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
Founded22 July 1949
CountryIndia
BranchIndian Air Force
TypeOperational Air Command
RoleFlying and ground training.
HeadquartersBangalore, Karnataka
Motto(s)Sanskrit: Tamasoma Jyotirgamaya
"From darkness, lead us unto Light"
Commanders
Air Officer Commanding-in-ChiefAir Marshal Rajiv Dayal Mathur, PVSM, AVSM, VSM[1]

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.[2]

Among Training Command's units is the Navigation Training School at Begumpet Air Force Station, Hyderabad. It flies the BAe HS. 748,[3] 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.

List of Commanders
Rank Name Appointment Date Left Office Notes References
AOC, No. 2 Indian Group
Air Commodore Cyril Douglas Adams 15 August 1947 15 September 1947 Last Royal Air Force commander. [4][5]
AOC, No. 2 Training Group
Air Commodore Cyril Douglas Adams 15 September 1947 4 November 1947 Last Royal Air Force commander. [5]
Narendra 4 November 1947 13 November 1948 First Indian commander. [4]
R. H. D. Singh 13 November 1948 21 July 1949 [6]
AOC, Training Command
Air Commodore R. H. D. Singh 22 July 1949 17 December 1952 [5][7]
S. N. Goyal 17 December 1952 9 January 1956 [7][8]
Pratap Chandra Lal 9 January 1956 [8]

See also

Notes
  1. "Indian Air Force to see major reshuffle at top level on October 1". New Indian Express. 29 September 2020.
  2. Sarkar, Hindustan year-book and who's who, 536
  3. Dutch Aviation Society, Indian Air Force Order of Battle Archived 2011-11-09 at the Wayback Machine, verified October 2011
  4. "Air Commodore Narendra to Command No. 2 Group RIAF" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 4 November 1947. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  5. "Training Command of the IAF" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 1 April 1950. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  6. "Two New Air Commodores" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 13 November 1948. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  7. "Air Headquarters Appointments" (PDF). Press Information Bureau of India - Archive. 21 November 1952. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  8. "Part I-Section 4: Ministry of Defence (Air Branch)" (PDF). The Gazette of India. 16 June 1956. p. 124.

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