Maintenance Command

Maintenance Command is a command of the Indian Air Force. It was raised as Maintenance Group at Chakeri in Kanpur in 1950. In 1955, it was designated as Maintenance Command. Its current headquarters is located at Vayusena Nagar in Nagpur (Maharashtra); it handles the repair, overhaul and maintenance of all aircraft, helicopters and other equipment. MC has about nine Base Repair Depots taking care of the overhaul and maintenance of various types of aircraft.

Maintenance Command
Emblem of the Maintenance Command
Founded26 January 1955
CountryIndia
BranchIndian Air Force
Typesupport command
HeadquartersNagpur, Maharashtra
Motto(s)Sarvada Gagane Charetu
(Sanskrit:Always Flying in the Sky)
Commanders
Air Officer Commanding-in-ChiefAir Marshal Shashiker Choudhary VSM[1]
Air Marshal Hemant Sharma, AVSM, VSM, handing over the aircraft HPT-32 to Narayan Ramdas Iyer at Raman Science Centre on 15 December 2017

History

The Maintenance Command was established on 26 January 1955. Group Captain Harjinder Singh was the first Commanding Officer (CO). Harjinder Singh, a legendary engineering officer with many firsts to his credit was at the helm of the command until his retirement in 1963. The appointment of the CO was upgraded to Air Officer Commanding (AOC) in 1958 when Singh was promoted to Air Commodore.[2] It was further upgraded to Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C) when he was promoted to the rank of Air Vice Marshal. In 1971, the appointment of AOC-in-C was upgraded to the three-star rank of Air Marshal.[3]

Organisation

The command's Base Repair Depots include:[4]

  • 1 Base Repair Depot Kanpur-Chakeri Various Overhaul
  • 2 Base Repair Depot Gwalior-Maharajpur Various Overhaul
  • 3 Base Repair Depot Chandigarh Mi-8, Mi-17, Mi-25, Mi-35 Overhaul
  • 4 Base Repair Depot Kanpur-Chakeri Various Overhaul
  • 5 Base Repair Depot Coimbatore-Sulur Various Overhaul
  • 7 Base Repair Depot Tughlakabad- New Delhi Various Missile System
  • 9 Base Repair Depot Pune, Various Overhaul
  • 11 Base Repair Depot Ojhar MiG-23, MiG-29 Overhaul
  • 18 Base Repair Depot Jodhpur MiG-21 Overhaul

See also

References
  1. Outlook https://www.outlookindia.com/newsscroll/choudhary-takes-over-as-chief-of-iafs-maintenance-command/1698436. Retrieved 1 January 2020. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "THE ROLE OF MAINTENANCE COMMAND IN THE IAF" (PDF). pibarchive.nic.in. 17 March 1956.
  3. "Maintenance Command". www.bharat-rakshak.com.
  4. Jane's World Air Forces: India, 20 May 2010, via defense.pk
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