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Target Towing Flight


Date Raised : 1977-06-27 Location : Kalaikunda
TTF (No 1 and No 2) was formed in Jan 1947 on Vengeance was disbanded but got disbanded in July 1947. TTF was formed again at ATW in Jamnagar in 1951 on the Tempest. TTF gave up Tempest in Sep 55 and took up Toofanis which it flew for more than 10 years. TTF changed to Mystere in 1968-69. Further changed to Hunter - Roughly around 1972 and also moved to KKD from Jamnagar. TTF was disbanded around 2001-2002 with the Hunter decommissioning.
Aircraft Types operated over the years:

Commanding Officers


Unknown - 01 Dec 58
Flight Lieutenant
Stanhope Patrick Fisher
4108 GD(P)
CO
Jamnagar

Unknown - 31 Aug 67
Squadron Leader
Allan David Alley
4975 GD(P)
CO
Jamnagar

01 Sep 67 -
Flight Lieutenant
Darshan Singh Basra
6519 GD(P)
CO
Jamnagar

Unknown - 01 Apr 70
Squadron Leader
Vishnu Narain Johri
5676 GD(P)
CO
Jamnagar

01 Jan 85 - 31 Oct 86
Wing Commander
Jai Singh Gahlawat
11280 GD(P)
CO
Kalaikunda

01 Oct 88 - 31 May 91
Wing Commander
Sankara Pillai Kaliyal Janardanan Nair
10537 GD(P)
CO
Kalaikunda

Unknown - 01 Dec 98
Wing Commander
Paramjit Singh Mann
15570 F(P)
CO
Kalaikunda
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