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 No.24 Squadron Hawks Motto : Navijitya Nivartanam Date Raised : 1962-02-16 Location : Bareilly The Squadron was formed on 16 February 1962 at Air Force Station Chabua, in Assam. It was equipped with Vampire fighter bomber aircraft
Aircraft Types operated over the years: |
Commanding Officers | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Jul 62 to 08 Mar 64 | Squadron Leader Man Mohan Singh | 4023 GD(P) | CO |  | |
| 09 Mar 64 to 29 Aug 65 | Squadron Leader Hugh Lancelot Ford | 4579 GD(P) | CO | ||
| 30 Aug 65 to 02 Apr 66 | Squadron Leader Madhabendra Banerji | 4898 GD(P) | CO | Kalaikunda |  |
| 16 May 66 to 15 Sep 67 | Wing Commander Man Mohan Singh | 4023 GD(P) | CO | | |
| 20 Oct 67 to 16 Oct 68 | Wing Commander Sunandan Roy | 4249 GD(P) | CO |  | |
| 15 Nov 68 to 02 Jul 72 | Wing Commander Ravinder Lal Badhwar | 4341 GD(P) | CO | Tezpur | |
| 03 Jul 72 to 14 Jul 74 | Wing Commander Indru Gurmukhdas Shahani | 4791 GD(P) | CO |  | |
| 15 Jul 74 to 05 Jun 77 | Wing Commander Bir Inder Singh | 5040 GD(P) | CO |  | |
| 06 Jun 77 to 18 Nov 79 | Wing Commander Venkatram Iyer | 5661 GD(P) | CO | Hashimara/ Bareilly |  |
| 19 Nov 79 to 27 Oct 80 | Wing Commander Satish Kumar Sareen | 5370 GD(P) | CO | Bareilly |  |
| 05 Jan 81 to 01 May 83 | Wing Commander Chittatoor Doraiswami Chandrasekhar | 8426 GD(P) | CO | Bareilly/ Ambala |  |
| 02 May 83 to 11 Dec 83 | Wing Commander Vishwabandhu Mehta | 9024 GD(P) | CO | Ambala |  |
| 12 Dec 83 to 08 Dec 85 | Wing Commander Manpreet Singh Brar | 8715 GD(P) | CO |  | |
| 09 Dec 85 to 27 Sep 87 | Wing Commander Anant Vasant Awlegaonkar | 9737 GD(P) | CO | ||
| 28 Sep 87 to 10 Jun 89 | Wing Commander Arun Gurunandan Katre | 11852 GD(P) | CO |  | |
| 19 Jun 89 to 30 Jun 91 | Wing Commander Sudhir Asthana | 12202 GD(P) | CO |  | |
| 01 Jul 91 to 01 Aug 93 | Wing Commander Rajeev Eknath Ketkar | 13269 F(P) | CO | ||
| 02 Aug 93 to 23 Apr 95 | Wing Commander Bakshish Singh Khalsa | 13567 F(P) | CO | ||
| 24 Apr 95 to 11 May 97 | Wing Commander Ashok Balkrishna Rahane | 14096 F(P) | CO |  | |
| 12 May 97 to 21 Sep 97 | Wing Commander Bhaskaran Nair Unnikrishnan | 15004 F(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 15 Oct 97 to 14 May 00 | Wing Commander Girish Saini | 15886 F(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 15 May 00 to 08 Sep 02 | Wing Commander Shreesh Mohan | 16966 F(P) | CO | Pune |  |
| 09 Sep 02 to 04 Jul 04 | Wing Commander Umesh Rakhra | 18071 F(P) | CO |  | |
| 05 Jul 04 to 02 Jul 06 | Wing Commander Kothapalli Venkata Rama Raju | 18573 F(P) | CO |  | |
| 03 Jul 06 to 27 Jul 08 | Wing Commander Nirmalendu Nath Sinha | 20157 F(P) | CO |  | |
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