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AFS Chakeri Date Raised : 1947-08-15 Location : Kanpur To support air operations in the Far East during World War II, No. 322 Maintenance Units was formed in 1940 in the 21 TATA hangers at Chakeri, Kanpur. The functions included arming of bombers and fighter aircraft like Liberator, Lancaster, Hurricane, Tempest and Dakota. The Units was further expanded to include aircraft storage and servicing activities, while the logistics support and aeroengine storage functions operated at Armapur Estate, 25 Km away from Chakeri. In August 1945, after Japan surrendered to the Allied Forces and hostilities came to an end, this No. 322 Maintenance Units was disbanded and Royal Air Force Station, Kanpur came into formal existence. On 15 August 1947, the historic day of India’s Independence, Wing Commander Ranjan Dutta DFC took over the command of Air Force Station, Kanpur from the Royal Air Force.
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| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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| 09 Jan 64 to 21 Aug 65 | Air Commodore Narinjan Parsad Nair | 2280 ENG | AOC | Kanpur |  |
| 22 Aug 65 to 28 Feb 66 | Air Commodore Kanianthra Alexander Joseph | 2960 SIGS | AOC | Kanpur |  |
| 06 May 66 to 31 Mar 68 | Air Commodore Ardeshir Pestonji Kapadia | 2150 A&SD | AOC | Kanpur |  |
| 01 Apr 68 to 01 Dec 69 | Air Commodore Raj Kumar Singh Marya | 2916 AE(M) | AOC | Kanpur |  |
| 01 Dec 69 to 21 Nov 70 | Air Commodore John Jasper Bouche | 2938 F(P) | AOC | Kanpur |  |
| 21 Nov 70 to 27 Jan 73 | Air Commodore Chandrakant Shridhar Naik | 3499 ENG | AOC | Kanpur |  |
| 27 Jan 73 to 09 Apr 74 | Air Commodore Bawa Sampuran Singh Bedi | 1795 GD(O) | AOC | Kanpur |  |
| 09 Apr 74 to 31 Jan 76 | Air Commodore Sat Pal Singh | 2853 SIGS | AOC | Kanpur |  |
| 24 May 78 to 31 Aug 80 | Air Commodore Kanwar Krishan Bali | 3816 ELECT | AOC | Kanpur |  |
| 01 Sep 80 to 13 Aug 81 | Air Commodore Narayanan Krishnan Nair | 4075 AE(L) | AOC | Kanpur |  |
| 14 Aug 81 to 28 Feb 83 | Air Commodore Bangalore Venkataramaiah Jayarao | 4138 AE(L) | AOC | Kanpur |  |
| 01 Mar 83 to 30 Jun 85 | Air Commodore Abraham Mathews | 4547 AE(L) | AOC | Kanpur |  |
| 01 Jul 85 to 01 Jan 87 | Air Commodore Amal Kumar Mukhopadhyay | 5237 ENG | AOC | Kanpur |  |
| 02 Jan 87 to 12 Jan 89 | Air Commodore Rajamani Ramamurthy | 5614 ENG | AOC | Kanpur |  |
| 12 Jan 89 to 31 May 90 | Air Commodore Ramesh Chandra Bajpai | 5967 AE(L) | AOC | Kanpur |  |
| 11 Aug 90 to 12 Sep 92 | Air Commodore Amar Jeet Singh Sodhi | 6388 ENG | AOC | Kanpur |  |
| 12 Sep 92 to 28 Oct 94 | Air Commodore Savinder Mohan Singh Chadha | 6588 AE(M) | AOC | Kanpur |  |
| 28 Nov 94 to 27 Jul 96 | Air Commodore Koyippillil Balagangadhara Kurup | 8020 AE(M) | AOC | Kanpur |  |
| 16 Aug 96 to 15 Apr 99 | Air Commodore Prakashchandra Khandubhai Desai | 10078 AE(M) | AOC | Kanpur |  |
| 18 Apr 99 to 31 Jul 00 | Air Commodore Satyendra Pal Singh | 10699 AE(L) | AOC | Kanpur |  |
| 14 Aug 00 to 11 Nov 02 | Air Commodore Jayant Satchidanand Apte | 11900 AE(L) | AOC | Kanpur |  |
| 11 Nov 02 to 13 Jan 05 | Air Commodore Raghbir Singh Sandhu | 13174 AE(M) | AOC | Kanpur |  |
| 13 Jan 05 to 23 Jul 06 | Air Commodore Navin Verma | 13282 AE(L) | AOC | Kanpur |  |
| 24 Jul 06 to 31 May 09 | Air Commodore Narinder Kumar Bhoan | 14312 AE(L) | AOC | Kanpur |  |
| 01 Jun 09 to 30 Apr 11 | Air Commodore Prashant Purushottam Khandekar | 15095 AE(L) | AOC | Kanpur |  |
| 02 May 11 to 31 May 13 | Air Commodore Gulshan Rai | 15969 AE(M) | AOC | Kanpur |  |
| 01 Jun 13 to 19 Oct 14 | Air Commodore Krishna Iyengar Ravi | 17674 AE(M) | AOC | Kanpur |  |
| 20 Oct 14 to 31 Aug 16 | Air Commodore Pradeep Kumar Choudhary | 17828 AE(M) | AOC | Kanpur |  |
| 01 Sep 16 to 09 Nov 18 | Air Commodore Bhavishyat Narendra Kumar | 18729 AE(M) | AOC | Kanpur | |
| 12 Nov 18 to | Air Commodore Devarajan Bala Murali | 18520 AE(M) | AOC | Kanpur |  |
| Unknown to | Air Commodore Bhavishyat Narendra Kumar | 18729 AE(M) | AOC | Kanpur | |
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