46 Wing Date Raised : 1989-04-17 Location : Nal (Bikaner) Air Force Station, Nal has a cherished and eventful history. A kutcha runway was constructed by the end of 1942 and occupied by the British. After the 2nd World War the airfield was vacated by the British and taken over by state PW D. From Sep 1942 till Sep 1950 the royal family of Bikaner operated a flying club at this base. Maharaja Ganga Singhji, Maharaja Sadul Singhji and Maharaja Karni Singhji took keen interest in the formation and development of the airfield. In Sep 1950 the airfield was handed over to IAF and a new runway was constructed in 1963. Nal became a full-fledged airfield and was named No. 9 Care & Maintenance Units (C&MU). In Jul 1972, it was renamed as No. 3 Forward Base Support Units (FBSU). Subsequently, on 17 April 1989 the airfield was named as 46 Wing
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Unknown - Group CaptainApram Jeet Singh7403 GD(P)Stn CdrNal (Bikaner) | | 01 Jan 89 - 01 Jan 90Group CaptainEapen Mathulla8365 GD(P)Stn CdrNal (Bikaner) | Unknown - Group CaptainKamlesh Singh Mandla9827 GD(P)Stn CdrNal (Bikaner) | Unknown - Group CaptainPramod Kumar Mehra11581 GD(P)Stn CdrNal (Bikaner) | |
Unknown - 22 Jul 98Group CaptainMukundan Sushil Kumar12502 GD(P)Stn CdrNal (Bikaner) | 23 Jul 98 - 30 Nov 00Group CaptainSumit Mukerji12925 F(P)Stn CdrNal (Bikaner) | 01 Dec 00 - 01 Jul 03Group CaptainShankar Mani13596 F(P)Stn CdrNal (Bikaner) | Unknown - Group CaptainMathappan Jose14278 F(P)Stn CdrNal (Bikaner) | Unknown - Group CaptainRohit Verma16029 F(P)Stn CdrNal (Bikaner) | |
01 Jan 08 - Group CaptainKalianda Appaya Muthana16372 F(P)Stn CdrNal (Bikaner) | Unknown - Group CaptainRajesh Abhishek Rao Kaileti18577 F(P)Stn CdrNal (Bikaner) | 23 May 11 - 03 Jan 13Air CommodoreSubramanian Sundar Rajan17848 F(P)AOCNal (Bikaner) | 04 Jan 13 - 18 May 15Air CommodoreSanjay Bhatnagar17363 F(P)AOCNal (Bikaner) | 18 May 15 - 03 Jul 17Air CommodoreSameer Mehra19524 F(P)AOCNal (Bikaner) | |
03 Jul 17 - 06 Jan 19Air CommodoreRajat Mohan20476 F(P)AOCNal (Bikaner) |