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AFS New Delhi Date Raised : 1948-05-01 Location : Race Course (New DelhI) Air Force Station New Delhi was established on 01 Sep 1947. The Station was initially known as 10 Administrative Wing and was entrusted with the responsibility of helping the victims of communal riots after partition. The Station also had the responsibility of safe transfer of personnel and their families of Pakistan Air Force who were affected in the riots at the time of partition. On 11 May 1948, this Station was renamed as Royal Indian Air Force Station, New Delhi. It was rechristened as 412 Air Force Station New Delhi in 2002 - 2003 after introduction of the Squadron Concept. The Station has been renamed as Air Force Station New Delhi wef 01 Jan 12.
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Unit previously existed as RIAF New Delhi
Commanding Officers | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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| 26 Jan 50 to 05 Mar 50 | Group Captain Kundan Lal Sondhi | 1566 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Race Course |  |
| 06 Mar 50 to 31 Jul 50 | Wing Commander Alexander Sathyanathan Joseph Henry | 1643 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Race Course |  |
| 18 Apr 51 to 05 Oct 54 | Group Captain Chaman Lal Mehta | 1630 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Race Course |  |
| 06 Oct 54 to 16 Dec 55 | Group Captain Mohan Swaroop Chaturvedi | 1592 GD(O) | Stn Cdr | Race Course |  |
| 17 Dec 55 to 14 Oct 57 | Group Captain Azeez Lodhie | 1584 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Race Course |  |
| 15 Oct 57 to 15 Jun 58 | Group Captain Krishna Mahesh Agerwala | 1648 GD(O) | Stn Cdr | Race Course |  |
| 19 Jun 58 to 25 Dec 60 | Group Captain Samuel Wilbert Bobb | 1674 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Race Course |  |
| 06 Feb 61 to 18 Jun 61 | Group Captain Jagdev Chandra | 1612 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Race Course |  |
| 18 Jun 61 to 16 Apr 63 | Group Captain Pothery Charuvary Ramachandran | 3514 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Race Course |  |
| 16 Apr 63 to 09 Jun 64 | Group Captain Ramdas Shivram Shipurkar | 2177 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Race Course |  |
| 10 Jun 64 to 16 Apr 67 | Group Captain Soli Cursetji Kaikobad | 2119 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Race Course |  |
| 17 Apr 67 to 01 Jan 70 | Group Captain Hiranand Nandiram Mansukhani | 1571 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Race Course |  |
| 08 Jan 70 to 19 Oct 71 | Group Captain Gurdial Singh Paul | 1941 A&SD | Stn Cdr | Race Course |  |
| 20 Nov 71 to 14 Nov 73 | Group Captain Harbinder Singh Bedi | 3324 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Race Course |  |
| 15 Dec 73 to 21 Nov 76 | Group Captain Vishnu Pratap Singh Chauhan | 3875 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Race Course |  |
| 12 Nov 76 to 01 Oct 77 | Group Captain Narain L Keswani | 4208 GD(N) | Stn Cdr | Race Course |  |
| 01 Oct 77 to 01 Jan 79 | Group Captain Arvind Dalaya | 4025 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Race Course |  |
| 26 Mar 79 to 24 Aug 82 | Group Captain Chandra Kant Dhawan | 4995 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Race Course |  |
| 25 Aug 82 to 30 Jun 85 | Air Commodore Narinder Singh Arora | 4983 GD(P) | AOC | Race Course |  |
| 01 Jul 85 to 03 Jan 88 | Air Commodore Shiv Nath Rathour | 5580 GD(N) | AOC | Race Course |  |
| 04 Jan 88 to 31 Dec 89 | Air Commodore Ghanshyam Singh Thapa | 6003 GD(N) | AOC | Race Course |  |
| 01 Jan 90 to 20 Jan 92 | Air Commodore Prashant Satyadeo Dikshit | 7487 GD(N) | AOC | Race Course |  |
| 03 Jan 92 to 09 Jan 94 | Air Commodore Harbans Perminder Singh | 7485 GD(N) | AOC | Race Course |  |
| 10 Jan 94 to 31 Jan 95 | Air Commodore Narinder Singh Chahal | 8155 GD(P) | AOC | Race Course |  |
| 01 Feb 95 to 18 Apr 99 | Air Commodore Jagdarshan Singh Sandhu | 10139 GD(P) | AOC | Race Course |  |
| 19 Apr 99 to 30 Nov 00 | Air Commodore Kishore Chand Sharma | 10171 GD(P) | AOC | Race Course |  |
| 14 Dec 00 to 15 Apr 03 | Air Commodore Anup Kumar Shyam | 12065 GD(P) | AOC | Race Course |  |
| 16 Apr 03 to 28 Oct 04 | Air Commodore Gautam Chaturvedi | 12965 F(N) | AOC | Race Course |  |
| 01 Jan 12 to 31 Jul 13 | Air Commodore Manavendra Singh | 16983 F(P) | AOC | Race Course |  |
| 01 Aug 13 to 18 Aug 15 | Air Commodore Guttikonda Amara Prasad Babu | 17714 F(P) | AOC | Race Course |  |
| 19 Oct 15 to 30 Sep 17 | Air Commodore Pawan Kumar Mohey | 18099 F(P) | AOC | Race Course |  |
| 01 Oct 17 to 03 Nov 19 | Air Commodore Maneesh Agrawal | 19552 F(P) | AOC | Race Course | |
| 04 Nov 19 to 30 Jun 22 | Air Commodore Sartaj Bedi | 21024 F(P) | AOC | Race Course |  |
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Unit continued existence as 412 AFS New Delhi
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