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No.220 Squadron Desert Tigers

Motto : Shauryam Tejo Dhritih ( Valour, Energy and Firmness)
Date Raised : 1957-12-23 Location : Halwara
220 Squadron, AF was formed at 2 Wing, Air Force Station Pune on 9 jan 63. Initially located at Palam as 51 Auxillary Air Force (AAF) Squadron and equipped with Vampire aircraft. The squadron, later re-equipped with the 'Indigenous HF-24 Marut' in April 1969 and flew the Marut in the 1971 Indo-Pak War. In June 1981, the squadron converted onto the MiG-23BN. Moved to halwara in 1997. numberplated in 25. resurrected on 1 sep 11
Aircraft Types operated over the years:

Commanding Officers


09 Feb 63 - 14 Sep 65
Squadron Leader
Norman Foster Watts
3956 GD(P)
CO
Pune

11 Apr 66 - 04 Aug 68
Squadron Leader
Mohan Vasudeo Kashikar
4801 GD(P)
CO
Pune

05 Aug 68 - 07 Apr 69
Squadron Leader
Onkar Nath Kacker
4605 GD(P)
CO
Pune

21 Aug 69 - 02 Mar 72
Wing Commander
Ranjit Dhawan
4572 GD(P)
CO
Pune/ Jodhpur

03 Mar 72 - 19 May 74
Wing Commander
Madhukar Shantaram Jatar
4793 GD(P)
CO
Jodhpur

20 May 74 - 14 Jun 76
Wing Commander
Krishna Narayana Pillai
4874 GD(P)
CO
Jodhpur

15 Jun 76 - 29 Apr 79
Wing Commander
Vishnu Narain Johri
5676 GD(P)
CO
Jodhpur

30 Apr 79 - 04 Jan 81
Wing Commander
Iqbal Singh Bindra
6360 GD(P)
CO
Jodhpur

05 Jan 81 - 01 May 83
Wing Commander
Vinod Kumar Bhatia
6497 GD(P)
CO
Jodhpur

02 May 83 - 24 Apr 85
Wing Commander
Man Mohan Kapoor
9522 GD(P)
CO
Jodhpur

25 Apr 85 - 28 Jun 87
Wing Commander
Syed Mohammed Ghouse
10896 GD(P)
CO
Jodhpur

29 Jun 87 - 26 Jun 89
Wing Commander
Neeraj Sharma
11861 GD(P)
CO
Jodhpur

27 Jun 89 - 16 Jun 91
Wing Commander
Paramjit Singh Bhangu
12932 F(P)
CO
Jodhpur

17 Jun 91 - 25 Jul 93
Wing Commander
Vikas Krishna Rao Yajurvedi
13248 F(P)
CO
Jodhpur

26 Jul 93 - 07 Jul 95
Wing Commander
Atul Saikia
13585 F(P)
CO
Jodhpur

08 May 95 - 24 May 97
Wing Commander
Devinder Singh
14284 F(P)
CO
Jodhpur/ Halwara

25 Mar 97 - 18 Apr 99
Wing Commander
Perumpillabil Narayanan Radha Govind
15019 F(P)
CO
Halwara

19 Apr 99 - 15 Aug 01
Wing Commander
Rakesh Marwaha
15865 F(P)
CO
Halwara

16 Aug 01 - 14 May 03
Wing Commander
Vivek
16560 F(P)
CO
Halwara

15 May 03 - 30 Jun 05
Wing Commander
Banerjee

CO
Halwara

01 Sep 11 - 01 Apr 13
Wing Commander
Sharad Aneja
22677 F(P)
CO
Halwara

01 Apr 13 -
Group Captain
Sharad Aneja
22677 F(P)
CO
Halwara

Unknown -
Group Captain
Manoj Nair
23725 F(P)
CO
Halwara
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