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8 Forward Base Support Unit Date Raised : 1976-01-12 Location : Awantipur The airfield constrcution started in 1964 as a satellite airfield for Srinagar and was completed in 1996. The airfield was in disuse during the 1971 was but was bombed by the enemy. It was later setup as 8 FBSU in 1976
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Commanding Officers | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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| 24 Jun 76 to 02 Dec 77 | Wing Commander Kalyan Krishna Kurane | 4426 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Awantipur | |
| 03 Dec 77 to 06 Apr 80 | Wing Commander Madhava Krishna Khashav | 5119 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Awantipur | |
| 07 Apr 80 to 09 May 82 | Wing Commander Avinash Chander Goel | 6503 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Awantipur |  |
| 10 May 82 to 06 Nov 83 | Wing Commander Ajai Kumar Singh | 6336 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Awantipur |  |
| 07 Nov 83 to 14 Oct 85 | Group Captain Ajai Kumar Singh | 6336 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Awantipur | |
| 28 Nov 85 to 21 Nov 88 | Group Captain Manjit Singh Sekhon | 6756 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Awantipur |  |
| 28 Nov 88 to 26 Apr 91 | Group Captain Swaran Singh Banga | 8100 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Awantipur |  |
| 29 Apr 91 to 26 Feb 92 | Group Captain Amalendra Nath Sen | 8395 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Awantipur |  |
| 27 Feb 92 to 10 Aug 92 | Group Captain Kariyadil Cheriyan Kuruvilla | 10862 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Awantipur |  |
| 17 Aug 92 to 06 Oct 93 | Group Captain Gopalasamudram Mahadevan Vishwanathan | 9056 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Awantipur |  |
| 18 Oct 93 to 27 Dec 95 | Group Captain Satish Kumar Sofat | 12207 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Awantipur |  |
| 28 Dec 95 to 21 Jun 98 | Group Captain Udoy Narayan Ganguly | 12381 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Awantipur |  |
| 22 Jun 98 to 25 Jun 00 | Group Captain Kughikombil Joseph Mathews | 13393 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Awantipur |  |
| 26 Jun 00 to 22 Apr 01 | Group Captain Rajinder Singh | 13980 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Awantipur |  |
| 23 Apr 01 to 20 Mar 02 | Group Captain Sapan Kumar Karmaker | 13379 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Awantipur |  |
| 21 Mar 02 to 09 Nov 03 | Group Captain Pochana Prasad Reddy | 15008 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Awantipur |  |
| 10 Nov 03 to 26 Mar 06 | Group Captain Joseph Mathew | 16384 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Awantipur |  |
| 27 Mar 06 to 08 Jul 07 | Group Captain Praveen Bhatt | 16970 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Awantipur |  |
| 09 Jul 07 to 03 Jul 08 | Group Captain Vivek Ram Chaudhari | 16978 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Awantipur |  |
| 01 Jul 08 to 21 Sep 09 | Group Captain Harish Nayani | 17135 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Awantipur |  |
| 04 Jul 11 to 18 Nov 12 | Group Captain Lalit Kumar Chawla | 19871 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Awantipur |  |
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