49 Wing


Date Raised : 2009-08-06 Location : Naliya
Land for an airfield was taken over by IAF on 22 Oct 1973. Intially a C&MU was setup under the command of AFS Jamnagar. The C&MU was upgraded to 12 FBSU on 29 July 1974 and the first stn cdr was Wg Cdr HS ghuman. It was further upgraded to a wing on 6 Aug 2009
Unit previously existed as 12 FBSU

Commanding Officers

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DatesRank & NameNumberRemarksLocationPhoto
23 Apr 07 to 09 Jun 08Group Captain Sunil Jayant Nanodkar16555 F(P)Stn CdrNaliya
10 Jun 08 to 14 Jun 09Group Captain Vellore Doraiswamy Eshwar16994 F(P)Stn CdrNaliya
15 Jun 09 to 03 Jul 11Group Captain Vinod Rangabhashayam16811 F(P)Stn CdrNaliya
04 Jul 11 to 09 Dec 12Group Captain Sanjay Khanna19870 F(P)Stn CdrNaliya
10 Dec 12 to 31 Mar 14Group Captain Venigalla Srinivas Choudhary19869 F(P)Stn CdrNaliya
01 Apr 14 to 09 Oct 16Air Commodore Ajay Grover18095 F(P)AOCNaliya
10 Oct 16 to 25 Dec 17Air Commodore Saji Antony19211 F(P)AOCNaliya

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