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 Eastern Air Command Date Raised : 1959-12-07 Location : Shillong No 1 Operational Group was upgraded to Eastern Air Command on 1 Dec 1959 at Calcutta. During the Indo-China Ccnflict of 1962, practical experience highlighted the difficulty of Kolkata being the location of Eastern Air Command. In order to have more effective operational control over the region of the north-east, the Command Headquarters was shifted to Shillong on 1 Jun 63. Read Detailed History
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Unit previously existed as 1 Op Group (Calcutta)
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| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 Dec 59 to 28 Dec 61 | Air Vice Marshal Kundan Lal Sondhi | 1566 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Calcutta |  |
| 03 Mar 62 to 01 Jan 63 | Air Vice Marshal Kanwar Jaswant Singh | 1587 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Calcutta |  |
| 14 Jan 63 to 09 Jun 63 | Air Vice Marshal Shivdev Singh | 1595 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Calcutta |  |
| 10 Jun 63 to 04 Aug 63 | Air Vice Marshal Ramaswami Rajaram | 1573 GD(O) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 05 Aug 63 to 30 Sep 64 | Air Vice Marshal Minoo Merwan Engineer | 1614 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 Oct 64 to 30 Sep 66 | Air Vice Marshal Yeshwant Vinayak Malse | 1616 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 28 Oct 66 to 31 Mar 68 | Air Vice Marshal Ranjan Dutt | 1594 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 Apr 68 to 23 Mar 71 | Air Marshal Hirendra Nath Chatterjee | 1620 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 24 Mar 71 to 31 Mar 73 | Air Marshal Hari Chand Dewan | 1598 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 Apr 73 to 21 Apr 76 | Air Marshal Maurice Barker | 1691 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 24 Apr 76 to 12 Aug 78 | Air Marshal Lal Singh Grewal | 2337 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 04 Sep 78 to 02 Jan 81 | Air Marshal Lakshman Madhav Katre | 3117 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 03 Jan 81 to 26 Feb 83 | Air Marshal Malcolm Shirley Dundas Wollen | 3641 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 Mar 83 to 30 Nov 83 | Air Marshal Douglas George King-Lee | 3040 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 Dec 83 to 31 Oct 84 | Air Marshal Minoo Jehangir Dotiwalla | 3839 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 05 Nov 84 to 31 Dec 87 | Air Marshal Kapil Dev Chadha | 3845 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 08 Feb 88 to 31 Jan 91 | Air Marshal Man Mohan Sinha | 4408 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 11 Feb 91 to 05 Oct 91 | Air Marshal Rajendra Kumar Dhawan | 4736 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 07 Oct 91 to 30 Mar 92 | Air Marshal Brijesh Dhar Jayal | 4972 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 May 92 to 31 Jan 95 | Air Marshal Dushyant Singh | 5048 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 Feb 95 to 31 Mar 96 | Air Marshal Janak Kapur | 5585 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 Apr 96 to 03 Jan 99 | Air Marshal Prithvi Singh Brar | 6007 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 04 Jan 99 to 30 Nov 00 | Air Marshal Krishnan Narayan Nair | 6346 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 Dec 00 to 20 Jan 02 | Air Marshal Satish Govind Inamdar | 7189 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 21 Jan 02 to 31 Oct 04 | Air Marshal Manek Bomanshaw Madon | 7681 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 Nov 04 to 21 Aug 05 | Air Marshal Avinash Deodata Joshi | 10886 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 05 Sep 05 to 30 Mar 07 | Air Marshal Fali Homi Major | 11442 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 Apr 07 to 31 Dec 07 | Air Marshal Pranab Kumar Barbora | 12375 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 Jan 08 to 31 Dec 09 | Air Marshal Shiv Kumar Bhan | 12510 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 Jan 10 to 31 Jul 11 | Air Marshal Krishan Kumar Nohwar | 13132 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 Aug 11 to 30 Nov 12 | Air Marshal Simhakutty Varthaman | 13606 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 Dec 12 to 31 Dec 13 | Air Marshal Ravi Kant Sharma | 14088 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 Jan 14 to 31 Dec 14 | Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Jolly | 14083 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 Jan 15 to 31 Aug 15 | Air Marshal Shirish Baban Deo | 15681 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 Sep 15 to 31 Dec 16 | Air Marshal Chandrashekharan Hari Kumar | 15881 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 Jan 17 to 30 Sep 18 | Air Marshal Anil Khosla | 15871 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 Oct 18 to 28 Feb 19 | Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar | 16378 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 Mar 19 to 30 Sep 20 | Air Marshal Rajiv Dayal Mathur | 16772 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 Oct 20 to 30 Sep 21 | Air Marshal Amit Dev | 16972 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 03 Oct 21 to 30 Sep 22 | Air Marshal Dilip Kumar Patnaik | 17464 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 Oct 22 to | Air Marshal Sujeet Pushpakar Dharkar | 17841 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
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