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Southern Air Command (India)

The Southern Air Command (SAC) of the Indian Air Force (IAF) is headquartered in Thiruvananthapuram, which is on the southwestern side of India. This is one among the seven commands of IAF. This command was started on 19 July 1984 and is relatively new among the other commands. The conflicts in Sri Lanka and the need for establishing a strong base over the Indian Ocean resulted to the formation of this new command. The SAC was inaugurated by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.[1]

Southern Air Command
Emblem of the Southern Air Command
Founded19 July 1984
CountryIndia
BranchIndian Air Force
TypeOperational Air Command
HeadquartersThiruvananthapuram, Kerala
Motto(s)Sanskrit: Antariksham Prashasmahe
We Command the space
Commanders
Air Officer Commanding-in-ChiefAir Marshal Balakrishnan Manikantan, AVSM,VM

From 1984 to 1999, the command grew from 5 lodger units to 17 lodger units under its jurisdiction. Air-sea rescue in the Indian Ocean may be among the command's tasks.

Organization edit

Squadrons include:

SquadronBaseEquipmentNotes
No. 121 Helicopter Flight, IAFCar Nicobar Air Force StationMil Mi-8No. 37 Wing
No. 122 Helicopter Flight, IAFCar Nicobar Air Force StationMil Mi-8No. 37 Wing
No. 33 Squadron IAFSulur Air Force StationAntonov An-32No. 43 Wing
No. 109 Helicopter Unit, IAFSulur Air Force StationMi-17 V5No. 43 Wing
No. 45 Squadron IAF[2]Sulur Air Force StationHAL TejasNo. 43 Wing
No. 18 Squadron IAF[3]Sulur Air Force StationHAL Tejas
No. 222 Squadron IAF[4]Thanjavur Air Force StationSukhoi Su-30 MKI[5]No. 47 Wing[6]
Technical area of the air command in Shangumukham near the Trivandrum International Airport

Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief edit

List of Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief
RankNameFromTo
Air MarshalJoseph Desa18 June 1984[7]30 November 1986
Rajagopal Sriramulu Naidu1 January 1986[7]30 September 1987
Gandharva Sen21 December 1987[7]31 October 1989
Suresh Chand7 November 1989[7]31 March 1991
Sukh Dev Mohan13 May 1991[7]30 April 1992
Ravinder Nath Bharadwaj1 May 1992[7]31 July 1993
Sherwin Derek Leslie Tully3 September 1993[7]31 March 1995
Bharat Kumar1 May 1995[7]30 April 1997
Krishnan Narayan Nair1 May 1997[7]2 June 1999
Darshan Singh Basra15 January 1999[7]31 August 2000
Manjit Singh Sekhon1 September 2000[7]12 March 2002
Tej Mohan Asthana18 March 2002[7]31 December 2002
Anil Kumar Trikha1 January 2003[7]31 December 2003
Sunil Kumar Malik2 January 2004[7]30 September 2004
Sharad Yeshwant Savur1 August 2004[7]31 August 2006
Padamjit Singh Ahluwalia1 September 2006[7]31 January 2007
Yashwant Rao Rane1 February 2007[7]31 March 2008
Suresh Chandra Mukul1 April 2008[7]30 September 2008
Sadasivan Radhakrishnan1 October 2008[7]31 August 2009
Sumit Mukerji1 September 2009[7]30 June 2011
Satish Pal Singh1 July 2011[7]31 July 2012
Rakesh Kumar Jolly1 August 2012[7]31 December 2013
Arun Purushottam Garud1 January 2014[7]31 May 2015
Jasbir Walia1 June 2015[7]31 July 2016
Sunderraman Neelakantan1 August 20161 March 2017
Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria1 March 20171 August 2018
Balakrishnan Suresh1 August 201830 October 2019
Amit Tiwari1 November 201931 January 2021
Manavendra Singh1 February 202125 September 2021
Jonnalagedda Chalapati4 October 202131 March 2023
Balakrishnan Manikantan1 May 2023Incumbent[8]

References edit

  1. ^ Indian Air Force, Southern Air Command Archived 28 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Tejas Commences Operations from Kerala's Sulur Air Force Station".
  3. ^ Thomas, Wilson (27 May 2020). "IAF operationalises second LCA squadron, inducts first LCA Tejas in FOC standard". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Thanjavur set to host South India's first Sukhoi Squadron". 4 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Sulur air base to get one more LCA squadron". The Times of India. 28 February 2019. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
  6. ^ "Antony Dedicates to Nation New Air Force Station at Thanjavur".
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x "Southern Air Command - BRF". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  8. ^ "Sainik School, classmates on a high as new Southern Air Command chief takes over on Tuesday". Lokmat Times. 1 May 2023.

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