5 Mobile Echelon Maintenance Unit Date Raised : 1970-01-12 Disbanded : 1972-08-06 Location : Sirsa Air Force Station Sirsa was established in 1960. Situated on the banks of river Ghaggar, the Station was first designated as 10 C&MU (Care & Maintenance Units) under the command of Flt Lt Patrick, a logistics officer. The first aircraft to land at the airfield was a Dakota' on a runway made of PSP sheets. The concrete runway, PTT and the loops were constructed in 1963.0n 12 Jan 70, the station was redesignated as 5 MEMU (Mobile Echelon Maintenance Units). Two years later in Aug 72, the base was made a Forward Base Support Units and rechristened as 2 Forward Base Supporting Units (FBSU). The FBSU was upgraded in to a full fledged Wing in Apr 89.
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Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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12 Jan 70 to 15 Aug 71 | Squadron Leader Gurbakhash Rai Sahni | 5457 GD(N) | CO | Sirsa | |
16 Aug 71 to 26 Jan 72 | Wing Commander Kanwal Krishan Malik | 4335 GD(P) | CO | Sirsa | |
27 Jan 72 to 06 Apr 72 | Squadron Leader Gurbakhash Rai Sahni | 5457 GD(N) | CO | Sirsa | |
07 Apr 72 to 06 Aug 72 | Squadron Leader Tejinder Singh Legha | 6333 GD(N) | CO | Sirsa |