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40 Wing Date Raised : 1982-11-20 Location : Maharajpur (Gwalior) Gwalior airfield was constructed just before WWII and commisioned around 1940. At the start of WWII, the airfield was occupied by RAF Sqn commanded by Sqn ldr Shephard. Towards the end of the war, No. 7 Sqn, IAF was briefly situated here under Sqn ldr Hassan. Towards 1949-50, Maharajpur (Gwalior) was approved to be setup as 5 Wing, IAF to be home to the No. 5 Heavy Bomber Sqn of the IAF. However, the project did not fructify and Maharajpur did not become a flying base.
In 1962, no. 3 AFSB was raised here and started functioning from the residency complex. AFSB moved out in Sep 1965. 2 BRD came up in April 1963 and 34 ED to support it. Between 1982 and 1986, 11 Sqn made Gwalior its home. 40 Wing was officially formed on 28 nov 1982. The station upgraded its facilities over the next few years to accomodate the Mirage-2000 sqns that made Gwalior its home from 1985-86 onwards. G/C PK Mani was frist stn cdr in early 80s. |
Commanding Officers | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Dec 83 to 29 Nov 86 | Air Commodore Denzil Joseph Keelor | 4805 GD(P) | AOC | Maharajpur (Gwalior) |  |
| 15 Dec 86 to 29 Dec 88 | Air Commodore Anil Yeshwant Tipnis | 5859 GD(P) | AOC | Maharajpur (Gwalior) |  |
| 16 Jan 89 to 26 Jun 90 | Air Commodore Kodendera Cariappa Cariappa | 5376 GD(P) | AOC | Maharajpur (Gwalior) |  |
| 27 Jun 90 to 21 Nov 91 | Air Commodore Bharat Kumar | 5787 GD(P) | AOC | Maharajpur (Gwalior) |  |
| 21 Nov 91 to 02 Jan 94 | Air Commodore Adi Rustomji Ghandhi | 7722 GD(P) | AOC | Maharajpur (Gwalior) |  |
| 03 Jan 94 to 05 Feb 95 | Air Commodore Ajit Kumar Manohar Raje | 9050 GD(P) | AOC | Maharajpur (Gwalior) |  |
| 06 Feb 95 to 11 Jan 97 | Air Commodore Subhash Bhojwani | 9734 GD(P) | AOC | Maharajpur (Gwalior) |  |
| 12 Jan 97 to 29 Mar 98 | Air Commodore Ajit Bhavnani | 10440 GD(P) | AOC | Maharajpur (Gwalior) |  |
| 31 Mar 98 to 06 Jan 00 | Air Commodore Padamjit Singh Ahluwalia | 11631 GD(P) | AOC | Maharajpur (Gwalior) |  |
| 07 Jan 00 to 25 Mar 02 | Air Commodore Yashwant Rao Rane | 12210 GD(P) | AOC | Maharajpur (Gwalior) |  |
| 26 Mar 02 to 02 Feb 04 | Air Commodore Jasbir Singh Panesar | 13370 F(P) | AOC | Maharajpur (Gwalior) |  |
| 02 Feb 04 to 01 Jan 06 | Air Commodore Satya Prakash Rajguru | 13765 F(P) | AOC | Maharajpur (Gwalior) |  |
| 02 Jan 06 to 22 Jan 07 | Air Commodore Keshav Gopal Bewoor | 13570 F(P) | AOC | Maharajpur (Gwalior) |  |
| 01 Jan 07 to 11 Jan 09 | Air Commodore Daljit Singh | 14553 F(P) | AOC | Maharajpur (Gwalior) |  |
| 12 Jan 09 to 23 May 10 | Air Commodore Sanderraman Neelakantan | 15184 F(P) | AOC | Maharajpur (Gwalior) |  |
| 24 May 10 to 15 Nov 11 | Air Commodore Neeraj Yadav | 16399 F(P) | AOC | Maharajpur (Gwalior) |  |
| 15 Nov 11 to 11 May 14 | Air Commodore Pankaj Mohan Sinha | 17842 F(P) | AOC | Maharajpur (Gwalior) |  |
| 12 May 14 to 31 Jul 16 | Air Commodore Harpreet Singh Basra | 19174 F(P) | AOC | Maharajpur (Gwalior) |  |
| 01 Aug 16 to 01 Jul 18 | Air Commodore Hilal Ahmed Rather | 19863 F(P) | AOC | Maharajpur (Gwalior) |  |
| 02 Jul 18 to 15 May 19 | Air Commodore Dhananjai Vishnu Wani | 18568 F(P) | AOC | Maharajpur (Gwalior) |  |
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