HQ Training Command Communication Flight Date Raised : 1950-01-26 Location : Yelahanka The Unit was known as 225 Group Communication Flight, RAF, in 1942 and was located at RAF Stn Yelahanka. In May 1946, the flight moved to HAL airfield at Bangalore and was subsequently disbanded. In June 1946, a new Unit was formed as No. 2 (Indian) Group Communication Flight. The name was changed on 15 August 1947 to No. 2 (Trg) Group Flight, RIAF. The present name of the Unit was given on 26 January 1950. In June 1964, the Unit moved back to Yelahanka from Bangalore and has remained there ever since. The Unit has been equipped with various aircraft from Havard, Devon, Dakota, Vampire, and Avro. The Unit undertakes VVIP/ VIP communication duties for service and civilian dignitaries. Additionally, the Unit has carried out the movement of personnel between various theatres of operations.
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Unknown - 01 Dec 57Flight LieutenantJyoti Prosad Gupta4333 GD(P)OICBangalore | Unknown - Squadron LeaderShrinivas Prahlad Desai5005 GD(P)OICBangalore | | | | |
| 04 Oct 74 - 30 Jan 76Squadron LeaderChandrasekharan Ramachandran5592 GD(P)COBangalore | | | | |
| 24 Oct 83 - 31 Dec 84Wing CommanderShashikant Anandnath Koppikar10433 GD(P)COBangalore | | | 04 May 87 - 22 Apr 90Wing CommanderBijoy Kumar Prusty11332 GD(P)COBangalore | |
23 Apr 90 - 11 Nov 90Wing CommanderUdiyanda Muthanna Kushalapa10177 GD(P)COBangalore | 24 Dec 90 - 15 Aug 93Wing CommanderRaman Mahaveera12776 GD(P)COBangalore | 16 Aug 93 - 21 Oct 97Wing CommanderShamsher Jang Bahadur14570 F(P)COBangalore | | 08 May 01 - 23 Feb 03Wing CommanderKulkarni Raghavendra17161 F(P)COBangalore | |
| 15 Apr 05 - 08 Jul 07Wing CommanderTarun Kumar Sinha18084 F(P)COBangalore | | | | |
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