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17 Forward Base Support Unit


Date Raised : 1984-07-16 Location : Thiruvananthapuram
The station was setup at Belhaven palace and moved to its current location on 1 jan 2001. it provides operation, adm and maintenance support to all air operations including maritime in the region

Commanding Officers


Unknown - 01 Dec 84
Group Captain
Vasudevan Vatsalan Nair
7693 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Thiruvananthapuram

Unknown -
Group Captain
Syed Shahid Hussain Naqvi
7193 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Thiruvananthapuram

01 Dec 86 - 18 May 87
Group Captain
Vaidun Kumaraswamy Vidyadhar
7396 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Thiruvananthapuram

Unknown - 01 Jun 02
Wing Commander
Yogesh Jain
17011 F(P)
Stn Cdr
Thiruvananthapuram

01 Jun 02 - 01 Jun 04
Wing Commander
Prabha Mohan Mohandas Baliga
16817 F(P)
Stn Cdr
Thiruvananthapuram

01 Jun 04 -
Wing Commander
Inderjeet Singh Yadav
16620 F(P)
Stn Cdr
Thiruvananthapuram

Unknown -
Group Captain
Subramaniam Ravi Vridhachalem
18101 F(P)
Stn Cdr
Thiruvananthapuram
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