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HQ Central Air Command Communication Flight


Location : Bamrauli (Allahabad)
HQ CAC Comm Flt was formed at Bakshi Ka Talab as a detachment of 11 Sqn with a loan of one Dakota that was modified for VIP Comm duties. its initial crew was F/L Krishnaswamy OiC Flt, F/O TP Singh as Co-pilot and F/O BJ Siddiqi as Navigator. It moved to Bamrauli in July 1969 and was alloted one Avro aircraft. On 1 Nov 1981 it was made an independent unit. Its Primary duty is communication duties for the HQ.
Aircraft Types operated over the years:

Commanding Officers


Unknown -
Wing Commander
Jaswant Singh Chauhan
8178 GD(P)
CO
Allahabad

17 Jan 83 -
Wing Commander
Krishna Kumar Vasant Bopardikar
10091 GD(P)
CO
Allahabad

Unknown - 10 Jun 95
Wing Commander
Vinod Kumar Sood
13781 F(P)
CO
Allahabad

11 Jun 95 - 02 Jun 97
Wing Commander
Gurinder Pal Singh
15417 F(P)
CO
Allahabad

03 Jun 97 -
Wing Commander
Mukund Vedavyas Achar
15052 F(P)
CO
Allahabad
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