NAGPUR: Air Marshal Hemant Sharma assumed charge as the thirty-fourth air officer commanding-in-chief of Headquarters Maintenance Command, Indian Air Force, on Thursday. On his arrival, Sharma was presented a guard of honour by air warriors.
Addressing field commanders during Commanders Conclave, Sharma urged them to achieve mission statement of Maintenance Command which mandates pursuance of excellence in all facets of operations, maintenance and administration. The conclave provided an opportunity to the incoming AOC-in-C to share his vision for the Maintenance Command with field commanders. Air Marshal RKS Shera, Air Vice-Marshal SC Chafekar and Air Vice-Marshal Biju Paul were present.
The air officer is a recipient of Ati Vishisht Seva Medal for his distinguished service to the nation. Sharma is well-versed with front-line fighter aircraft in Indian Air Force. He revolutionized the communication layers of IAF by pioneering the pan-India voice over IP network, namely the Air Force Net. The Air Marshal has held various field and staff appointments during his service career.
At a function, Kusum Sharma took over command of Air Force Wives Welfare Association (regional) from Asha Aneja.
Maintenance CommandMC 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). Read Detailed History |
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| 26 Jan 55 to 02 Aug 63 | AV M | Harjinder Singh | 1963 ENG | AOC-in-C | Kanpur |
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| 03 Aug 63 to 17 Feb 67 | AVM | Om Prakash Mehra | 1639 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Nagpur |
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| 18 Feb 67 to 31 Mar 68 | Air Vice Marshal | Hirendra Nath Chatterjee | 1620 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Nagpur |
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| 01 Apr 68 to 23 Mar 71 | Air Vice Marshal | Hari Chand Dewan | 1598 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Nagpur |
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| 24 Mar 71 to 31 Mar 73 | Air Marshal | Gurbachan Singh | 1779 LGS | AOC-in-C | Nagpur |
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| 01 Apr 73 to 29 Feb 76 | Air Marshal | Anand Ramdas Pandit | 1707 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Nagpur |
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| 01 Mar 76 to 19 May 77 | Air Marshal | Idris Hasan Latif | 1804 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Nagpur |
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| 20 May 77 to 31 Jul 78 | Air Marshal | Devaiah Subia | 1866 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Nagpur |
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| 24 Aug 78 to 19 Jan 79 | Air Marshal | Jafar Zaheer | 3173 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Nagpur |
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| 22 Feb 79 to 29 Feb 80 | Air Marshal | Hemant Ramkrishna Chitnis | 2964 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Nagpur |
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| 18 Apr 80 to 13 Jan 81 | Air Marshal | Chandra Kant Viswanath Gole | 3652 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Nagpur |
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| 14 Jan 81 to 31 Jan 85 | Air Marshal | Kanwar Iqbal Singh Chabbra | 3831 F(N) | AOC-in-C | Nagpur |
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| 01 Feb 85 to 31 Dec 85 | Air Marshal | Satish Chandra Lal | 3793 AE(L) | AOC-in-C | Nagpur |
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| 01 Jan 86 to 31 Oct 87 | Air Marshal | Madan Lal Sethi | 4009 F(N) | AOC-in-C | Nagpur |
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| 01 Nov 87 to 30 Apr 89 | Air Marshal | Kuldip Singh Bhatia | 4139 AE(L) | AOC-in-C | Nagpur |
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| 01 May 89 to 31 Jan 91 | Air Marshal | Sibaprasad Chakrabarti | 4528 AE(M) | AOC-in-C | Nagpur | |
| 01 Feb 91 to 30 Jun 93 | Air Marshal | Indrakanty Gopala Krishna | 5398 AE(M) | AOC-in-C | Nagpur |
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| 01 Jul 93 to 31 Dec 94 | Air Marshal | Rajamani Ramamurthy | 5614 AE(M) | AOC-in-C | Nagpur |
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| 01 Jan 95 to 31 Oct 96 | Air Marshal | Ramesh Chandra Bajpai | 5967 AE(L) | AOC-in-C | Nagpur |
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| 01 Nov 96 to 31 Jul 97 | Air Marshal | Ghanshyam Gururani | 6387 AE(M) | AOC-in-C | Nagpur |
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| 01 Aug 97 to 30 Apr 02 | Air Marshal | Shanti Swaroop Gupta | 6805 AE(M) | AOC-in-C | Nagpur |
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| 01 May 02 to 30 Apr 04 | Air Marshal | Dinesh Chandra Nigam | 7938 AE(L) | AOC-in-C | Nagpur |
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| 06 Jul 04 to 30 Apr 05 | Air Marshal | Vijay Achyut Patkar | 8632 AE(L) | AOC-in-C | Nagpur |
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| 16 May 05 to 31 Mar 07 | Air Marshal | Kirti Shekhar Chaturvedi | 12100 AE(L) | AOC-in-C | Nagpur |
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| 02 Apr 07 to 30 Nov 07 | Air Marshal | Jayant Satchidanand Apte | 11900 AE(L) | AOC-in-C | Nagpur |
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| 01 Dec 07 to 31 Mar 09 | Air Marshal | Gautam Nayyar | 13024 AE(M) | AOC-in-C | Nagpur |
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| 01 Apr 09 to 31 Aug 11 | Air Marshal | Pramod Vasant Athawale | 13472 AE(L) | AOC-in-C | Nagpur |
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| 01 Sep 11 to 30 Jun 13 | Air Marshal | Jagdish Chandra | 14613 AE(L) | AOC-in-C | Nagpur |
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| 01 Jul 13 to 30 Nov 14 | Air Marshal | Packiriswamy Kanakaraj | 15066 AE(M) | AOC-in-C | Nagpur |
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| 01 Dec 14 to 31 Mar 16 | Air Marshal | Jagjeet Singh | 14814 AE(L) | AOC-in-C | Nagpur |
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| 01 Apr 16 to 31 May 17 | Air Marshal | Pankaj Aneja | 15975 AE(M) | AOC-in-C | Nagpur |
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| 01 Jun 17 to | Air Marshal | Hemant Sharma | 15941 AE(L) | AOC-in-C | Nagpur |
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