 Oct 86 to 07 May 89 | Group Captain Sivaramakrishnan Kalyanaraman | 7704 F(P) | CO | Nagrota |  |
| 08 May 89 to 12 Jun 89 | Group Captain Karam Singh Sidhu | 8947 F(P) | CO | Nagrota | |
| 04 Aug 89 to 20 Jun 93 | Group Captain Yatindra Chauhan | 8696 F(P) | CO | Nagrota |  |
| 21 Jun 93 to 30 Sep 95 | Group Captain Arun Kumar | 8198 F(P) | CO | Nagrota | |
| 09 Oct 95 to 02 Nov 97 | Group Captain Arun Kumar Dharamdas Sonpar | 13398 F(P) | CO | Nagrota |  |
| 27 Jan 98 to 06 Aug 00 | Group Captain Sudhir Hooda | 14095 F(P) | CO | Nagrota | |
| 07 Aug 00 to 28 Apr 03 | Group Captain Richard Anthony | 15027 F(P) | CO | Nagrota |  |
| 07 May 03 to 09 Jul 06 | Group Captain Rajesh Kumar | 15187 F(P) | CO | Nagrota | |
| 24 Dec 07 to 30 Jun 09 | Group Captain Reetinder Singh Sodhi | 15693 F(P) | CO | Nagrota |  |
| 23 May 11 to 12 Jun 13 | Group Captain N Venkat | 21034 F(P) | CO | Nagrota | |
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