37 Wing Date Raised : 1993-09-15 Location : Carnicobar The IAF commenced operations at Car Nicobar in 1956 with the establishment of a Staging Post essentially for refuelling of aircraft flying logistics support missions from the mainland across the Bay of Bengal. The IAF extended the runway at Car Nicobar to nearly 9, feet in 1967. The first helicopter of the IAF, a Mi-8, was inducted at Car Nicobar in 1982 and was built up to a Flight strength by April 1, 1985. The IAF inducted an Air Defence Units as well. With the increase in the level of forces deployed, the air base was upgraded to a Forward Base Support Units (FBSU) on August 23, 1986. The FBSU was subsequently replaced by No 37 Wing that was established on September 15, 1993 and location was shifted from Car Nicobar to Port Blair. It was fully functional in 2000 under the command of HQ SAC. Subsequently it as moved under the command of HQ AFC (Air Force Component) in A&N Command.
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15 Sep 93 - 23 Aug 94Group CaptainSurinder Singh Bains11288 GD(P)Stn CdrCarnicobar | 05 Jun 95 - 26 Oct 97Group CaptainRaghupati Saran Das13158 F(P)Stn CdrCarnicobar | 27 Oct 97 - 01 Feb 00Group CaptainRam Karan Makar13796 F(P)Stn CdrCarnicobar | 02 Feb 00 - 16 Jun 02Group CaptainSanjiv Mishra14094 F(P)Stn CdrCarnicobar | | |
10 May 04 - 04 Jan 05Group CaptainVivek Vikash Bandopadhayay15863 F(P)Stn CdrCarnicobar | 07 Mar 05 - 17 Jul 05Group CaptainRavi Dhar14559 F(P)Stn CdrCarnicobar | 18 Jul 05 - 24 Jun 07Group CaptainAnup Kumar Prabhakaran16808 F(P)Stn CdrCarnicobar | | Unknown - Group CaptainRohit Mahajan19187 F(P)Stn CdrCarnicobar | |
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