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Advance HQ, South Western Air Command Date Raised : 1991-06-01 Location : Pune HQ Western India based at Pune moved to Bombay and was redesignated as HQ Maritime Air Operations on 15 July 1971. As a result of this move, a need for an establishment at Pune was felt to liason with HQ Southern Command of the Indian Army. Consequently, Air Force Liaison Cell at Pune was setup on 7 July 1971. In May 1991 as a result of the reorganisation of the Indian Army Commands, AFLC at Pune was upgraded to an Adv HQ of SWAC. The staff from Adv HQ, CAC at Lucknow moved to Pune to take up this role. Adv HQ, SWAC supervises No. 2 and 12 TAC.
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Unit previously existed as AFLC SWAC
Commanding Officers | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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| 01 Jun 91 to 30 Nov 92 | Air Commodore Manbir Singh | 6771 GD(P) | AOC | Pune |  |
| 29 Dec 92 to 30 Nov 93 | Air Commodore Inder Jit Singh Boparai | 7691 GD(P) | AOC | Pune |  |
| Unknown to | Air Commodore Babu Ajit Kumar Shetty | 10110 GD(P) | AOC | Pune |  |
| 01 Aug 98 to 31 Mar 99 | Air Commodore Ramesh Vishwanath Phadke | 10895 GD(P) | AOC | Pune |  |
| Unknown to | Air Commodore Prakash Prahalad Dani | 12214 GD(P) | AOC | Pune |  |
| Unknown to | Air Commodore Rakesh Kacker | 12951 F(P) | AOC | Pune |  |
| Unknown to | Air Commodore Ramesh Malhotra | 13590 F(P) | AOC | Pune |  |
| Unknown to | Air Commodore Amar Singh Ganpatrao Patil | 13272 F(P) | AOC | Pune |  |
| Unknown to | Air Vice Marshal Keshav Gopal Bewoor | 13570 F(P) | AOC | Pune |  |
| Unknown to | Air Vice Marshal Subramanyam Sukumar | 14672 F(P) | AOC | Pune |  |
| 01 Jun 12 to 30 Apr 15 | Air Vice Marshal Arjun Subramaniam | 16592 F(P) | AOC | Pune |  |
| 01 May 15 to | Air Vice Marshal Thazhathupulikunnel Devasia Joseph | 16964 F(P) | AOC | Pune |  |
| 04 Jan 16 to | Air Vice Marshal Amit Dev | 16972 F(P) | AOC | Pune |  |
| Unknown to | Air Vice Marshal Sanjeev Narayan Deshpande | 16559 F(P) | AOC | Pune |  |
| Unknown to | Air Vice Marshal Mohan Kumar Rao | 17343 F(P) | AOC | Pune |  |
| Unknown to 31 Jan 23 | Air Vice Marshal Anil Sabharwal | 18553 F(P) | AOC | Pune |  |
| 01 Feb 23 to | Air Vice Marshal Samir Jayasinha Pendse | 20495 F(P) | AOC | Pune |  |
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