No.48 Squadron Camels Motto : Sahasa phalit Sarvetrah (Courageous Always Succeed) Date Raised : 1959-11-15 Location : Chandigarh N0. 48 Sqn, AF was raised on 19 Nov 1959, at Barrackpore and has served in all operational commands of the Indian Air Force. The Sqn has operated Dakotas, Packetts, and AN-32 aircraft. The Dakotas of the Units were the aerial lifeline in NEFA till they were eventually replaced by the Packett aircraft. The squadron was re-equipped with the AN-32 aircraft and moved to its present location, Chandigarh in May 1986. Since then it has formed an aerial bridge for the Indian Forces in J&K sector across the Himalayan Ranges.
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05 Feb 60 - 16 Jun 61Squadron LeaderSurjit Singh Jaspal1808 GD(P)COBarrackpore | 17 Jun 61 - 23 Jan 62Squadron LeaderKaup Mohandas Kamath3656 GD(P)COBarrackpore | 24 Jan 62 - 27 Apr 64Wing CommanderHarish Chander Sahgal3024 GD(P)COBarrackpore | 28 Apr 64 - 28 Feb 66Wing CommanderKaup Mohandas Kamath3656 GD(P)COBarrackpore | 01 Mar 66 - 06 Nov 66Wing CommanderBalwant Wickram Chauhan3352 GD(P)COBarrackpore | |
07 Nov 66 - 25 Dec 68Wing CommanderKishin Advani4003 GD(P)COBarrackpore | 26 Dec 68 - 28 Dec 71Wing CommanderArjan Dev Ralli4027 GD(P)COBarrackpore | 29 Dec 71 - 07 Feb 74Wing CommanderRajaram Jayaram Ambegaonkar4622 GD(P)COBarrackpore | | | |
15 Dec 77 - 09 Dec 79Wing CommanderKrishnan Narayan Nair6346 GD(P)COBarrackpore | | 27 Oct 80 - 24 Oct 83Group CaptainOm Kumar Chhabra5675 GD(P)COBarrackpore | 25 Oct 83 - 18 Aug 85Group CaptainHarwant Bir Singh5065 GD(P)COBarrackpore | 14 Oct 85 - 31 Aug 87Group CaptainHarbinder Singh Sidhu7682 GD(P)COBarrackpore/ Chandig | |
01 Sep 87 - 22 Oct 89Group CaptainPuzhankara Ambalavattam Hari Mohan9723 GD(P)COChandigarh | 23 Oct 89 - 19 Jun 92Group CaptainSajal Kumar Dutt10106 GD(P)COChandigarh | 29 Jun 92 - 26 Feb 96Group CaptainPraveen Chander Chopra10883 GD(P)COChandigarh | | | |
20 Aug 01 - 06 Jul 03Group CaptainMukund Vedavyas Achar15052 F(P)COChandigarh | 07 Jul 03 - 13 Nov 05Group CaptainRajeev Sachdeva16582 F(P)COChandigarh | 14 Nov 05 - 01 Jan 08Group CaptainParag Sharma17009 F(P)COChandigarh | 02 Jan 08 - 17 Nov 09Group CaptainSuryakant Chintaman Chafekar17013 F(P)COChandigarh | 18 Nov 09 - 22 Jun 11Group CaptainShivkumar Srinivasan19520 F(P)COChandigarh | |
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