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HQ South Western Air Command Communication Flight


Date Raised : 1980-07-23 Location : Ahmedabad
SWAC Comm Flt was setup as No. 1 Group Comm Flt when the No. 1 Group was formed at Jodhpur in 1972. Its primary role is communication duties for the HQ. It was initially equipped with Dakotas, then Avros and briefly also Dorniers.
Aircraft Types operated over the years:
Unit previously existed as HQ No 1 Group Comm Flt

Commanding Officers


08 Mar 73 - 07 Mar 76
Squadron Leader
Sanjay Kumar Choudhury
5863 GD(P)
CO
Gandhinagar

08 Mar 76 - 07 Feb 77
Squadron Leader
Krishan Adhar Singh Tyagi
8172 GD(P)
CO
Gandhinagar

07 Feb 77 - 18 Jun 78
Squadron Leader
Gopal Krishan Mehta
6752 GD(P)
CO
Gandhinagar

18 Jun 78 - 28 Dec 80
Squadron Leader
Prakash Dattatraya Lothe
7436 GD(P)
CO
Gandhinagar

29 Dec 80 - 28 Jan 81
Wing Commander
Prakash Dattatraya Lothe
7436 GD(P)
CO
Gandhinagar

29 Jan 81 - 13 May 82
Wing Commander
Ashok Shankar Joshi
7190 GD(P)
CO
Gandhinagar

14 Jun 82 - 29 Dec 82
Squadron Leader
Prakash Sadanand Kalalvar
8950 GD(P)
CO
Gandhinagar

30 Dec 82 - 06 Jul 83
Wing Commander
Prakash Sadanand Kalalvar
8950 GD(P)
CO
Gandhinagar

07 Jul 83 - 17 Mar 85
Wing Commander
Vijai Kumar Grover
9079 GD(P)
CO
Gandhinagar

25 Mar 85 - 27 Apr 86
Wing Commander
Prakash Sadanand Kalalvar
8950 GD(P)
CO
Gandhinagar

28 Apr 86 - 27 Jun 88
Wing Commander
Her Kewel Singh Gill
11875 GD(P)
CO
Gandhinagar

28 Jun 88 - 03 Oct 91
Wing Commander
Anil Bhalla
12759 GD(P)
CO
Gandhinagar

04 Oct 91 - 19 Oct 93
Wing Commander
Nataraj Paul
13601 F(P)
CO
Gandhinagar

20 Oct 93 - 04 Jun 95
Wing Commander
Kumar Krishnachandrasinghji Gohil
14688 F(P)
CO
Gandhinagar

05 Jun 95 - 06 Jul 97
Wing Commander
Subhash Chander Gautam
15062 F(P)
CO
Gandhinagar

07 Jul 97 - 29 Jun 99
Wing Commander
Narendra Ghasiram Sahu
15037 F(P)
CO
Gandhinagar

05 Jul 99 - 08 Jul 01
Wing Commander
Shouvik Roy
16088 F(P)
CO
Gandhinagar

09 Jul 01 - 06 Jul 03
Wing Commander
Bijesh Sitesh Sen
16800 F(P)
CO
Gandhinagar

07 Jul 03 - 02 Sep 04
Wing Commander
Zacharias Thomas
17698 F(P)
CO
Gandhinagar

20 Sep 04 -
Wing Commander
Virendra Singh
18564 F(P)
CO
Gandhinagar
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