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511 Signal Unit Ridge Knights Motto : Satatam Tatparah (Always Alert) Date Raised : 1965-05-07 Location : Dinjan The Dinjan airfiled was constructed during 1942 and had singificant involvement during the WWII effort of the allied effort. Otters from 59 Sqn operated from Dinhan during 1960-67 period and were involved in airlift efforts in the 1962 war. Subsequently, the Sapphire Radar was setup at the station. The THD-1955 was installed and became operational at the base in 1993
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| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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| 07 May 65 to 02 Jan 67 | Group Captain Randhir Singh | 2135 GD(P) | CO | Dinjan |  |
| 21 Apr 67 to 27 Jul 68 | Group Captain Manohar Maharudrappa Sakhare | 1679 GD(P) | CO | Dinjan |  |
| 14 Aug 68 to 28 Jan 70 | Group Captain Jagdish Behari Lal | 3646 GD(P) | CO | Dinjan |  |
| 29 Jan 70 to 20 Nov 72 | Group Captain Nauroze Kaikaushru Lalkaka | 3083 GD(P) | CO | Dinjan |  |
| 21 Nov 72 to 04 Aug 75 | Group Captain Mangudy Balasubramaniam Krishnamurthy | 4019 GD(N) | CO | Dinjan |  |
| 04 Aug 75 to 30 Apr 77 | Group Captain Ramesh Krishnarao Nagarkatti | 4012 GD(N) | CO | Dinjan | |
| 27 Jul 77 to 04 Aug 80 | Group Captain Sudheer Rajaram Karkare | 5083 GD(N) | CO | Dinjan |  |
| 11 Aug 80 to 31 Dec 82 | Group Captain Suresh Damodar Bhave | 5451 GD(N) | Stn Cdr | Dinjan |  |
| 05 Jan 83 to 02 May 85 | Group Captain Ghanshyam Singh Thapa | 6003 GD(N) | Stn Cdr | Dinjan |  |
| 03 May 85 to 07 Feb 86 | Group Captain Vincent Pais | 5274 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Dinjan |  |
| 10 Mar 86 to 20 Sep 87 | Group Captain Vijay Kashinath Bapat | 7414 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Dinjan |  |
| 27 Sep 87 to 07 May 89 | Group Captain Amalendra Nath Sen | 8395 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Dinjan |  |
| 08 May 89 to 15 Mar 92 | Group Captain Balvinder Singh Kailey | 8771 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Dinjan |  |
| 16 Mar 92 to 05 Mar 94 | Group Captain Jagjeet Singh Rahil | 9452 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Dinjan | |
| 14 Mar 94 to 30 Sep 96 | Group Captain Panoli Raman Ravindran | 11393 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Dinjan | |
| 01 Nov 96 to 10 May 99 | Group Captain K Singh | Stn Cdr | Dinjan | ||
| 10 May 99 to 02 Jan 03 | Group Captain Nirbhay Kumar Jain | 13576 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Dinjan |  |
| 13 Jan 03 to 11 Jan 05 | Group Captain Raja Singh | 15056 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Dinjan | |
| 18 Jul 05 to 11 May 07 | Group Captain Chetan Prakash Yadav | 16828 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Dinjan |  |
| 11 May 07 to 06 Jul 09 | Group Captain Harjit Singh Bhandal | 15701 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Dinjan |  |
| 06 Jul 09 to 18 Jul 11 | Group Captain Paritosh Upadhyay | 18581 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Dinjan |  |
| 18 Jul 11 to 21 Jun 13 | Group Captain Deshpal Singh | 19544 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Dinjan |  |
| 21 Jun 13 to 08 Jun 15 | Group Captain Ramamoorthy Ravi Shankar | 20152 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Dinjan |  |
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