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1 Aircraft Staging Post Disbanded : 1986-08-22 Location : Carnicobar The IAF commenced operations at Car Nicobar in 1956 with the establishment of a Staging Post essentially for refuelling of aircraft flying logistics support missions from the mainland across the Bay of Bengal. The IAF extended the runway at Car Nicobar to nearly 9, feet in 1967. The first helicopter of the IAF, a Mi-8, was inducted at Car Nicobar in 1982 and was built up to a Flight strength by April 1, 1985. The IAF inducted an Air Defence Units as well. With the increase in the level of forces deployed, the air base was upgraded to a Forward Base Support Units (FBSU) on August 23, 1986. The FBSU was subsequently replaced by No 37 Wing that was established on September 15, 1993
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| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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| 16 Jun 56 to 18 Feb 57 | Squadron Leader Parshotamlal Pandhi | 1997 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Carnicobar | |
| 19 Feb 57 to 30 Dec 57 | Squadron Leader Saravu Kukkemane Ramachandra Bhat | 1873 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Carnicobar |  |
| 31 Dec 57 to 29 Dec 58 | Squadron Leader Charles Alfred Nicholas | 2771 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Carnicobar |  |
| 05 Feb 59 to 21 Feb 60 | Squadron Leader Nyani Lakshmanaswamy Soundararajan | 2772 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Carnicobar | |
| 22 Feb 60 to 16 Jul 60 | Squadron Leader Sharan Singh Sawhny | 1937 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Carnicobar | |
| 17 Jul 60 to 03 Feb 61 | Squadron Leader Krishan Lal Mathur | 3119 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Carnicobar |  |
| 04 Feb 61 to 22 Jun 61 | Squadron Leader Gopal Krishna Menon | 3554 SIGS | Stn Cdr | Carnicobar | |
| 23 Jun 61 to 29 Dec 61 | Squadron Leader Harish Chandra Joshi | 3020 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Carnicobar |  |
| 30 Dec 61 to 11 Feb 62 | Squadron Leader Amiya Kumar Moitra | 3388 GD(N) | Stn Cdr | Carnicobar | |
| 16 Mar 62 to 03 Aug 62 | Flight Lieutenant Arun Kumar Roy | 5244 SIGS | Stn Cdr | Carnicobar |  |
| 04 Aug 62 to 02 May 63 | Squadron Leader Murlidhar | 2016 A&SD | Stn Cdr | Carnicobar | |
| 31 Jul 63 to 25 Sep 64 | Squadron Leader Jagdish Kumar | 5247 SIGS | Stn Cdr | Carnicobar | |
| 14 Oct 64 to 27 Oct 65 | Squadron Leader Guradas James Madura | 4550 SIGS | Stn Cdr | Carnicobar | |
| Unknown to | Wing Commander Devendra Kumar Gurwara | 7800 GD(N) | Stn Cdr | Carnicobar | |
| Unknown to | Wing Commander Ranjit Kumar Pal | 8666 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Carnicobar |  |
| Unknown to | Group Captain Parm Jit Singh | 4603 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Carnicobar | |
| Unknown to | Group Captain Narindar Pal Singh Sahota | 6151 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Carnicobar |  |
| Unknown to | Group Captain Harpal Singh Bedi | 5595 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Carnicobar |  |
| 01 Jul 85 to 22 Aug 86 | Group Captain Dalip Singh Dahiya | 5866 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Carnicobar |  |
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Unit continued existence as 15 FBSU
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