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No.9 Squadron Wolfpack

Motto : Sahase Wasati Jayashrih (In Courage resides Victory)
Date Raised : 1944-01-01 Location : Maharajpur
Aircraft Types operated over the years:

Commanding Officers


13 Nov 43 - 10 Jan 44
Squadron Leader
A W Ridler
RAF
CO
Bhopal/ Ranchi

09 Mar 44 - 15 Nov 44
Squadron Leader
K A Perkin
RAF
CO
Ranchi

16 Nov 44 - 23 Aug 45
Squadron Leader
D A Adams
RAF
CO
Ranchi

28 Aug 45 - 30 Oct 46
Squadron Leader
Mohammed Asghar Khan
1653 GD(P)
CO
Ranchi

01 Nov 46 - 14 Aug 47
Squadron Leader
Mohammad Akhtar
1654 GD(P)
CO - Fm AHQ
Bhopal/ Peshawar

16 Mar 64 - 14 Feb 66
Wing Commander
Reginald John Manual Upot
3599 GD(P)
CO
Ambala

14 Feb 66 - 21 Sep 66
Wing Commander
Johney William Greene
4093 GD(P)
CO
Ambala

04 Oct 66 - 14 Sep 69
Wing Commander
Dalbir Yadav
4241 GD(P)
CO
Ambala

19 Sep 69 - 25 Jun 70
Wing Commander
Inder Mohan Chopra
4089 GD(P)
CO
Ambala

26 Jun 70 - 10 May 74
Wing Commander
Karan Yadav
4200 GD(P)
CO
Ambala

20 May 74 - 11 Mar 77
Wing Commander
Madhabendra Banerji
4898 GD(P)
CO
Hindon

14 Mar 77 - 03 Dec 79
Wing Commander
Arun Vithal Kamat
6009 GD(P)
CO
Hindon

03 Dec 79 - 01 Jun 81
Wing Commander
Kuldip Singh Cheema
7416 GD(P)
CO
Hindon

01 Jun 81 - 05 Apr 83
Wing Commander
Kailash Nath Datta
7701 GD(P)
CO
Hindon

18 Apr 83 - 24 May 85
Wing Commander
Harinder Pal Singh Shergill
8427 GD(P)
CO
Hindon

17 Jun 85 - 31 May 87
Wing Commander
Akshay Kumar Thakur
9724 GD(P)
CO
Hindon

01 Jun 87 - 02 Jul 89
Wing Commander
Kariyadil Cheriyan Kuruvilla
10862 GD(P)
CO
Hindon

03 Jul 89 - 23 Jun 91
Wing Commander
Anil Thapar
12395 GD(P)
CO
Hindon

24 Jun 91 - 01 Aug 93
Wing Commander
Krishan Kumar Nohwar
13132 F(P)
CO
Hindon

02 Aug 93 - 20 Aug 95
Wing Commander
Rajesh Rao Pandurangi
13811 F(P)
CO
Hindon

21 Aug 95 - 31 Aug 97
Wing Commander
Vinod Kumar Chopra
14563 F(P)
CO
Hindon

01 Sep 97 - 02 Jan 00
Wing Commander
Avtar Singh
15706 F(P)
CO
Hindon

03 Jan 00 - 15 Dec 02
Wing Commander
Dinesh Kumar Vashisht
16565 F(P)
CO
Hindon

15 Dec 03 - 15 Jan 06
Wing Commander
Ashutosh Dixit
18558 F(P)
CO
Gwalior

16 Jan 06 - 06 Jan 08
Wing Commander
Kanthalloor Saraswathy Kumar Suresh
18822 F(P)
CO
Gwalior

07 Jan 08 - 21 Feb 10
Wing Commander
Vivek Samyal
20112 F(P)
CO
Gwalior
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