19 Forward Base Support Unit Date Raised : 1990-12-10 Location : Thoise 19 FBSU, AF was raised on the southern bank of river Shyok, the valley bound by the Saltoro and Ladakh ranges. The elevation o Thoise is 10,066 ft AMSL The genesis of Thoise airfield dates back to 1960 when kuttcha landing strip was made on the initiative of Mr. RD Menon, who was then Asst " "Commandant Slubra. -Approximately-500 men worked daily without wages under the guidance of " "Mohd Hassan, a resident of Bogdung village. Col Rinchin M VC and Bar of 14 J & K Militia and his " "men were also involved in the development of the ALG at Thoise. 19 FBSU was formed at Thoise on " "10 Dec 1990.
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Commanding Officers | |||||
01 Apr 91 - 31 May 93Group CaptainSuresh Chandra Malhan11579 GD(P)Stn CdrThoise | 01 Jun 93 - Group CaptainJagdarshan Singh Sandhu10139 GD(P)Stn CdrThoise | 24 Jul 95 - 12 Jun 97Group CaptainVaidya Nathan Babu13386 F(P)Stn CdrThoise | 16 Jun 97 - Group CaptainPramod Kumar Roy14100 F(P)Stn CdrThoise | 01 Sep 99 - Group CaptainGurwinder Jeet Singh Cheema14292 F(P)Stn CdrThoise | |
Unknown - Group CaptainKulwant Singh Gill15220 F(P)Stn CdrThoise | Unknown - Group CaptainPankaj Jaiswal16232 F(P)Stn CdrThoise | 19 Jun 03 - Group CaptainVidhya Sagar Bharti16611 F(P)Stn CdrThoise | | 01 Jan 07 - Group CaptainBavisetti Chandrasekhar17726 F(P)Stn CdrThoise | |
Unknown - Group CaptainPawan Kumar Mohey18099 F(P)Stn CdrThoise |