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Air Force Records Office Date Raised : 1956-03-01 Location : Delhi 1 Technical Training Unit was formed in 1939 at Ambala to maintain records for Airmen. In 1941 this moved to Walton and in 1942 was merged with the Records officer at Bombay. It was renamed IAF Records office in 1945 and moved to Madras thereafter in 1946 and to Delhi post Independence. in June 1958 it was merged with the Directorate of Personnel Airmen, but was demerged in 1966 and moved to its present location in Subroto park |
Unit previously existed as IAFRO
Commanding Officers | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Mar 56 to 14 Oct 57 | Wing Commander Krishna Mahesh Agerwala | 1648 F(N) | CO | New Delhi |  |
| 15 Oct 57 to 01 Feb 59 | Wing Commander Anil Kanta Ganguly | 1677 GD(P) | CO | New Delhi |  |
| 03 Feb 59 to 31 May 61 | Wing Commander Gurdial Singh Paul | 1941 ADM | CO | New Delhi |  |
| 10 Aug 66 to 21 Jan 69 | Group Captain Harcharan Singh Bakshi | 2083 ADM | CO | New Delhi |  |
| 22 Jan 69 to 29 Dec 70 | Group Captain Rishab Chand Suchanti | 3466 F(N) | CO | New Delhi |  |
| 30 Dec 70 to 30 Nov 74 | Group Captain Cherunassery Ittirarishan Nedungadi | 2017 ADM | CO | New Delhi |  |
| 01 Dec 74 to 03 Aug 75 | Group Captain Vir Narain | 4007 F(N) | CO | New Delhi |  |
| 04 Aug 75 to 16 Mar 77 | Group Captain Mangudy Balasubramaniam Krishnamurthy | 4019 F(N) | CO | New Delhi |  |
| 17 Mar 77 to 26 Sep 77 | Group Captain Arvind Dalaya | 4025 F(P) | CO | New Delhi |  |
| 29 Sep 77 to 30 Nov 79 | Group Captain Narain L Keswani | 4208 F(N) | CO | New Delhi |  |
| 24 Dec 79 to 05 Jan 82 | Group Captain Surindar Kumar Bajaj | 4884 F(P) | CO | New Delhi |  |
| 06 Jan 82 to 30 Jun 82 | Group Captain Brij Bhushan Sharma | 4095 ADM | CO | New Delhi |  |
| 01 Oct 82 to 04 Jan 83 | Air Commodore Denzil Joseph Keelor | 4805 F(P) | AOC | New Delhi |  |
| 05 Jan 83 to 31 Dec 84 | Air Commodore Madhukar Keshav Joshi | 4399 F(N) | AOC | New Delhi |  |
| 01 Jan 85 to 03 Feb 88 | Air Commodore Sudheer Rajaram Karkare | 5083 F(N) | AOC | New Delhi |  |
| 04 Feb 88 to 30 Sep 90 | Air Commodore Hamid Muhammed Shahul | 5461 F(N) | AOC | New Delhi |  |
| 01 Oct 90 to 14 Oct 90 | Air Vice Marshal Hamid Muhammed Shahul | 5461 F(N) | AOC | New Delhi | |
| 07 Jan 91 to 02 Jan 94 | Air Commodore Govind Chandra Singh Rajwar | 8103 F(N) | AOC | New Delhi |  |
| 03 Jan 94 to 31 Dec 95 | Air Commodore Pradip Bhagat | 7412 F(P) | AOC | New Delhi |  |
| 01 Jan 96 to 21 Mar 99 | Air Commodore Krishna Shankar | 10641 F(N) | AOC | New Delhi |  |
| 22 Mar 99 to 31 May 01 | Air Commodore Perinbanayagam Daniel Jeyasingh | 10923 F(N) | AOC | New Delhi |  |
| 23 Jul 01 to 22 Apr 03 | Air Commodore Pradeep Kumar | 12029 F(P) | AOC | New Delhi |  |
| 23 Apr 03 to 28 Feb 06 | Air Commodore Ghanshyam Singh | 13588 F(P) | AOC | New Delhi |  |
| 01 Mar 06 to 25 Dec 07 | Air Commodore Anil Chaudhary | 14564 F(P) | AOC | New Delhi |  |
| 01 Jan 08 to 29 Dec 08 | Air Commodore Shrikant Sadashiv Deshpande | 15577 F(N) | AOC | New Delhi |  |
| 29 Dec 08 to 31 Jan 10 | Air Commodore Vinod Kumar Chopra | 14563 F(P) | AOC | New Delhi |  |
| 01 Feb 10 to 06 Jan 11 | Air Commodore Harinder Jeet Walia | 16418 F(N) | AOC | New Delhi |  |
| 07 Jan 11 to 30 Sep 13 | Air Commodore Kalarikal Puttur Unnikrishnan Nair | 17023 F(N) | AOC | New Delhi |  |
| 01 Oct 13 to 04 Oct 15 | Air Commodore Subramaniam Ravi Vridhachalem | 18101 F(P) | AOC | New Delhi |  |
| 05 Oct 15 to 30 Apr 18 | Air Commodore Umesh Kumar | 18582 F(P) | AOC | New Delhi |  |
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