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 No.221 Squadron Valiants Motto : Tejaso Shatrun Damayah ( Vanquish the enemy with Valour) Date Raised : 1963-02-14 Location : Halwara 221 Sqn came up at the location of 55 AAF Sqn at Barrackpore and was equipped with 4 Vampires a Harvard aircraft. Number plated in 2009, 2017 inducts Su-3
Aircraft Types operated over the years: |
Unit previously existed as 55 AAF Sqn
Commanding Officers | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Feb 63 to 07 Apr 65 | Squadron Leader Narinder Chatrath | 3959 GD(P) | CO |  | |
| 14 Apr 65 to 15 Apr 67 | Squadron Leader Ian Anthony Rebello | 4596 GD(P) | CO |  | |
| 13 May 67 to 01 Aug 68 | Squadron Leader Onkar Nath Kacker | 4605 GD(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 02 Jul 68 to 30 Jul 71 | Wing Commander Kshirode Krishna Sen | 4495 GD(P) | CO |  | |
| 31 Jul 71 to 30 Apr 72 | Wing Commander Annaswami Sridharan | 4761 GD(P) | CO |  | |
| 01 May 72 to 31 Jul 74 | Wing Commander Dilip Shankar Jog | 4608 GD(P) | CO | Bareilly |  |
| 01 Aug 74 to 16 Nov 76 | Wing Commander Amrit Mohan Mehta | 5051 GD(P) | CO | Ambala |  |
| 17 Nov 76 to 02 May 79 | Wing Commander Ashok Prataprao Shinde | 5671 GD(P) | CO |  | |
| 17 May 79 to 30 Jun 80 | Wing Commander Trevor Raymond Joseph Osman | 6005 GD(P) | CO | Bhatinda |  |
| 01 Jul 80 to 06 Jul 81 | Wing Commander Brijendra Mohan Bali | 8438 GD(P) | CO |  | |
| 16 Aug 81 to 21 Feb 82 | Wing Commander Virendra Kumar Chawla | 7408 GD(P) | CO | Halwara |  |
| 18 Mar 82 to 15 Apr 85 | Wing Commander Hemant Vishnu Khatu | 7675 GD(P) | CO | Halwara |  |
| 18 Apr 85 to 18 May 87 | Wing Commander Avinash Deodata Joshi | 10886 GD(P) | CO | Halwara |  |
| 18 Jun 87 to 02 Jul 89 | Wing Commander Bhushan Nilkanth Gokhale | 11630 GD(P) | CO | Halwara |  |
| 03 Jul 89 to 15 Jul 91 | Wing Commander Ranjan Bhattacharya | 13139 F(P) | CO | Halwara |  |
| 15 Jul 91 to 27 Aug 93 | Wing Commander Man Mohan Singh | 12777 GD(P) | CO | Halwara |  |
| 30 Aug 93 to 18 Jun 95 | Wing Commander Sanjib Bordoloi | 13912 F(P) | CO | Halwara |  |
| 19 Jul 95 to 01 Jul 97 | Wing Commander Hari Naidu | 14286 F(P) | CO | Halwara |  |
| 07 Jul 97 to 17 Jun 99 | Wing Commander Vishwas Ganesh Datar | 15406 F(P) | CO | Halwara |  |
| 18 Jun 99 to 22 Jul 01 | Wing Commander Ashit Ishwarlal Mehta | 16377 F(P) | CO | Halwara |  |
| 23 Jul 01 to 29 Jun 03 | Wing Commander Chetan Prakash Yadav | 16828 F(P) | CO | Halwara |  |
| 30 Jun 03 to 27 Mar 05 | Wing Commander Shridher Kishore Mohlah | 18259 F(P) | CO | Halwara |  |
| 28 Mar 05 to 17 Dec 06 | Wing Commander Dhananjay Vasant Khot | 19516 F(P) | CO | Halwara |  |
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