6 Wing Date Raised : 1951-08-16 Location : Barrackpore Air Force Station Barrackpore airfield was one of the foremost Allied air bases to fight the Japanese Forces during WW Il. In 1944, the Air Force Base at Barrackpore was formed into a group called 2 Indian Group. This group was disbanded in early 1950 to form the 357 MU. On March 16, 1950 it was renamed as 310 Station under the operational command of the IAF. On August 16, 1951, this Station was renamed as Air Force Station Barrackpore, 6 Wing. Betwee 1951 and 1966, the base was a hub for transport squadrons servcing the North East. In addition it also had a Survey Flighta Flighter squadron and an Auxilliary AF Sqn in this period. With closure of all flying activity, 6 Wing was transformed into a missile wing having in its fold numerous SA-II Squadrons from 1967 onwards.68,69,70 Sqn were fromed here in Feb 1966 and 38 Sqn in March 1966. The base also recieved TETTRA units in 1988-89 and upgraded briefly to SA-III Sqns in the same period. The base became a flying base again in 2012 with a Helicopter Squadron permanently based.
An Air Force Liaison Cell was set up in April 1959 to monitor overhaul of Dakota aircraft by Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. The role of the Units was revised to include technical and logistics liaison for major servicing and repair of Caribou and subsequently the An-32 aircraft. The Unit also liaises with HAL for the overhaul of the Chetak and Cheetah Helicopter, and the HPT-32. An Airmen Selection Centre initially known as Air Force Recruiting Office has been in existence in this region since 1950. |
Commanding Officers | |||||
Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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16 Aug 51 to 27 Jan 53 | Wing Commander Anantha Ananthanarayanan | 1607 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Barrackpore | |
28 Jan 53 to 19 Jun 53 | Wing Commander Kartik Chandra Sarkar | 1589 GD(O) | Stn Cdr | Barrackpore | |
20 Jun 53 to 14 Oct 57 | Group Captain Yeshwant Vinayak Malse | 1616 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Barrackpore | |
15 Oct 57 to 19 Jan 61 | Group Captain Ranendu Sen | 1618 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Barrackpore | |
20 Jan 61 to 20 Jan 63 | Group Captain Chodagam Satyanarayana | 1610 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Barrackpore | |
21 Jan 63 to 02 Jan 65 | Group Captain Damodar Madhao Oka | 1813 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Barrackpore | |
14 Jan 65 to 21 Nov 66 | Group Captain Shanil Kumar Mukerji | 1744 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Barrackpore | |
03 Feb 67 to 03 Jan 68 | Group Captain Swaranjit Singh | 1901 GD(O) | Stn Cdr | Barrackpore | |
04 Jan 68 to 16 Jan 70 | Group Captain Madhu Sudan Ray | 3469 GD(N) | Stn Cdr | Barrackpore | |
17 Jan 70 to 15 Feb 73 | Group Captain Sharan Singh Sawhny | 1937 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Barrackpore | |
01 Mar 73 to 02 Sep 74 | Group Captain Somendra Kumar Roy | 4032 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Barrackpore | |
04 Sep 74 to 31 Jan 76 | Group Captain Subhas Ranjan Bose | 3152 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Barrackpore | |
15 Mar 76 to 19 Jun 78 | Group Captain Venkataraman Srinivas Iyer | 4330 GD(N) | Stn Cdr | Barrackpore | |
20 Jun 78 to 31 Jan 81 | Group Captain Subhash Chander Virmani | 4097 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Barrackpore | |
02 Feb 81 to 11 Jan 84 | Group Captain Samarendra Chakravarty | 5189 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Barrackpore | |
11 Jan 84 to 04 Jul 85 | Group Captain Shiv Nath Rathour | 5580 GD(N) | Stn Cdr | Barrackpore | |
01 Aug 85 to 13 Oct 85 | Wing Commander Krishan Kumar Chauhan | 7140 GD(N) | Stn Cdr | Barrackpore | |
14 Oct 85 to 22 Aug 86 | Group Captain Krishan Kumar Chauhan | 7140 GD(N) | Stn Cdr | Barrackpore | |
14 Oct 86 to 11 Sep 87 | Group Captain Govind Chandra Singh Rajwar | 8103 GD(N) | Stn Cdr | Barrackpore | |
01 Oct 87 to 10 Apr 89 | Wing Commander R Sivakumar | Stn Cdr | Barrackpore | ||
08 May 89 to 27 Apr 92 | Group Captain Sumit Kumar Das | 8993 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Barrackpore | |
28 Apr 92 to 03 Jul 94 | Group Captain Prem Prakash Singh | 12206 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Barrackpore | |
04 Jul 94 to 31 Mar 96 | Group Captain Manab Jyoti Bagchi | 11019 GD(N) | Stn Cdr | Barrackpore | |
01 Apr 96 to 03 Sep 00 | Group Captain Vijay Kumar Maheshwari | 12242 GD(N) | Stn Cdr | Barrackpore | |
04 Sep 00 to 06 Jan 03 | Group Captain Vaidya Nathan Babu | 13386 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Barrackpore | |
08 Jan 03 to 29 Jun 04 | Group Captain Arun Purushottam Garud | 14692 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Barrackpore | |
05 Jul 04 to 31 Jan 06 | Group Captain Brij Mohan | 16681 F(N) | Stn Cdr | Barrackpore | |
01 Feb 06 to 25 Jun 08 | Group Captain Kalarikal Puttur Unnikrishnan Nair | 17023 F(N) | Stn Cdr | Barrackpore | |
02 Jul 08 to 20 Apr 10 | Group Captain Pankaj Vishnoi | 17347 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Barrackpore | |
21 Apr 10 to 11 May 12 | Group Captain Mohan Gupta | 18562 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Barrackpore |