Training Command Date Raised : 1949-07-22 Location : Bengaluru Training Command was formed on 22 Jul 1949 with an aim to impart training through training institutes. Training Command traces out its lineage from the No.2 Training Group which was set up immediately after Independence. Training Group was redesignated as Training Command in 1949. On 15 Aug 1947, the Air Force Training Establishments located in India were: (a) Initial Training Wing, Coimbatore formed on 11 Jul 46. (b) Elementary Flying Training School, Jodhpur formed on Jul 42. (c) Advanced Flying Training School, Ambala formed on Jul 41. (d) No.1 Ground Training School, Jalahalli formed on Jul 47. (e) No.2 Ground Training School, Tamabaram formed on Feb 47 No.2 (Indian) Group RAF located at Bangalore Read Detailed History
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22 Jul 49 - 03 Dec 52Air CommodoreRavinder Hari Darshan Singh1558 GD(P)AOCBangalore | 17 Dec 52 - 10 Jan 56Air CommodoreSurendra Nath Goyal1560 GD(P)AOCBangalore | 11 Jan 56 - 20 Nov 57Air CommodorePratap Chandra Lal1567 GD(O)AOCBangalore | 27 May 58 - 22 Mar 59Air CommodoreKanwar Jaswant Singh1587 GD(P)AOCBangalore | 23 Mar 59 - 12 Apr 60Air CommodoreRanjan Dutt1594 GD(P)AOCBangalore | |
13 Apr 60 - 29 Dec 60Air Vice MarshalRanjan Dutt1594 GD(P)AOC-in-CBangalore | 01 Apr 61 - 06 Aug 66Air Vice MarshalSurendra Nath Goyal1560 GD(P)AOC-in-CBangalore | 10 Aug 66 - 22 Aug 69Air Vice MarshalTeja Singh Virk1621 GD(O)AOC-in-CBangalore | 30 Aug 69 - 03 Mar 72Air Vice MarshalVictor Srihari1624 GD(O)AOC-in-CBangalore | 04 Mar 72 - 08 Apr 73Air Vice MarshalAnand Ramdas Pandit1707 GD(P)AOC-in-CBangalore | |
09 Apr 73 - 29 Jun 74Air Vice MarshalGian Dev Sharma1742 GD(P)AOC-in-CBangalore | 01 Jul 74 - 22 Mar 76Air Vice MarshalGeorge Kanishtkumar John2132 GD(P)AOC-in-CBangalore | 22 Apr 76 - 22 Sep 76Air MarshalMaurice Barker1691 GD(P)AOC-in-CBangalore | 23 Sep 76 - 29 Apr 78Air MarshalRandhir Singh2135 GD(P)AOC-in-CBangalore | 11 May 78 - 19 Feb 79Air MarshalHemant Ramkrishna Chitnis2964 GD(P)AOC-in-CBangalore | |
20 Feb 79 - 30 Sep 79Air MarshalGeorge Kanishtkumar John2132 GD(P)AOC-in-CBangalore | 29 Oct 79 - 19 Sep 81Air MarshalBalwant Wickram Chauhan3352 GD(P)AOC-in-CBangalore | 20 Oct 81 - 28 Feb 85Air MarshalErasseri Pathayapurayil Radhakrishnan Nair3837 GD(N)AOC-in-CBangalore | 01 Mar 85 - 30 Nov 87Air MarshalVir Narain4007 GD(N)AOC-in-CBangalore | 01 Dec 87 - 30 Sep 91Air MarshalJagdish Kumar Seth4403 GD(P)AOC-in-CBangalore | |
07 Oct 91 - 31 May 93Air MarshalRajendra Kumar Dhawan4736 GD(P)AOC-in-CBangalore | 03 Sep 93 - 31 May 95Air MarshalVerinder Puri5199 GD(P)AOC-in-CBangalore | 01 Jul 95 - 31 Dec 97Air MarshalKrishna Bihari Singh5865 GD(P)AOC-in-CBangalore | 01 Jan 98 - 31 Mar 01Air MarshalJagbir Singh Rai6507 GD(P)AOC-in-CBangalore | 01 Apr 01 - 31 Dec 02Air MarshalTeshter Jall Master7224 GD(P)AOC-in-CBangalore | |
14 Feb 03 - 31 May 04Air MarshalBijoy Krishna Pandey8990 GD(P)AOC-in-CBangalore | 12 Jul 04 - 31 Jan 06Air MarshalSubhash Bhojwani9734 GD(P)AOC-in-CBangalore | 01 Mar 06 - 31 Oct 06Air MarshalBhushan Nilkanth Gokhale11630 GD(P)AOC-in-CBangalore | 01 Nov 06 - 30 Apr 08Air MarshalGurnam Singh Choudhary11870 GD(P)AOC-in-CBangalore | 01 May 08 - 30 Nov 10Air MarshalVenkataraman Ramamurthy Iyer12939 F(P)AOC-in-CBangalore | |
01 Dec 10 - 29 Feb 12Air MarshalDhiraj Kukreja13130 F(P)AOC-in-CBangalore | 01 Mar 12 - 30 Jun 13Air MarshalRajinder Singh13980 F(P)AOC-in-CBangalore | 01 Jul 13 - 30 Jun 14Air MarshalParamjit Singh Gill14097 F(P)AOC-in-CBangalore | 01 Jul 14 - 31 Jul 15Air MarshalRamesh Rai14669 F(P)AOC-in-CBangalore | 01 Sep 15 - 31 Jul 18Air MarshalSridharan Panicker Radha Krishnan Nair16040 F(P)AOC-in-CBangalore | |
01 Aug 18 - 30 Apr 19Air MarshalRakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria16026 F(P)AOC-in-CBangalore | 01 May 19 - 30 Sep 19Air MarshalSurendra Kumar Ghotia16575 F(P)AOC-in-CBangalore | 14 Oct 19 - 30 Sep 20Air MarshalAravindra Singh Butola16789 F(P)AOC-in-CBangalore | 01 Oct 20 - 31 Jul 21Air MarshalRajiv Dayal Mathur16772 F(P)AOC-in-CBangalore | 25 Sep 21 - 31 Dec 22Air MarshalManavendra Singh16983 F(P)AOC-in-CBangalore | |
01 Jan 23 - Air MarshalRadhakrishnan Radhish17853 F(P)AOC-in-CBangalore |