46 Wing Date Raised : 1989-04-17 Location : Nal (Bikaner) Air Force Station, Nal has a cherished and eventful history. A kutcha runway was constructed by the end of 1942 and occupied by the British. After the 2nd World War the airfield was vacated by the British and taken over by state PW D. From Sep 1942 till Sep 1950 the royal family of Bikaner operated a flying club at this base. Maharaja Ganga Singhji, Maharaja Sadul Singhji and Maharaja Karni Singhji took keen interest in the formation and development of the airfield. In Sep 1950 the airfield was handed over to IAF and a new runway was constructed in 1963. Nal became a full-fledged airfield and was named No. 9 Care & Maintenance Units (C&MU). In Jul 1972, it was renamed as No. 3 Forward Base Support Units (FBSU). Subsequently, on 17 April 1989 the airfield was named as 46 Wing
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Commanding Officers | |||||
Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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Unknown to | Group Captain Apram Jeet Singh | 7403 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Nal (Bikaner) | |
Unknown to 01 Dec 88 | Group Captain Mahendra Vir Singh | 6769 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Nal (Bikaner) | |
01 Jan 89 to 01 Jan 90 | Group Captain Eapen Mathulla | 8365 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Nal (Bikaner) | |
Unknown to | Group Captain Kamlesh Singh Mandla | 9827 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Nal (Bikaner) | |
Unknown to | Group Captain Pramod Kumar Mehra | 11581 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Nal (Bikaner) | |
Unknown to 22 Jul 98 | Group Captain Mukundan Sushil Kumar | 12502 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Nal (Bikaner) | |
23 Jul 98 to 30 Nov 00 | Group Captain Sumit Mukerji | 12925 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Nal (Bikaner) | |
01 Dec 00 to 01 Jul 03 | Group Captain Shankar Mani | 13596 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Nal (Bikaner) | |
Unknown to | Group Captain Mathappan Jose | 14278 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Nal (Bikaner) | |
Unknown to | Group Captain Rohit Verma | 16029 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Nal (Bikaner) | |
01 Jan 08 to | Group Captain Kalianda Appaya Muthana | 16372 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Nal (Bikaner) | |
Unknown to | Group Captain Rajesh Abhishek Rao Kaileti | 18577 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Nal (Bikaner) | |
23 May 11 to 03 Jan 13 | Air Commodore Subramanian Sundar Rajan | 17848 F(P) | AOC | Nal (Bikaner) | |
04 Jan 13 to 18 May 15 | Air Commodore Sanjay Bhatnagar | 17363 F(P) | AOC | Nal (Bikaner) | |
18 May 15 to 03 Jul 17 | Air Commodore Sameer Mehra | 19524 F(P) | AOC | Nal (Bikaner) | |
03 Jul 17 to 06 Jan 19 | Air Commodore Rajat Mohan | 20476 F(P) | AOC | Nal (Bikaner) |