Training Command (India)
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Air Training Command | |
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Founded | 22 July 1949 |
Country | India |
Branch | Indian Air Force |
Type | Operational Air Command |
Role | Flying and ground training. |
Headquarters | Bangalore, Karnataka |
Motto(s) | Sanskrit: Tamasoma Jyotirgamaya "From darkness, lead us unto Light" |
Training Command is the Indian Air Force's command responsible for flying and ground training.
In the 1930s, the approaching threat and later advent of World War II and the leaning of Japan towards the Axis powers, the latter was considered as a potential enemy. Therefore, need was felt to make IAF a self-supporting force for the South Eastern Theatre of war. This led to the rapid expansion of the IAF. A target was fixed of 10 IAF Squadrons. With this expansion, the requirement of pilots and technical personnel increased. For the training of technical personnel, a technical training school was set up at Ambala in 1940.
In a 1949 reorganisation of the Indian Air Force, while frontline units were put under the Operations Command, all the training institutions were placed under the jurisdiction of the Training Command.[1]
Among Training Command's units is the Navigation Training School at Begumpet Air Force Station, Hyderabad. It flies the BAe HS. 748,[2] the Basic Flying Training School and the Air Force Administrative College. The Hawk Operational Training Squadron and Weapon System Operators' School are located at Bidar Air Force Station which flows the Hawk Mk 132 trainer aircraft.
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief[]
Rank | Name | From | To |
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Air commodore | 22 July 1949[3] | 3 December 1952 | |
17 December 1952[3] | 10 January 1956 | ||
Pratap Chandra Lal | 11 January 1956[3] | 20 November 1957 | |
Kanwar Jaswant Singh | 27 May 1958[3] | 22 March 1959 | |
23 March 1959[3] | 12 April 1960 | ||
Air Vice Marshal | 13 April 1960[3] | 29 December 1960 | |
1 April 1961[3] | 6 August 1966 | ||
10 August 1966[3] | 22 August 1969 | ||
30 August 1969[3] | 3 March 1972 | ||
4 March 1972[3] | 8 April 1973 | ||
9 April 1973[3] | 29 June 1947 | ||
1 July 1974[3] | 22 March 1976 | ||
Air Marshal | Maurice Barker | 22 April 1976[3] | 22 September 1976 |
23 October 1976[3] | 29 April 1978 | ||
11 May 1978[3] | 19 February 1979 | ||
20 February 1979[3] | 30 September 1979 | ||
29 October 1979[3] | 19 September 1981 | ||
Erasseri Pathayapurayil Radhakrishnan Nair | 20 October 1981[3] | 28 February 1985 | |
1 March 1985[3] | 30 November 1987 | ||
1 December 1987[3] | 30 September 1991 | ||
7 October 1991[3] | 31 May 1993 | ||
3 September 1993[3] | 31 May 1995 | ||
1 July 1995[3] | 31 December 1997 | ||
1 January 1998[3] | 31 March 2001 | ||
1 April 2001[3] | 31 December 2002 | ||
3 February 2003[3] | 31 May 2004 | ||
Subhash Bhojwani | 12 July 2004[3] | 31 January 2006 | |
1 March 2006[3] | 31 October 2006 | ||
1 November 2006[3] | 30 April 2008 | ||
Venkataraman Ramamurthy Iyer | 1 May 2008[3] | 30 November 2010 | |
1 December 2010[3] | 29 February 2012 | ||
1 March 2012[3] | 30 June 2013 | ||
1 July 2013[3] | 30 June 2014 | ||
1 July 2014[3] | 31 July 2015 | ||
Sridharan Panicker Radha Krishnan Nair | 1 September 2015[3] | 31 July 2018 | |
Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria | 1 August 2018[3] | 30 April 2019 | |
Surendra Kumar Ghotia | 1 May 2019[3] | 30 September 2019 | |
Arvindra Singh Butola | 1 October 2019[3] | 30 September 2020 | |
Rajiv Dayal Mathur | 1 October 2020[3] | 31 July 2021[4] | |
Manavendra Singh | 25 September 2021[3] | Incumbent |
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ Sarkar, Hindustan year-book and who's who, 536
- ^ Dutch Aviation Society, Indian Air Force Order of Battle Archived 2011-11-09 at the Wayback Machine, verified October 2011
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an "Training Command - BRF". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 29 May 2021.
- ^ "Rapid Turnover in IAF Brass". Bharat Shakti. 2021-05-29.
Sources[]
- Sarkar, M. C. (1962). Hindustan year-book and who's who. Retrieved 2009-04-17.
- Commands of the Indian Air Force
- Military units and formations of the Indian Air Force