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 Maritime Air Operations Date Raised : 1971-07-15 Location : Bombay HQ MAO was formed as Air Force Element in Mumbai in 1957 for joint operations with Army. In 1967 it was moved to Pune and renamed as HQ Western India and further renamed to Maritime Air Operations (MAO) in July 1971 and moved to Mumbai. |
Unit previously existed as HQ Western India
Commanding Officers | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Jul 71 to 03 Mar 72 | Air Vice Marshal Anand Ramdas Pandit | 1707 F(P) | AOC | Bombay |  |
| 06 Mar 72 to 03 Apr 73 | Air Vice Marshal Gian Dev Sharma | 1742 F(P) | AOC | Bombay |  |
| 16 Apr 73 to 31 Oct 76 | Air Vice Marshal Waman Raghunath Dani | 1807 F(P) | AOC | Bombay |  |
| 01 Nov 76 to 24 Aug 78 | Air Vice Marshal Douglas George King-Lee | 3040 F(P) | AOC | Bombay |  |
| 25 Aug 78 to 13 Jan 81 | Air Vice Marshal Kanwar Iqbal Singh Chhabra | 3831 F(N) | AOC | Bombay |  |
| 14 Jan 81 to 14 Mar 81 | Air Vice Marshal Madan Mohan Dutt | 4010 F(N) | AOC | Bombay | |
| 09 Jun 81 to 31 Dec 84 | Air Vice Marshal Brij Lal Chadha | 4110 F(N) | AOC | Bombay | |
| 01 Jan 85 to 30 Apr 87 | Air Vice Marshal Manohar Madhav Takle | 4116 F(N) | AOC | Bombay |  |
| 15 Feb 88 to 31 Jan 89 | Air Vice Marshal Purushottam Laxmikant Purohit | 4581 F(P) | AOC | Bombay |  |
| 01 Feb 89 to 31 Oct 91 | Air Vice Marshal Tupakula Narashimulu Bhavani Shanker | 5060 F(P) | AOC | Bombay |  |
| 01 Nov 91 to 18 Jun 93 | Air Vice Marshal Bharat Kumar | 5787 F(P) | AOC | Bombay |  |
| 21 Jun 93 to 30 Jun 95 | Air Vice Marshal Ajai Kumar Brahmawar | 5858 F(P) | AOC | Bombay |  |
| 25 Sep 95 to 30 Jun 96 | Air Vice Marshal Suresh Kumar Sonpar | 6126 F(P) | AOC | Bombay |  |
| 30 Jul 96 to 10 Feb 99 | Air Vice Marshal Kurumthodathil Cherian Phillipose | 7702 F(P) | AOC | Bombay |  |
| 11 Feb 99 to 31 Aug 00 | Air Vice Marshal Chandra Kant Krishnatri | 7697 F(P) | AOC | Bombay |  |
| 01 Sep 00 to 09 Jun 02 | Air Vice Marshal Harpal Singh Ahluwalia | 9821 F(P) | AOC | Bombay |  |
| 10 Jun 02 to 13 Feb 04 | Air Vice Marshal Padamjit Singh Ahluwalia | 11631 F(P) | AOC | Bombay |  |
| 01 Apr 04 to 17 Dec 06 | Air Vice Marshal Saravjit Singh Hothi | 12215 F(P) | AOC | Bombay |  |
| 18 Dec 06 to 30 Apr 08 | Air Vice Marshal Ajay Shrivniwas Karnik | 13140 F(P) | AOC | Bombay |  |
| 05 May 08 to 24 May 09 | Air Vice Marshal Muthumanikam Matheswaran | 14104 F(P) | AOC | Bombay |  |
| 25 May 09 to 01 Nov 10 | Air Vice Marshal Ravinath Gururaj Burli | 14667 F(P) | AOC | Bombay |  |
| 01 Dec 10 to 30 Sep 13 | Air Vice Marshal Anil Khosla | 15871 F(P) | AOC | Bombay |  |
| 01 Oct 13 to 30 Jun 16 | Air Vice Marshal Anil Golani | 16986 F(P) | AOC | Bombay | |
| 01 Jul 16 to 31 Jul 18 | Air Vice Marshal Michael Fernandez | 16967 F(P) | AOC | Bombay |  |
| Unknown to | Air Vice Marshal Rajeev Hora | 17141 F(P) | AOC | Bombay |  |
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