6 Tactical Air Center Date Raised : 1962-12-17 Location : Srinagar 6 Tactical Air Centre of the Indian Air Force was formed at Leh on 17 Dec 62. The Centre was raised as a result of the overall plan of expansion of the Indian Air Force during the Sino-Indian conflict. The role of the Units was to conduct OAS, Exercises and Training within the area of responsibility of Ladakh. In Oct 71, the centre moved to Jalandhar and was affiliated to Head Quarters 11 Corps. During 1971 Indo Pak War it moved to Dera Baba Nanak area. In 1972 the centre moved to Srinagar " "and is affiliated to Head Quarters 15 Corps ever since.
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25 Jan 63 - 11 Jun 64Group CaptainSoli Cursetji Kaikobad2119 GD(P)COLeh | 12 Jun 64 - 15 Aug 65Group CaptainWalter Vernon Alexander Lloyd2623 GD(P)COLeh | 12 Sep 65 - 01 Jun 66Group CaptainKashinath Baburao Joshi2427 GD(P)COLeh | 09 Aug 66 - 11 Sep 67Group CaptainHarbans Singh Monga3162 GD(P)COLeh | 19 Sep 67 - 29 Mar 68Group CaptainPeter Maynard Wilson3590 GD(P)COLeh | |
04 Apr 68 - 25 Jun 69Group CaptainShanti Swarup Enand1989 GD(O)COLeh | 05 Jul 69 - 17 Aug 70Group CaptainSudhindra Kumar Majumdar3484 GD(P)COLeh | 18 Aug 70 - 07 Nov 71Group CaptainPrabhakar Shanker Dere3883 GD(P)COLeh/ Jallandhar | | | |
01 Jun 76 - 19 Jul 76Wing CommanderSube Singh Malik4663 GD(P)COSrinagar | 20 Jul 76 - 12 Feb 78Group CaptainSube Singh Malik4663 GD(P)COSrinagar | 17 Apr 78 - 12 Apr 79Group CaptainWilliam George Beddoe4686 GD(P)COSrinagar | | 09 Mar 81 - 14 Feb 83Group CaptainDhan Singh Nagi5305 GD(P)COSrinagar | |
15 Feb 83 - 31 Jul 85Group CaptainMohinder Paul5126 GD(P)COSrinagar | 06 Jun 86 - 23 Mar 88Group CaptainDarshan Singh Basra6519 GD(P)COSrinagar | | 26 Mar 90 - 09 Feb 92Group CaptainNarendrajit Singh Rishi9025 GD(P)COSrinagar | | |
22 Apr 94 - 31 Jul 95Group CaptainApparanda Mudapa Ganapathy9759 GD(P)COSrinagar | 01 Aug 95 - 11 Aug 97Group CaptainMohinder Pal Singh Gill13604 F(P)COSrinagar | | | 10 Oct 02 - 09 Nov 03Group CaptainRakesh Kumar Negi15869 F(P)COSrinagar | |
| 01 Jul 06 - 30 Sep 07Group CaptainRajesh Isser16968 F(P)COSrinagar | | 30 Jun 09 - 23 Aug 10Group CaptainSunil Kumar17713 F(P)COSrinagar | 24 Aug 10 - 25 Sep 11Group CaptainKanthalloor Saraswathy Kumar Suresh18822 F(P)COSrinagar | |
| 17 Jun 16 - 27 Jan 18Group CaptainVineet Aggarwal21038 F(N)COSrinagar | |