No.78 Squadron Valorous MARS


Date Raised : 2002-12-16 Location : Agra
first Flight Refueller Aircraft Sqn

Aircraft Types operated over the years:

Commanding Officers


16 Dec 02 - 01 May 05
Group Captain
Shouvik Roy
16088 F(P)
CO
Agra

02 May 05 - 31 Jul 07
Group Captain
Kulkarni Raghavendra
17161 F(P)
CO
Agra

01 Aug 07 - 21 Jun 09
Group Captain
Sanjeev Kapoor
18089 F(P)
CO
Agra

22 Jun 09 - 27 Mar 11
Group Captain
Ganesh Chandra Mishra
18288 F(P)
CO
Agra

28 Mar 11 - 02 Sep 11
Group Captain
Milind Kumar
20479 F(P)
CO
Agra

03 Sep 12 - 28 Sep 14
Group Captain
A K Singh

CO
Agra

29 Sep 14 - 03 Jul 16
Group Captain
Joy Deep Banerjee
21813 F(P)
CO
Agra

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