Indian Aviation Contingent -II (MONUC) Date Raised : 2005-02-01 Location : Congo MONUC is one of the largest and most robust peace keeping operations ever undertaken by the UN. The Aviation Contingents are by far the key elements in the arsenal of MONUC in achieving its mandate of maintaining peace in this huge country, the second largest in Africa. The tasks required by UN from the Mi-35 Sqn were to provide armed escort, fire support, anti-armour support, reconnaissance, information gathering and MEDEVAC, all these both by day as well as night. The Mi-17 utility helicopters were to undertake tasks including troop induction, cargo carriage, under slung operations, SAR, CASEVAC and MEDEVAC, reconnaissance and surveillance, both by day and night.
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Commanding Officers | |||||
Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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Unknown to 05 Mar 06 | Group Captain Anulya Chandra Bharali | 15049 F(P) | Cont Cdr | Congo | |
06 Mar 06 to 27 Mar 07 | Group Captain Rajan Kapur | 16054 F(P) | Cont Cdr | Congo | |
28 Mar 07 to 27 Mar 08 | Group Captain Alok Kumar | 16988 F(P) | Cont Cdr | Congo | |
28 Mar 08 to | Group Captain Pankaj Jaiswal | 16232 F(P) | Cont Cdr | Congo |