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 8 Wing Date Raised : 1956-01-01 Location : Adampur The genesis of Air Force Station Adampur can be traced back to a tiny airstrip of 1929 yards midway on the Jallandhar – Hoshiarpur highway at Adampur during World War II. 8 Wing Adampur was raised on 16 Mar 1950 as No.305 Wing. In 1956 it was renumbered to No.8 Wing, being an active base of operations during the 1965 and 1971 wars. It has been operating base for MiG-29s for several years and provided support during the Kargil Operations. |
Unit previously existed as 305 Wing
Commanding Officers | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Jan 56 to 08 Apr 57 | Wing Commander Melville Duarte | 1772 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Adampur | |
| 09 Apr 57 to 13 Jun 58 | Wing Commander Padam Singh Gill | 1656 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Adampur | |
| 14 Jun 58 to 04 Oct 59 | Wing Commander Arjan Singh Mangharam Bhawnani | 1868 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Adampur |  |
| 05 Oct 59 to 11 Jan 60 | Wing Commander Hemonto Kumar Bose | 2348 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Adampur |  |
| 11 Jan 60 to 23 Sep 62 | Wing Commander Leslie Richard Dickinson Blunt | 1994 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Adampur |  |
| 24 Sep 62 to 06 Nov 63 | Wing Commander Trilochan Singh Brar | 2884 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Adampur |  |
| 07 Nov 63 to 09 Aug 65 | Group Captain Krishna Ganapathi Raman | 1767 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Adampur | |
| 10 Aug 65 to 03 Jan 68 | Group Captain Walter Vernon Alexander Lloyd | 2623 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Adampur |  |
| 04 Jan 68 to 18 Mar 68 | Group Captain Kanwar Singh | 2781 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Adampur |  |
| 21 Mar 68 to 14 Jul 70 | Air Commodore Yeshwant Ramachandra Agtey | 2715 F(P) | AOC | Adampur |  |
| 14 Jul 70 to 31 Oct 72 | Air Commodore Randhir Singh | 2135 F(P) | AOC | Adampur |  |
| 01 Nov 72 to 08 Feb 76 | Air Commodore Samir Banerji | 2881 F(P) | AOC | Adampur |  |
| 09 Feb 76 to 19 Jul 76 | Air Commodore Narendra Bahadur Singh | 2971 F(P) | AOC | Adampur |  |
| 20 Jul 76 to 21 Dec 77 | Air Commodore Denis Anthony Lafontaine | 3844 F(P) | AOC | Adampur |  |
| 22 Dec 77 to 21 Dec 79 | Air Commodore Cecil Vivian Parker | 4346 F(P) | AOC | Adampur |  |
| 24 Dec 79 to 04 Dec 81 | Air Commodore Surendra Kumar Mehra | 4197 F(P) | AOC | Adampur |  |
| 05 Dec 81 to 02 Jan 84 | Air Commodore Rajendra Kumar Dhawan | 4736 F(P) | AOC | Adampur |  |
| 03 Jan 84 to 02 Jan 86 | Air Commodore Janak Kumar | 5122 F(P) | AOC | Adampur | |
| 03 Feb 86 to 24 Mar 88 | Air Commodore Keith David Kingsley Lewis | 5109 F(P) | AOC | Adampur |  |
| 25 Mar 88 to 31 Aug 88 | Air Commodore Vinod Kumar Bhatia | 6497 F(P) | AOC | Adampur |  |
| 01 Sep 88 to 31 Dec 90 | Air Commodore Tushar Sen | 6006 F(P) | AOC | Adampur |  |
| 01 Jan 91 to 16 Dec 92 | Air Commodore Inder Jit Singh Boparai | 7691 F(P) | AOC | Adampur |  |
| 17 Dec 92 to 01 Jan 95 | Air Commodore Tej Mohan Asthana | 7672 F(P) | AOC | Adampur |  |
| 02 Jan 95 to 05 Jan 96 | Air Commodore Narayan Menon | 9005 F(P) | AOC | Adampur |  |
| 06 Jan 96 to 06 Jan 97 | Air Commodore Satish Kumar Jain | 9716 F(P) | AOC | Adampur |  |
| 07 Jan 97 to 03 Jan 99 | Air Commodore James Arun Benjamin | 11296 F(P) | AOC | Adampur |  |
| 04 Jan 99 to 03 Jan 01 | Air Commodore Arun Gurunandan Katre | 11852 F(P) | AOC | Adampur |  |
| 04 Jan 01 to 02 Jul 02 | Air Commodore Suresh Chandra Mukul | 12930 F(P) | AOC | Adampur |  |
| 03 Jul 02 to 19 Sep 04 | Air Commodore Kughikombil Joseph Mathews | 13393 F(P) | AOC | Adampur |  |
| 20 Sep 04 to 17 Dec 06 | Air Commodore Inder Singh | 14082 F(P) | AOC | Adampur |  |
| 18 Dec 06 to 26 Nov 07 | Air Commodore Arup Raha | 13910 F(P) | AOC | Adampur |  |
| 27 Nov 07 to 14 Jun 09 | Group Captain Pradeep Waman Ambedkar | 16600 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Adampur | |
| 15 Jun 09 to 03 Jan 11 | Air Commodore Harjit Singh Arora | 16557 F(P) | AOC | Adampur |  |
| 04 Jan 11 to 24 Mar 13 | Air Commodore Michael Fernandez | 16967 F(P) | AOC | Adampur |  |
| 08 Apr 13 to 20 Dec 15 | Air Commodore Shridher Kishore Mohlah | 18259 F(P) | AOC | Adampur |  |
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