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740 Signal Unit Motto : Satatam Tatparah (Always Alert) Location : Dalhousie The Air Force Station HQ and SCC are located on top of Motitibba hill in the heart of Dalhousie town at the height of 7300 feet. Dainkund, where the Relay Station is located, is on top of an isolated hill at the height of 9300 feet and at a distance of 16 kms from Mobitibba. Both the sites were surveyed and acquired by RCPO for Air Force during 1971-72. Construction , a challenging task, commenced during 1973. It also included construction of 6km road between Lakarmandi and Dainkund and improvement of of the 10 km stretch between GPO and Lakarmandi.
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| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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| 30 Jun 74 to 28 Aug 77 | Wing Commander Ananthapadmanabharao Venkatarangan | 5249 SIGS | CO | Dalhousie | |
| 29 Aug 77 to 04 May 79 | Wing Commander Chandra Mohan Khorana | 4946 SIGS | CO | Dalhousie |  |
| 18 Jun 79 to 09 Sep 81 | Wing Commander Brij Mohan Karir | 5422 SIGS | CO | Dalhousie | |
| 10 Sep 81 to 06 Oct 83 | Wing Commander Madan Mohan Malhotra | 8300 SIGS | CO | Dalhousie | |
| 07 Oct 83 to 01 Sep 85 | Wing Commander Promod Rewatiballab Pande | 8234 SIGS | CO | Dalhousie |  |
| 02 Sep 85 to 24 Apr 88 | Group Captain Proteep Kumar Ghosh | 7106 SIGS | Stn Cdr | Dalhousie |  |
| 25 Apr 88 to 19 Aug 90 | Group Captain Rameshwar Nath | 8913 SIGS | Stn Cdr | Dalhousie |  |
| 20 Aug 90 to 06 Dec 92 | Group Captain Thiruvengadam Ramanujam | 10695 SIGS | Stn Cdr | Dalhousie |  |
| 07 Dec 92 to 02 Jun 95 | Group Captain Puran Chandra Singh Rautela | 9576 SIGS | Stn Cdr | Dalhousie |  |
| 03 Jun 95 to 28 Nov 97 | Group Captain Shivendra Singh | 11489 AE(L) | Stn Cdr | Dalhousie |  |
| 16 Feb 98 to 03 Sep 00 | Group Captain Prasad Babu | Stn Cdr | Dalhousie | ||
| 04 Sep 00 to 17 Feb 02 | Group Captain Sundaresan Swaminathan | 13044 AE(L) | Stn Cdr | Dalhousie |  |
| 18 Feb 02 to 30 Nov 03 | Group Captain Krishan Gopal Verma | 13718 AE(L) | Stn Cdr | Dalhousie | |
| 01 Dec 03 to 28 Feb 06 | Group Captain Amarjeet Gandhi | 13720 AE(L) | Stn Cdr | Dalhousie | |
| 17 Apr 06 to 06 Nov 07 | Group Captain Partha Sarathi Roy | 15097 AE(L) | Stn Cdr | Dalhousie |  |
| 03 Dec 07 to 02 Nov 09 | Group Captain Malipeddi Surender Reddy | 17297 AE(L) | Stn Cdr | Dalhousie | |
| 03 Nov 09 to 01 Apr 12 | Group Captain Paramjit Singh Malhi | 18511 AE(L) | Stn Cdr | Dalhousie | |
| 14 Sep 20 to | Group Captain P Bhardwaj | Stn Cdr | Dalhousie | ||
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