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5 Forward Base Support Unit


Date Raised : 1972-06-08 Location : Uttarlai
The uttarlai station was setup by RAF in 1935 by acquiring 384 acres of land from the Marwar State. It had an airstrip to facilitate landing of two-seater propeller aircrafts. After independence the airfield was handed over the CPWD and occupied by IAF in 1950. Post the 1965 war it was decided to convert it to a base and a C&MU was formed. It was upgraded to an FBSU on 8 June 1972 and a full fledged AFS on 20 Dec 1993

Commanding Officers


Unknown - 01 Dec 71
Wing Commander
Vishwanatha Krishnamurthy
4022 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Uttarlai

Unknown - 01 Dec 76
Wing Commander
Virendra Naidu
4920 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Uttarlai

Unknown -
Wing Commander
Syed Shahid Hussain Naqvi
7193 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Uttarlai

01 Jan 79 - 01 Feb 81
Wing Commander
Jawahar Lal Bhargava
7209 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Uttarlai

01 Feb 81 - 21 Jul 82
Wing Commander
Ashley Malcolm Rodriques
8186 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Uttarlai

22 Jul 82 - 09 Aug 85
Wing Commander
Rajinder Mohan Singh Datta
8711 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Uttarlai

10 Aug 85 - 30 Sep 87
Group Captain
Manbir Singh
6771 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Uttarlai

01 Oct 87 - 28 Mar 90
Group Captain
Baldhir Singh Ghumman
8170 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Uttarlai

29 Mar 90 - 20 Apr 92
Group Captain
James Arun Benjamin
11296 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Uttarlai

21 Apr 92 - 10 Jul 94
Group Captain
Avinash Deodata Joshi
10886 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Uttarlai

11 Jul 94 - 08 Mar 96
Group Captain
Ramesh Vishwanath Phadke
10895 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Uttarlai

09 Mar 96 -
Group Captain
Shah Baig Singh Paul
11857 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Uttarlai

12 May 97 - 05 Jun 00
Group Captain
Ajay Shrivniwas Karnik
13140 F(P)
Stn Cdr
Uttarlai

06 Jun 00 - 29 Nov 11
Group Captain
Randhir Pratap
13146 F(P)
Stn Cdr
Uttarlai

01 Dec 01 - 06 Aug 03
Group Captain
Sanjay Dandapani
14690 F(P)
Stn Cdr
Uttarlai

07 Aug 03 - 31 Mar 05
Group Captain
Amit Aneja
14668 F(P)
Stn Cdr
Uttarlai

21 Jun 05 - 26 Nov 06
Group Captain
Nirmal Singh Jamwal
17156 F(P)
Stn Cdr
Uttarlai

27 Nov 06 - 31 Jul 07
Group Captain
Suraj Kumar Jha
17445 F(P)
Stn Cdr
Uttarlai

01 Aug 07 - 05 Jul 09
Group Captain
Richard John Duckworth
17136 F(P)
Stn Cdr
Uttarlai

06 Jul 09 - 21 Nov 10
Group Captain
Narmdeshwar Tiwari
18270 F(P)
Stn Cdr
Uttarlai

22 Nov 10 - 20 May 12
Group Captain
Hilal Ahmed Rather
19863 F(P)
Stn Cdr
Uttarlai

21 May 12 - 02 Jun 14
Group Captain
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Stn Cdr
Uttarlai

02 Jun 14 - 01 Jan 17
Air Commodore
Man Singh Awana
19153 F(P)
AOC
Uttarlai

17 Dec 18 -
Air Commodore
Seethepalli Shrinivas
18787 F(P)
AOC
Uttarlai
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