No.14 Squadron Bulls

Motto : Balam Jayay (Strength will Conquer)
Date Raised : 1951-08-15 Location : Ambala

On 2 November 48 when the IAF formed its first bomber Squadron. No 5 Squadron crest, the "Tusker" was to be as appropriate to its role and strength as any emblem can envisage. On 1 September 1957 the "Tuskers" became the first IAF Squadron to re-equip on the modern Canberra jet bomber aircraft. on 1 August 1981 the "Tuskers" re-equipped on the Jaguar Strike aircraft.

Aircraft Types operated over the years:

Commanding Officers
15 Aug 51 - 09 Jun 53 Squadron Leader Leslie Richard Dickinson Blunt 1994 GD(P) CO	10 Jun 53 - 30 Sep 55 Squadron Leader Hemonto Kumar Bose 2348 GD(P) CO	17 Oct 55 - 11 Feb 58 Squadron Leader Jothi Miller Fenn 3012 GD(P) CO	12 Feb 58 - 30 Oct 59 Squadron Leader Samir Banerji 2881 GD(P) CO	30 Oct 59 - 30 Mar 62 Squadron Leader Minoo Jehangir Dotiwalla 3839 GD(P) CO
31 Mar 62 - 19 Oct 62 Squadron Leader Johney William Greene 4093 GD(P) CO Ambala	30 Oct 62 - 15 May 63 Wing Commander Harish Chandra Joshi 3020 GD(P) CO	26 May 63 - 14 Dec 64 Wing Commander Maheshwar Das Khanna 2776 GD(P) CO	15 Dec 64 - 16 Jan 67 Wing Commander Denis Anthony Lafontaine 3844 GD(P) CO Kalaikunda	24 Jan 67 - 20 Sep 68 Wing Commander Suraj Prakash Dutt 3649 GD(P) CO Kalaikunda
21 Sep 68 - 27 Sep 70 Wing Commander Amar Singh Mohan 3661 GD(P) CO Kalaikunda	28 Sep 70 - 02 Sep 71 Wing Commander Naresh Makanji Patel 4662 GD(P) CO Kalaikunda	03 Sep 71 - 06 Nov 72 Wing Commander Ramanathan Sundaresan 4574 GD(P) CO Kalaikunda	07 Nov 72 - 27 Apr 75 Wing Commander Harish Chandra Singhal 4905 GD(P) CO Kalaikunda	28 Apr 75 - 06 Jun 77 Wing Commander Madhava Krishna Khashav 5119 GD(P) CO Kalaikunda
07 Jun 77 - 27 Jul 79 Wing Commander Dil Mohan Singh Kahai 5272 GD(P) CO	28 Jul 79 - 21 Sep 80 Wing Commander Dinanath Ramchander Nadkarni 5587 GD(P) CO	22 Sep 80 - 12 Dec 82 Wing Commander Michael McMahon 7399 GD(P) CO Ambala	13 Dec 82 - 13 Oct 85 Wing Commander Shashindra Pal Tyagi 8130 GD(P) CO Ambala	14 Oct 85 - 26 Jul 87 Wing Commander Jayachand Joseph Williams 10188 GD(P) CO Ambala
27 Jul 87 - 22 Jan 89 Wing Commander Anil Khanna 12388 GD(P) CO Ambala	23 Jan 89 - 18 Feb 91 Wing Commander Devdas Banerjee 12192 GD(P) CO Ambala	18 Feb 91 - 02 May 93 Wing Commander Jatinder Pal Joshi 13371 F(P) CO Ambala	03 May 93 - 02 Apr 95 Wing Commander Abhay Gupta 13241 F(P) CO Ambala	03 Apr 95 - 24 Mar 97 Wing Commander Rahul Dhar 14561 F(P) CO Ambala
25 Mar 97 - 25 Apr 99 Wing Commander Rajeev Bhalla 15433 F(P) CO Ambala	26 Apr 99 - 05 Jun 01 Wing Commander Ashwani Bhakoo 15689 F(P) CO Ambala	06 Jun 01 - 06 Jul 03 Wing Commander Sunil Jayant Nanodkar 16555 F(P) CO Ambala	07 Jul 03 - 19 Jun 05 Wing Commander Kishore Kumar Khera 18256 F(P) CO Ambala	20 Jun 05 - 15 Apr 07 Wing Commander Ritu Raj Tyagi 18571 F(P) CO Ambala
16 Apr 07 - 02 Jun 09 Wing Commander Sanjai Chauhan 20466 F(P) CO Ambala

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