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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 |
Commanding Officers | |||||
| 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 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Calcutta |  |
| 10 Jun 63 to 04 Aug 63 | Air Vice Marshal Ramaswami Rajaram | 1573 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 05 Aug 63 to 30 Sep 64 | Air Vice Marshal Minoo Merwan Engineer | 1614 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 Oct 64 to 30 Sep 66 | Air Vice Marshal Yeshwant Vinayak Malse | 1616 F(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 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 24 Mar 71 to 31 Mar 73 | Air Marshal Hari Chand Dewan | 1598 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 Apr 73 to 21 Apr 76 | Air Marshal Maurice Barker | 1691 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 24 Apr 76 to 12 Aug 78 | Air Marshal Lal Singh Grewal | 2337 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 04 Sep 78 to 02 Jan 81 | Air Marshal Lakshman Madhav Katre | 3117 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 03 Jan 81 to 26 Feb 83 | Air Marshal Malcolm Shirley Dundas Wollen | 3641 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 Mar 83 to 30 Nov 83 | Air Marshal Douglas George King-Lee | 3040 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 Dec 83 to 31 Oct 84 | Air Marshal Minoo Jehangir Dotiwalla | 3839 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 05 Nov 84 to 31 Dec 87 | Air Marshal Kapil Dev Chadha | 3845 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 08 Feb 88 to 31 Jan 91 | Air Marshal Man Mohan Sinha | 4408 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 11 Feb 91 to 05 Oct 91 | Air Marshal Rajendra Kumar Dhawan | 4736 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 07 Oct 91 to 30 Mar 92 | Air Marshal Brijesh Dhar Jayal | 4972 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 May 92 to 31 Jan 95 | Air Marshal Dushyant Singh | 5048 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 Feb 95 to 31 Mar 96 | Air Marshal Janak Kapur | 5585 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 Apr 96 to 03 Jan 99 | Air Marshal Prithvi Singh Brar | 6007 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 04 Jan 99 to 30 Nov 00 | Air Marshal Krishnan Narayan Nair | 6346 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 Dec 00 to 20 Jan 02 | Air Marshal Satish Govind Inamdar | 7189 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 21 Jan 02 to 31 Oct 04 | Air Marshal Manek Bomanshaw Madon | 7681 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 Nov 04 to 21 Aug 05 | Air Marshal Avinash Deodata Joshi | 10886 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 05 Sep 05 to 30 Mar 07 | Air Marshal Fali Homi Major | 11442 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 Apr 07 to 31 Dec 07 | Air Marshal Pranab Kumar Barbora | 12375 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
| 01 Jan 08 to 31 Dec 09 | Air Marshal Shiv Kumar Bhan | 12510 F(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 | Air Marshal Rajiv Dayal Mathur | 16772 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Shillong |  |
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