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 Helicopter Training School Date Raised : 1969-01-01 Location : Hakimpet Helicopter Training School was set up on 2 April 1962 at Air Force Station, Palam and was then called the Logistics Support Training Units (LSTU). It then had two Bell 47 G3 helicopters on its inventory. The same year on I December, the school moved to Bamrauli in Allahabad with an aim to impart training to its first batch of six trainees. In May 1967, the Units was relocated at Jodhpur and its name was changed to HTS. At Jodhpur the school was also re-equipped with the new Chetak (Alouette Ill) helicopters. The school functioned as the lodger Units of the Air Force Flying College. The school moved to Air Force Station, Hakimpet in October 1973. " "
Aircraft Types operated over the years: |
Unit previously existed as LSTU
Commanding Officers | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01 Jan 69 to 15 Jan 69 | Squadron Leader Hilton Noel Byrne | 5046 GD(P) | CO | Jodhpur |  |
| 17 Mar 69 to 25 Jun 72 | Squadron Leader John Leo Dweltz | 5707 GD(P) | CO | Jodhpur |  |
| 26 Jun 72 to 08 May 74 | Squadron Leader Khushindhar Singh Bindra | 6863 GD(P) | CO | Jodhpur |  |
| 29 May 74 to 28 May 76 | Squadron Leader Pratap Ramachandra Marathe | 5594 GD(P) | CO | Hakimpet | |
| 29 May 76 to 15 Jul 77 | Squadron Leader Anand Narain Mehtani | 5804 GD(P) | CO | Hakimpet |  |
| 16 Jul 77 to 09 Apr 78 | Squadron Leader Mahabir Prasad Premi | 8378 GD(P) | CO | Hakimpet |  |
| 09 Apr 79 to 02 Apr 81 | Squadron Leader Sivaramakrishnan Kalyanaraman | 7704 GD(P) | CO | Hakimpet |  |
| 02 Apr 81 to 19 Feb 82 | Wing Commander Chandra Mohan Singla | 6893 GD(P) | CO | Hakimpet |  |
| 16 Mar 82 to 19 Feb 83 | Wing Commander Vijay Kumar Mohrotra | 8441 GD(P) | CO | Hakimpet |  |
| 20 Feb 83 to 16 Dec 84 | Wing Commander Arun Devap Nayak | 8946 GD(P) | CO | Hakimpet |  |
| 17 Dec 84 to 13 Oct 85 | Group Captain Khushindhar Singh Bindra | 6863 GD(P) | CO | Hakimpet | |
| 14 Oct 85 to 21 Feb 88 | Group Captain Narinder Singh Chahal | 8155 GD(P) | CO | Hakimpet |  |
| 22 Feb 88 to 28 Feb 89 | Group Captain Gurdip Singh | 9395 GD(P) | CO | Hakimpet |  |
| 27 Mar 89 to 30 Jun 91 | Group Captain Sivaramakrishnan Kalyanaraman | 7704 GD(P) | CO | Hakimpet | |
| 01 Jul 91 to 06 Jun 93 | Group Captain Suresh Lal | 11322 GD(P) | CO | Hakimpet |  |
| 07 Jun 93 to 21 May 96 | Group Captain Vijay Kumar Narayan Sapre | 11285 GD(P) | CO | Hakimpet |  |
| 22 May 96 to 09 Nov 97 | Group Captain Packiam Paul Rajkumar | 12018 GD(P) | CO | Hakimpet |  |
| 10 Nov 97 to 16 Nov 97 | Wing Commander Sanjiv Mishra | 14094 F(P) | CO | Hakimpet |  |
| 17 Nov 97 to 23 Jan 00 | Group Captain Sanjiv Mishra | 14094 F(P) | CO | Hakimpet | |
| 24 Jan 00 to 31 May 00 | Wing Commander Govindan Ajith Kumar Nair | 14677 F(P) | CO | Hakimpet |  |
| 01 Jun 00 to 07 Jul 02 | Group Captain Govindan Ajith Kumar Nair | 14677 F(P) | CO | Hakimpet | |
| 08 Jul 02 to 13 Apr 05 | Group Captain Anup Kishore Prasad | 15566 F(P) | CO | Hakimpet |  |
| 14 Apr 05 to 14 Dec 06 | Group Captain Arun Purushottam Garud | 14692 F(P) | CO | Hakimpet |  |
| 15 Dec 06 to 28 Sep 07 | Group Captain Rakesh Kumar Negi | 15869 F(P) | CO | Hakimpet |  |
| 29 Sep 07 to 09 May 10 | Group Captain Rajesh Isser | 16968 F(P) | CO | Hakimpet |  |
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