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 No.9 Squadron Wolfpack Motto : Sahase Wasati Jayashrih (In Courage resides Victory) Date Raised : 1944-01-01 Location : Maharajpur
Aircraft Types operated over the years: |
Commanding Officers | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Nov 43 to 10 Jan 44 | Squadron Leader A W Ridler | RAF | CO | Bhopal/ Ranchi | |
| 09 Mar 44 to 15 Nov 44 | Squadron Leader K A Perkin | RAF | CO | Ranchi | |
| 16 Nov 44 to 23 Aug 45 | Squadron Leader D A Adams | RAF | CO | Ranchi | |
| 28 Aug 45 to 30 Oct 46 | Squadron Leader Mohammed Asghar Khan | 1653 GD(P) | CO | Ranchi |  |
| 01 Nov 46 to 14 Aug 47 | Squadron Leader Mohammad Akhtar | 1654 GD(P) | CO - Fm AHQ | Bhopal/ Peshawar |  |
| 16 Mar 64 to 14 Feb 66 | Wing Commander Reginald John Manual Upot | 3599 GD(P) | CO | Ambala |  |
| 14 Feb 66 to 21 Sep 66 | Wing Commander Johney William Greene | 4093 GD(P) | CO | Ambala |  |
| 04 Oct 66 to 14 Sep 69 | Wing Commander Dalbir Yadav | 4241 GD(P) | CO | Ambala |  |
| 19 Sep 69 to 25 Jun 70 | Wing Commander Inder Mohan Chopra | 4089 GD(P) | CO | Ambala |  |
| 26 Jun 70 to 10 May 74 | Wing Commander Karan Yadav | 4200 GD(P) | CO | Ambala |  |
| 20 May 74 to 11 Mar 77 | Wing Commander Madhabendra Banerji | 4898 GD(P) | CO | Hindon |  |
| 14 Mar 77 to 03 Dec 79 | Wing Commander Arun Vithal Kamat | 6009 GD(P) | CO | Hindon |  |
| 03 Dec 79 to 01 Jun 81 | Wing Commander Kuldip Singh Cheema | 7416 GD(P) | CO | Hindon | |
| 01 Jun 81 to 05 Apr 83 | Wing Commander Kailash Nath Datta | 7701 GD(P) | CO | Hindon | |
| 18 Apr 83 to 24 May 85 | Wing Commander Harinder Pal Singh Shergill | 8427 GD(P) | CO | Hindon |  |
| 17 Jun 85 to 31 May 87 | Wing Commander Akshay Kumar Thakur | 9724 GD(P) | CO | Hindon |  |
| 01 Jun 87 to 02 Jul 89 | Wing Commander Kariyadil Cheriyan Kuruvilla | 10862 GD(P) | CO | Hindon |  |
| 03 Jul 89 to 23 Jun 91 | Wing Commander Anil Thapar | 12395 GD(P) | CO | Hindon | |
| 24 Jun 91 to 01 Aug 93 | Wing Commander Krishan Kumar Nohwar | 13132 F(P) | CO | Hindon |  |
| 02 Aug 93 to 20 Aug 95 | Wing Commander Rajesh Rao Pandurangi | 13811 F(P) | CO | Hindon |  |
| 21 Aug 95 to 31 Aug 97 | Wing Commander Vinod Kumar Chopra | 14563 F(P) | CO | Hindon |  |
| 01 Sep 97 to 02 Jan 00 | Wing Commander Avtar Singh | 15706 F(P) | CO | Hindon |  |
| 03 Jan 00 to 15 Dec 02 | Wing Commander Dinesh Kumar Vashisht | 16565 F(P) | CO | Hindon | |
| 15 Dec 03 to 15 Jan 06 | Wing Commander Ashutosh Dixit | 18558 F(P) | CO | Gwalior |  |
| 16 Jan 06 to 06 Jan 08 | Wing Commander Kanthalloor Saraswathy Kumar Suresh | 18822 F(P) | CO | Gwalior |  |
| 07 Jan 08 to 21 Feb 10 | Wing Commander Vivek Samyal | 20112 F(P) | CO | Gwalior | |
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