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509 Signal Unit Peak Hawks

Motto : Satatam Tatparah (Always Alert)
Date Raised : 1965-05-07 Location : Laitkor Peak
The Station was formed in 1965 and currently has 794 SU and 42 WEU "A" as lodger Units

Commanding Officers


07 May 65 - 21 Apr 67
Group Captain
Walter Joseph Fernandes
2713 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Laitkor Peak

22 Apr 67 - 20 Sep 68
Group Captain
Leslie Richard Dickinson Blunt
1994 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Laitkor Peak

21 Sep 68 - 04 Jan 71
Group Captain
Hardyal Singh Dhillon
3237 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Laitkor Peak

15 Mar 71 - 04 Sep 74
Group Captain
Subhas Ranjan Bose
3152 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Laitkor Peak

05 Sep 74 - 02 Nov 76
Group Captain
Narain L Keswani
4208 GD(N)
Stn Cdr
Laitkor Peak

03 Nov 76 - 23 Dec 79
Group Captain
Om Prakash Mahajan
4647 GD(N)
Stn Cdr
Laitkor Peak

24 Dec 79 - 25 Jul 82
Group Captain
Rajendra Dev Pant
4737 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Laitkor Peak

09 Aug 82 - 31 Mar 85
Group Captain
Shashikant Bhise
5924 GD(N)
Stn Cdr
Laitkor Peak

01 Apr 85 - 12 Oct 88
Group Captain
Ramesh Singh Sehgal
6792 GD(N)
Stn Cdr
Laitkor Peak

13 Oct 88 - 11 Jun 90
Group Captain
Peter Keith Pinto
8419 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Laitkor Peak

11 Aug 90 - 28 Mar 93
Group Captain
Prakash Narayandas Devy
8745 GD(P)
Stn Cdr
Laitkor Peak

28 Mar 93 - 11 Jun 95
Group Captain
Rajinder Kumar
11833 GD(N)
Stn Cdr
Laitkor Peak

11 Jun 95 - 16 Jun 97
Group Captain
Shankar Singh
12795 GD(N)
Stn Cdr
Laitkor Peak

16 Jun 97 - 15 May 00
Group Captain
Kamal Kant Dwivedi
14105 F(P)
Stn Cdr
Laitkor Peak

15 May 00 - 13 Jan 03
Group Captain
Arun Kumar Singwall
13578 F(P)
Stn Cdr
Laitkor Peak

13 Jan 03 - 04 Jun 04
Group Captain
Kamal Kumar Dhawan
15057 F(P)
Stn Cdr
Laitkor Peak

27 Aug 04 - 31 Aug 06
Group Captain
Kalpat Arun Kumar
13916 F(P)
Stn Cdr
Laitkor Peak

01 Sep 06 - 06 Jul 08
Group Captain
Sanjay Bhatnagar
17363 F(P)
Stn Cdr
Laitkor Peak

07 Aug 10 - 26 Aug 12
Group Captain
Sanjay Mishra
19965 F(P)
Stn Cdr
Laitkor Peak
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