Eastern Air Command (India)
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The Eastern Air Command is one of the five operational
Activities and responsibilities
The Eastern Air Command has a specific mandate both during peace and war. In war situations, the command is tasked to conduct
The command has three broad spheres of activity - operations, maintenance and administration. The fighter squadrons under the Eastern Air Command are equipped with MiG variants, and pilots are under continuous training for operational flying.
At
The
Pilots operate from the advance landing grounds (ALG) with only one third of the length of a regular runway, having unique and uni-directional approach and take off requirements. This coupled with the vagaries of weather expects superior skills from the pilots and their navigators. Both man and machine are stretched to the limits of their capabilities.
Helicopter operations also form a critical part of the responsibilities of the Easter Air Command. For the pilots who negotiate this remote and inaccessible terrain, the experience gained over the last five decades has been well assimilated. The contribution of Eastern Air Command in bringing relief and in aiding civilian population in times of calamity and strife is an unsung saga of commitment, daring and dedication.
War operations
The Eastern Air Command was a major participant in 1962
During the 1962 war, Eastern Air Command was tasked with mounting transport support missions, a task admirably performed by its
During the 1971 war, Eastern Air Command was tasked with offensive as well as supply operations. It was involved right from the first
Organization
Squadrons include (as of 2015):
Squadron | Base | Equipment | Notes |
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No. 43 Squadron IAF | Jorhat Air Force Station
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AN-32
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No. 10 Wing |
No. 129 Helicopter Unit, IAF | Jorhat Air Force Station
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Mi-17
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No. 10 Wing |
No. 2 Squadron IAF | Tezpur Air Force Station
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Su-30 MKI
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No. 11 Wing |
No. 106 Squadron IAF | Tezpur Air Force Station
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Su-30 MKI
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No. 11 Wing |
No. 115 Helicopter Unit, IAF | Tezpur Air Force Station
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HAL Dhruv | No. 11 Wing |
No. 101 Squadron IAF | Hasimara Air Force Station | Dassault Rafale | No. 16 Wing |
No. 102 Squadron IAF | Chabua Air Force Station | Su-30 MKI
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No.14 Wing |
Helicopter Unit | Chabua Air Force Station | Mi-8
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No. 14 Wing |
Helicopter Unit | Chabua Air Force Station | Mi-17
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No. 14 Wing |
No. 59 Squadron IAF | Mountain Shadow Air Force Station
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Avro 748 M
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No. 19 Wing |
No. 118 Helicopter Unit, IAF | Mountain Shadow Air Force Station
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Mi-8
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No. 19 Wing |
No. 142 SSS Flight, IAF | Bagdogra Air Force Station
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HAL Chetak
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No. 20 Wing |
No. 110 Helicopter Unit, IAF | Kumbhirgram Air Force Station
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Mi-8
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No. 22 Wing |
No. 127 Helicopter Unit, IAF
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Mohanbari Air Force Station
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Mi-17
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No. 42 Wing |
No. 128 Helicopter Unit, IAF | Mohanbari Air Force Station
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Mi-17
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No. 42 Wing |
No. 87 Squadron IAF | Air Force Station Arjan Singh | C-130J
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No. 31 Wing |
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief
Rank | Name | From | To |
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Air Vice Marshal
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Kundan Lal Sondhi | 7 December 1959[1] | 28 December 1961 |
Kanwar Jaswant Singh | 3 March 1962[1] | 1 January 1963 | |
Shivdev Singh | 14 January 1963[1] | 9 June 1963 | |
Ramaswamy Rajaram | 10 June 1963[1] | 4 August 1963 | |
Minoo Merwan Engineer | 5 August 1963[1] | 30 September 1964 | |
Yeshwant Vinayak Malse | 1 October 1964[1] | 30 September 1966 | |
Ranjan Dutt | 28 October 1966[1] | 31 March 1968 | |
Air Marshal | Hirendra Nath Chatterjee | 1 April 1968[1] | 23 March 1971 |
Hari Chand Dewan | 24 March 1971[1] | 31 March 1973 | |
Maurice Barker | 1 April 1973[1] | 21 April 1976 | |
Lal Singh Grewal | 24 April 1976[1] | 12 August 1978 | |
Lakshman Madhav Katre | 4 September 1978[1] | 2 January 1981 | |
Malcolm Shirley Dundas Wollen | 3 January 1981[1] | 26 February 1983 | |
Douglas George King-Lee | 1 March 1983[1] | 30 November 1983 | |
Minoo Jehangir Dotiwalla | 1 December 1983[1] | 31 October 1984 | |
Kapil Dev Chadha | 5 November 1984[1] | 31 December 1987 | |
Man Mohan Sinha | 8 February 1988[1] | 31 January 1991 | |
Rajendra Kumar Dhawan | 11 February 1991[1] | 5 October 1991 | |
Brijesh Dhar Jayal | 7 October 1991[1] | 30 March 1992 | |
Dushyant Singh | 1 May 1992[1] | 31 January 1995 | |
Janak Kapur | 1 February 1995[1] | 31 March 1996 | |
Prithvi Singh Brar | 1 April 1996[1] | 3 January 1999 | |
Krishnan Narayan Nair | 4 January 1999[1] | 30 November 2000 | |
Satish Govind Inamdar | 1 December 2000[1] | 31 October 2004 | |
Avinash Deodata Joshi | 1 November 2004[1] | 21 August 2005 | |
Fali Homi Major | 5 September 2005[1] | 31 March 2007 | |
Pranab Kumar Barbora | 1 April 2007[1] | 31 December 2007 | |
Shiv Kumar Bhan | 1 January 2008[1] | 31 December 2009 | |
Krishan Kumar Nohwar | 1 January 2010[1] | 31 July 2011 | |
Simhakutty Varthaman | 1 August 2011[1] | 31 November 2012 | |
Ravi Kant Sharma | 1 December 2012[1] | 31 December 2013 | |
Rakesh Kumar Jolly | 1 January 2014[1] | 31 December 2014 | |
Shirish Baban Deo | 1 January 2015[1] | 31 August 2015 | |
Chandrashekharan Hari Kumar | 1 October 2015[1] | 31 December 2016 | |
Anil Khosla | 1 January 2017[1] | 30 September 2018 | |
Raghunath Nambiar | 1 October 2018[1] | 28 February 2019 | |
Rajiv Dayal Mathur | 1 March 2019[1] | 30 September 2020 | |
Amit Dev | 1 October 2020[1] | 30 September 2021 | |
Dilip Kumar Patnaik | 3 October 2021[1] | 30 September 2022 | |
Sujeet Pushpakar Dharkar | 1 October 2022[1] | Incumbent |
Aircraft
- Sukhoi Su-30 MKI
- Mil Mi-17
- Mil Mi-24
- Avro 748
- An-32
- BAE Hawk
- Lockheed C-130J Super Hercules
- Dassault Rafale
See also
- Indian Air Force
- No. 22 Squadron, Indian Air Force
- Sino-Indian War
- East Pakistan Operations 1971
- Operation Meghdoot
- Orissa Super Cyclone