34 Wing Date Raised : 1980-04-30 Location : Bhaisana (Bhatinda) Air Force Station Bathinda, as it was known then, began its life as 10 FBSU in 1975 as a lodger Units of 12 Wing AF. As early as 1975, trials by fighter aircraft of 108 Squadron were carried out to ascertain the fitness of the airfield for operations. But it took another four years for this transitory base, with a single watch ATC and first line servicing facilities to become a permanent base for fighter operations. Having undergone trials by Unitss from the Air Force and Army, AF Station Bhisiana established itself to be capable of undertaking all AF Tasks. The station grew in strategic importance and was elevated to status Wing on 18 Feb 80.
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Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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30 Apr 80 to 12 Jul 81 | Group Captain Bir Inder Singh | 5040 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhaisana (Bhatinda) | |
18 Jul 81 to 09 May 82 | Group Captain Pratap Rao | 5188 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhaisana (Bhatinda) | |
10 May 82 to 07 Oct 84 | Group Captain Lawrence Aloysious Menezes | 5280 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhaisana (Bhatinda) | |
08 Oct 84 to 08 Dec 86 | Group Captain Suresh Shankarrao Dange | 6762 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhaisana (Bhatinda) | |
09 Dec 86 to 27 Jan 89 | Group Captain Vasudevan Vatsalan Nair | 7693 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhaisana (Bhatinda) | |
28 Jan 89 to 19 Apr 92 | Group Captain Manpreet Singh Brar | 8715 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhaisana (Bhatinda) | |
20 Apr 92 to 26 Dec 94 | Group Captain Dilip Kamalakar Dighe | 9745 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhaisana (Bhatinda) | |
27 Dec 94 to 25 Apr 96 | Group Captain Vinod Kumar Verma | 11638 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhaisana (Bhatinda) | |
26 Apr 96 to 14 Mar 99 | Group Captain Krishnamurthi Rajaram | 12933 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhaisana (Bhatinda) | |
15 Mar 99 to 03 Sep 00 | Group Captain Rakesh Kacker | 12951 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhaisana (Bhatinda) | |
04 Sep 00 to 31 Jan 02 | Group Captain Amul Kapoor | 13378 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhaisana (Bhatinda) | |
01 Feb 02 to 19 Oct 03 | Group Captain Arup Raha | 13910 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhaisana (Bhatinda) | |
20 Oct 03 to 22 Jun 05 | Group Captain Subramanyam Sukumar | 14672 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhaisana (Bhatinda) | |
23 Jun 05 to 31 May 07 | Group Captain Ravinder Kumar Dhir | 15678 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhaisana (Bhatinda) | |
01 Jun 07 to 06 Jul 09 | Group Captain Sanjeev Narayan Deshpande | 16559 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhaisana (Bhatinda) | |
06 Jul 09 to 06 Jun 11 | Group Captain Balkrishnan Balachandran | 18561 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Bhaisana (Bhatinda) | |
06 Aug 11 to 03 Jan 13 | Air Commodore Vishwas Gaur | 17361 F(P) | AOC | Bhaisana (Bhatinda) | |
04 Jan 13 to 31 Mar 13 | Group Captain Rajiv Kumar Obheroi | 18784 F(P) | AOC | Bhaisana (Bhatinda) | |
01 Apr 13 to 25 Feb 14 | Air Commodore Rajiv Kumar Obheroi | 18784 F(P) | AOC | Bhaisana (Bhatinda) | |
09 Oct 17 to 08 May 19 | Air Commodore Rajiva Ranjan | 18810 F(P) | AOC | Bhaisana (Bhatinda) | |
09 May 19 to 19 Sep 21 | Air Commodore Gopal Singh Chauhan | 21007 F(P) | AOC | Bhaisana (Bhatinda) |