No.47 Squadron Black Archers Motto : Karmani Vyaprutham Dhanuhu (My bow is ready for task) Date Raised : 1959-12-18 Location : Adampur No. 47 Squadron, Air Force was formed on 18 December 1959 at Halwara as an amalgamation of the best officers & men picked up from various Unitss of the Air Force. The Squadron adopted a kneeling Black and Archer as its Squadron Insignia. With its bow stretrched to perform the task, the Archer signifies ever ready state of the Squadron personnel to perform the task given with utmost efficiency. The squadron was first equipped with Toofani aircraft. In 1961, the Squadron moved to Kalaikunda. In August 1963 the Squadron moved to Bagdogra and also operated a detachment from Gorakhpur.In September 1964, the squadron moved to its new location at Hasimara. On 23 March 1968, the Squadron converted from the ageing Toofanis to the new thundering supersonic Mig 21 Fls. The Squadron also moved out from Hashimara to Chandigarh. In February 1969, the Squadron moved to its new location at Hindon. Having operated from Palam earlier, the air space around was not new. The Squadron stayed there for the following two years. In November 1973, Squadron moved to Halwara, its formation base. For next five years, the Squadron stayed there. In January 1978, the Squadron moved on to its new location at Chabua where it was to stay for the next seven years. In May 1985 Squadron moved to Hashimara. In May 87, the Squadron moved to Pune and converted to the Mig-29. In March 1997, the squadron moved to Adampur.
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Commanding Officers | |||||
17 Dec 59 - 15 Apr 62Squadron LeaderDenis Anthony Lafontaine3844 GD(P)COHalwara/ KKD | 16 Apr 62 - 03 Jul 64Squadron LeaderCharles David Fernandez3852 GD(P)COKKD/ Bagdogra | 06 Jul 64 - 07 Nov 66Squadron LeaderPattathil Venugopal4431 GD(P)COBagdogra/ Hashimara | 06 Nov 66 - 29 Mar 68Squadron LeaderOnkar Singh Wadhawan4899 GD(P)COHashimara | 30 Mar 68 - 29 Nov 70Wing CommanderTapas Kumar Sen4475 GD(P)COChandigarh/Hindon | |
30 Nov 70 - 02 Mar 72Wing CommanderHarsern Singh Gill4657 GD(P)COHindon | 03 Mar 72 - 19 May 74Wing CommanderSudharshan Handa4816 GD(P)COHindon/ Halwara | 20 May 74 - 31 May 76Wing CommanderInderjit Singh Sandhu4790 GD(P)COHalwara | 01 Jun 76 - 17 Jul 77Wing CommanderSindhaghatta Subbaramu5371 GD(P)COHalwara | 18 Jul 77 - 04 Nov 79Wing CommanderJanak Pratap Singh5672 GD(P)COHalwara/ Chabua | |
05 Nov 79 - 04 Jul 82Wing CommanderMan Mohan Singh Vasudeva6128 GD(P)COChabua | 05 Jul 82 - 26 Feb 84Wing CommanderManayanthara Kunjanpillai Raghava Menon8766 GD(P)COChabua | 27 Feb 84 - 04 May 86Wing CommanderNarayan Menon9005 GD(P)COChabua/ Hasimara | 05 May 86 - 03 Jul 88Wing CommanderVishwanathan Pasupathi10887 GD(P)COHashimara/ Pune | 04 Jul 88 - 15 Jul 90Wing CommanderArun Kumar Tiwary12194 GD(P)COPune | |
16 Jul 90 - 07 Jun 92Wing CommanderSumit Mukerji12925 F(P)COPune | 08 Jun 92 - 05 Jun 94Wing CommanderArup Raha13910 F(P)COPune | 06 Jun 94 - 07 Jan 96Wing CommanderInder Singh14082 F(P)COPune | 08 Jan 96 - 03 May 98Wing CommanderKarath Padmadass Nair15195 F(P)COPune/ Adampur | 04 May 98 - 28 May 00Wing CommanderSardar Harpal Singh16071 F(P)COAdampur | |
29 May 00 - 11 Aug 02Wing CommanderPraveen Bhatt16970 F(P)COAdampur | 12 Aug 02 - 18 Jul 04Wing CommanderSanjay Nimesh17862 F(P)COAdampur | 19 Jul 04 - 14 May 06Wing CommanderParveen Keshav Vohra19162 F(P)COAdampur | 15 May 06 - 06 Apr 08Wing CommanderPudiapura Jawahar Mohamed20445 F(P)COAdampur | 07 Apr 08 - 26 Apr 10Wing CommanderVikas Sharma20757 F(P)COAdampur | |