The Southern Air Command (SAC) of the Indian Air Force (IAF) is headquartered in Thiruvananthapuram, which is on the southwestern side of India. This is one among the seven commands of IAF. This command was started on 19 July 1984 and is relatively new among the other commands. The conflicts in Sri Lanka and the need for establishing a strong base over the Indian Ocean resulted to the formation of this new command. The SAC was inaugurated by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.Indian Air Force, Southern Air Command
From 1984 to 1999, the command grew from 5 lodger units to 17 lodger units under its jurisdiction. Air-sea rescue in the Indian Ocean may be among the command's tasks.
Organization
Squadrons include:
SquadronBaseEquipmentNotesNo. 121 Helicopter Flight, IAFCar Nicobar Air Force StationMi-17No. 37 WingNo. 122 Helicopter Flight, IAFCar Nicobar Air Force StationMi-17 V5No. 37 WingNo. 33 Squadron IAFSulur Air Force StationAntonov An-32No. 43 WingNo. 109 Helicopter Unit, IAFSulur Air Force StationMi-17 V5No. 43 WingNo. 45 Squadron IAFSulur Air Force StationHAL TejasNo. 43 WingNo. 222 Squadron IAFThanjavur Air Force StationSukhoi Su-30 MKINo. 47 Wing
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief +List of Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Rank Name From ToAir Marshal Joseph Desa Rajagopal Sriramulu Naidu Gandharva Sen Suresh Chand Sukh Dev Mohan Ravinder Nath Bharadwaj Sherwin Derek Leslie Tully Bharat Kumar Krishnan Narayan Nair Darshan Singh Basra Manjit Singh Sekhon Tej Mohan Asthana Anil Kumar Trikha Sunil Kumar Malik Sharad Yeshwant Savur Padamjit Singh Ahluwalia Yashwant Rao Rane Suresh Chandra Mukul Sadasivan Radhakrishnan Sumit Mukerji Satish Pal Singh Rakesh Kumar Jolly Arun Purushottam Garud Jasbir Walia Sunderraman Neelakantan Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria Balakrishnan Suresh Amit Tiwari Manavendra Singh Jonnalagedda Chalapati Balakrishnan Manikantan Manish Khanna Jasvir Singh Mann Incumbent
References
External links Indian Air Force, Southern Air Command