Indian Aviation Contingent -I (MONUC) Date Raised : 2003-07-13 Disbanded : 2010-10-04 Location : Congo MONUC is one of the largest and most robust peace keeping operations ever undertaken by the UN. The Aviation Contingents are by far the key elements in the arsenal of MONUC in achieving its mandate of maintaining peace in this huge country, the second largest in Africa. The tasks required by UN from the Mi-35 Sqn were to provide armed escort, fire support, anti-armour support, reconnaissance, information gathering and MEDEVAC, all these both by day as well as night. The Mi-17 utility helicopters were to undertake tasks including troop induction, cargo carriage, under slung operations, SAR, CASEVAC and MEDEVAC, reconnaissance and surveillance, both by day and night.
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13 Jul 03 - 12 Aug 04Group CaptainKulwant Singh Gill15220 F(P)Cont CdrCongo | | 26 Sep 05 - 28 Apr 06Group CaptainGovindan Ajith Kumar Nair14677 F(P)Cont CdrCongo | 29 Apr 06 - 15 Sep 06Group CaptainAtanu Guru16794 F(P)Cont CdrCongo | 26 Sep 06 - 17 Oct 07Group CaptainSanderraman Neelakantan15184 F(P)Cont CdrCongo | |
18 Oct 07 - 24 Oct 08Group CaptainNavkaranjit Singh Dhillon16580 F(P)Cont CdrCongo | 25 Oct 08 - 02 Dec 09Group CaptainRavi Bhate17342 F(P)Cont CdrCongo | 02 Dec 09 - 04 Oct 10Group CaptainAshwani Kumar Nabh16608 F(P)Cont CdrCongo |