No.59 Squadron Hornbills Motto : Nishta Dhairya Parisramah (Loyalty Boldness and Hard work) Date Raised : 1959-11-20 Location : Guwahati
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14 Feb 60 - 07 Apr 62Squadron LeaderAppasaheb Bhagwant Patil3242 GD(P)COJorhat | 02 Apr 62 - 01 Feb 63Squadron LeaderPercy Edward Harrington3239 GD(P)COJorhat/ Dinjan | 26 Apr 63 - 13 Jun 65Squadron LeaderGursewak Singh Sidhu3418 GD(P)CODinjan | | 13 Jan 68 - 13 Aug 70Squadron LeaderAustin Lester Mendanha4710 GD(P)COChabua | |
14 Aug 70 - 16 Dec 73Squadron LeaderRavindra Sahai5861 GD(P)COChabua | 26 Jan 73 - 12 Mar 76Squadron LeaderJogendra Chandra Hazarika5869 GD(P)COChabua | 13 Mar 76 - 20 Aug 78Squadron LeaderPrakash Sadanand Kalalvar8950 GD(P)COChabua | | 24 Aug 81 - 23 Jul 84Wing CommanderAshutosh Kumar Tripathi8686 GD(P)COChabua | |
13 Aug 84 - 07 Oct 84Squadron LeaderShiv Prakash Verma11353 GD(P)COChabua | 08 Oct 84 - 18 May 86Wing CommanderShiv Prakash Verma11353 GD(P)COChabua | | | 21 May 90 - 23 May 93Wing CommanderBhupinder Lakhanpal11425 GD(P)COGuwahati | |
24 May 93 - 02 Jul 95Wing CommanderSatish Pal Singh13770 F(P)COGuwahati | 03 Jul 95 - 07 Jun 97Wing CommanderCodanda Chitrajit Cariappa15038 F(P)COGuwahati | | | 08 Jan 01 - 30 Mar 03Wing CommanderKothandaram Krishna Reddy16623 F(P)COGuwahati | |
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