HQ Training Command Communication Flight Date Raised : 1950-01-26 Location : Yelahanka The Units took birth in the RAF in 1942. Initially the Units was known as 225 Group Communication Flight, RAF 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 Units 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 Units was given on 26 January 1950. In June 1964, the Units moved back to Yelahanka from Bangalore and has remained there ever since. The Units has been equipped with a variety of aircraft ranging from Havard, Devon, Dakota, Vampire and the present Avro. The Units undertakes VVIP/ VIP communication duties for service and civilian dignitaries. Additionally, the Units has carried out movement of personnel between various theatres of operations.
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Commanding Officers | |||||
Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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Unknown to 01 Dec 57 | Flight Lieutenant Jyoti Prosad Gupta | 4333 GD(P) | OIC | Bangalore | |
Unknown to | Squadron Leader Shrinivas Prahlad Desai | 5005 GD(P) | OIC | Bangalore | |
Unknown to | Squadron Leader Vannia Dorasamy Natarajan | 6754 GD(P) | OIC | Bangalore | |
Unknown to | Squadron Leader J P Singh | OIC | Bangalore | ||
Unknown to | Squadron Leader Peraplamootil John Abraham | 8184 GD(P) | OIC | Bangalore | |
03 Jul 72 to 31 Jan 74 | Squadron Leader KS Dillon | CO | Bangalore | ||
04 Oct 74 to 30 Jan 76 | Squadron Leader Chandrasekharan Ramachandran | 5592 GD(P) | CO | Bangalore | |
12 Jul 76 to 24 Sep 79 | Squadron Leader Janak Raj Sharma | 5881 GD(P) | CO | Bangalore | |
07 Jan 80 to 26 Oct 80 | Squadron Leader Anthony Paul Feegrado | 9566 GD(P) | CO | Bangalore | |
27 Oct 80 to 21 Feb 82 | Wing Commander Yoginder Prakash | 8168 GD(P) | CO | Bangalore | |
22 Feb 82 to 23 Oct 83 | Wing Commander Ashwini Kumar Sawhney | 8429 GD(P) | CO | Bangalore | |
24 Oct 83 to 31 Dec 84 | Wing Commander Shashikant Anandnath Koppikar | 10433 GD(P) | CO | Bangalore | |
11 Mar 85 to 23 Apr 85 | Wing Commander Anand Sarup Bhardwaj | 10489 GD(P) | CO | Bangalore | |
17 Jun 85 to 03 May 87 | Wing Commander HS Sekhon | CO | Bangalore | ||
04 May 87 to 22 Apr 90 | Wing Commander Bijoy Kumar Prusty | 11332 GD(P) | CO | Bangalore | |
23 Apr 90 to 11 Nov 90 | Wing Commander Udiyanda Muthanna Kushalapa | 10177 GD(P) | CO | Bangalore | |
24 Dec 90 to 15 Aug 93 | Wing Commander Raman Mahaveera | 12776 GD(P) | CO | Bangalore | |
16 Aug 93 to 21 Oct 97 | Wing Commander Shamsher Jang Bahadur | 14570 F(P) | CO | Bangalore | |
17 May 99 to 07 May 01 | Wing Commander Sunil Prabhakar Salpekar | 16203 F(P) | CO | Bangalore | |
08 May 01 to 23 Feb 03 | Wing Commander Kulkarni Raghavendra | 17161 F(P) | CO | Bangalore | |
24 Feb 03 to 14 Apr 05 | Wing Commander Shankar Krishnamurthy | 17707 F(P) | CO | Bangalore | |
15 Apr 05 to 08 Jul 07 | Wing Commander Tarun Kumar Sinha | 18084 F(P) | CO | Bangalore | |
09 Jul 07 to 16 Nov 08 | Wing Commander P R Jayachandran | 19536 F(P) | CO | Bangalore | |
19 Jul 10 to 15 May 11 | Wing Commander AK Singh | CO | Bangalore | ||
16 May 11 to 28 Apr 13 | Wing Commander AK Yadav | CO | Bangalore | ||
29 Apr 13 to 23 Aug 15 | Wing Commander M V L Nageshwara Rao | 24187 F(P) | CO | Bangalore |