Training Command (India)
Training Command is the Indian Air Force's command responsible for flying and ground training.
| Air Training Command | |
|---|---|
Emblem of the Training Air Command | |
| 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" |
| Commanders | |
| Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief | Air Marshal Radhakrishnan Radhish, AVSM, VM |
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 edit
| Rank | Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Air commodore | Ravinder Hari Darshan Singh | 22 July 1949[3] | 3 December 1952 |
| Surendra Nath Goyal | 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 | |
| Ranjan Dutt | 23 March 1959[3] | 12 April 1960 | |
| Air Vice Marshal | 13 April 1960[3] | 29 December 1960 | |
| Surendra Nath Goyal | 1 April 1961[3] | 6 August 1966 | |
| Teja Singh Virk | 10 August 1966[3] | 22 August 1969 | |
| Victor Srihari | 30 August 1969[3] | 3 March 1972 | |
| Anand Ramdas Pandit | 4 March 1972[3] | 8 April 1973 | |
| Gian Dev Sharma | 9 April 1973[3] | 29 June 1947 | |
| George Kanishtkumar John | 1 July 1974[3] | 22 March 1976 | |
| Air Marshal | Maurice Barker | 22 April 1976[3] | 22 September 1976 |
| Randhir Singh | 23 October 1976[3] | 29 April 1978 | |
| Hemant Ramkrishna Chitnis | 11 May 1978[3] | 19 February 1979 | |
| George Kanishtkumar John | 20 February 1979[3] | 30 September 1979 | |
| Balwant Wickram Chauhan | 29 October 1979[3] | 19 September 1981 | |
| Erasseri Pathayapurayil Radhakrishnan Nair | 20 October 1981[3] | 28 February 1985 | |
| Vir Narain | 1 March 1985[3] | 30 November 1987 | |
| Jagdish Kumar Seth | 1 December 1987[3] | 30 September 1991 | |
| Rajendra Kumar Dhawan | 7 October 1991[3] | 31 May 1993 | |
| Verinder Puri | 3 September 1993[3] | 31 May 1995 | |
| Krishna Bihari Singh | 1 July 1995[3] | 31 December 1997 | |
| Jagbir Singh Rai | 1 January 1998[3] | 31 March 2001 | |
| Teshter Jall Master | 1 April 2001[3] | 31 December 2002 | |
| Bijoy Krishna Pandey | 3 February 2003[3] | 31 May 2004 | |
| Subhash Bhojwani | 12 July 2004[3] | 31 January 2006 | |
| Bhushan Nilkanth Gokhale | 1 March 2006[3] | 31 October 2006 | |
| Gurnam Singh Choudhary | 1 November 2006[3] | 30 April 2008 | |
| Venkataraman Ramamurthy Iyer | 1 May 2008[3] | 30 November 2010 | |
| Dhiraj Kukreja | 1 December 2010[3] | 29 February 2012 | |
| Rajinder Singh | 1 March 2012[3] | 30 June 2013 | |
| Paramjit Singh Gill | 1 July 2013[3] | 30 June 2014 | |
| Ramesh Rai | 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] | 31 December 2022 | |
| Radhakrishnan Radhish | 1 January 2023[5] | Incumbent |
See also edit
Notes edit
- ^ Sarkar, Hindustan year-book and who's who, 536
- ^ Dutch Aviation Society, Indian Air Force Order of Battle 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.
- ^ "Training Command IAF". IAF. 2023-01-01.
Sources edit
- Sarkar, M. C. (1962). Hindustan year-book and who's who. Retrieved 2009-04-17.