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South Western Air Command

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South Western Air Command Indian Air Force
Emblem of the South Western Air Command
Founded	23 July 1980
Country	India
Branch	Indian Air Force
Type	Operational Air Command
Role	Air Defence,Maritime strike role.
Headquarters	Gandhinagar
Mottos	Sanskrit:Jai Shree Varte Veeramh Victory embraces the brave
Engagements	Atlantique incident,Bhuj earthquake relief, 2001,Gujarat flood relief, 2005
Commanders
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief	Air Marshal Tejinder Singh,AVSM,VM

Military unit

TheSouth Western Air Command (SWAC) is one of the five operational commands of theIndian Air Force, headquartered inGandhinagar. It was raised inJodhpur in July 1980 from the No.1 Operations Group of theWestern Air Command. Its operations sector includes most ofRajasthan, throughGujarat andSaurashtra, as far south asKutch andPune. The SWAC moved to its current headquarters inGandhinagar in May 1998, and incorporates the Indian airbases ofBhuj,Jaisalmer,Phalodi,Naliya,Jamnagar,Jodhpur,Uttarlai/Barmer andPune. It controls air operations in the south western air sector, which includes most of Rajasthan, and south through Gujarat to Saurashtra, and Kutch to Pune. It also operates the forward airbases atVadodara,Nal andSuratgarh. The SWAC's role has historically been largely of air defence, although it has been reported to have incorporated a strike profile.

Organisation

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Squadrons include:

Squadron	Base	Equipment	Notes
No. 20 Squadron IAF	Lohegaon Air Force Station	Su-30MKI	No. 2 Wing
No. 30 Squadron IAF	Lohegaon Air Force Station	Su-30MKI	No. 2 Wing
No. 15 Squadron IAF	Bhuj Air Force Station	Su-30 MKI	No. 27 Wing
No. 31 Squadron IAF	Jodhpur Air Force Station	Su-30 MKI	No.32 Wing
No. 107 Helicopter Unit, IAF	Jodhpur Air Force Station	Mi-8	No. 32 Wing
No. 116 Helicopter Unit, IAF	Jodhpur Air Force Station	HAL Chetak	No. 32 Wing
No. 119 Helicopter Unit, IAF	Jodhpur Air Force Station	Mi-8	No. 32 Wing
No. 143 Helicopter Unit, IAF	Jodhpur Air Force Station	HAL Prachand
No. 6 Squadron IAF	Jamnagar Air Force Station	JaguarIS/IM/IB	No. 33 Wing
No. 28 Squadron IAF	Jamnagar Air Force Station	Mig 29	No.33 Wing
No. 141 SSS Flight, IAF	Jamnagar Air Force Station	HAL Chetak	No. 33 Wing IAF
No. 18 Squadron IAF^[1]	Naliya Air Force Station	HAL Tejas	No. 49 Wing
No. 23 Squadron IAF	Suratgarh Air Force Station	Mig-21	No. 35 Wing IAF
No. 104 Helicopter Squadron, IAF	Suratgarh Air Force Station	Mi-35	No. 35 Wing
No. 11 Squadron IAF	Vadodara Air Force Station	Airbus C295	No. 36 Wing
No. 44 Squadron IAF	Nagpur Air Force Station	Il-76MD	No. 44 Wing
No. 4 Squadron IAF	Uttarlai Air Force Station	Su-30 MKI	No. 5 FBSU

Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief

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Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief South Western Air Command
S.No	Rank	Name	Assumed office	Left office	References
1	Air Marshal	Jagdish Raj Bhasin	23 July 1980	30 June 1983	^[2]
2		Chandra Kant Viswanath Gole	1 July 1983	31 October 1984	^[2]
3		Subramaniam Raghavendran	1 November 1984	6 January 1986	^[2]
4		Prem Pal Singh	8 January 1986	28 February 1987	^[2]
5		Surendra Kumar Mehra	1 March 1987	31 July 1988	^[2]
6		Partha Kumar Dey	1 August 1988	31 March 1992	^[2]
7		Brijesh Dhar Jayal	1 April 1992	30 September 1993	^[2]
8		Satish Kumar Sareen	6 October 1993	3 June 1994	^[2]
9		Kodendera Cariappa Cariappa	6 June 1994	31 January 1996	^[2]
10		Sharadkumar Ramakrishna Deshpande	1 February 1996	30 November 1997	^[2]
11		Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy	1 December 1997	31 October 1999	^[2]
12		Vinod Kumar Bhatia	1 November 1999	31 July 2001	^[2]
13		Michael McMahon	1 August 2001	31 January 2003	^[2]
14		Shashindra Pal Tyagi	1 February 2003	14 November 2003	^[2]
15		Adi Rustomji Ghandhi	17 November 2003	31 June 2004	^[2]
16		Satish Kumar Jain	12 July 2004	28 February 2006	^[2]
17		Pramod Kumar Mehra	1 March 2006	30 April 2007	^[2]
18		Kanwar Dalinderjit Singh	1 May 2007	30 September 2009	^[2]
19		Paramjit Singh Bhangu	1 October 2009	31 December 2010	^[2]
20		Anjan Kumar Gogoi	1 January 2011	28 February 2013	^[2]
21		Daljit Singh	1 March 2013	31 October 2014	^[2]
22		Birender Singh Dhanoa	1 November 2014	31 May 2015	^[2]
23		Ravinder Kumar Dhir	1 June 2015	30 September 2018	^[3]
24		Harjit Singh Arora	1 October 2018	30 September 2019	^[4]
25		Surendra Kumar Ghotia	1 October 2019	30 April 2021	^[5]
26		Sandeep Singh	1 May 2021	30 September 2021	^[6]
27		Vikram Singh	1 October 2021	30 April 2023	^[7]
28		Narmdeshwar Tiwari	1 May 2023	30 April 2025	^[8]
29		Nagesh Kapoor	1 May 2025	31 December 2025	^[9]
30		Tejinder Singh	1 January 2026	Incumbent	^[10]

References

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^Thomas, Wilson (27 May 2020)."IAF operationalises second LCA squadron, inducts first LCA Tejas in FOC standard".The Hindu.ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved31 May 2020.
^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v"South Western Air Command - BRF".Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved15 May 2021.
^"Air Marshal R K Dhir takes over as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of South-Western Air Command".The Economic Times. 14 July 2018.ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved29 December 2025.
^"Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora AVSM takes over Command as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief South Western Air Command" (Press release). 2 October 2018. Retrieved2 October 2018.
^"Air Marshal SK Ghotia to take over as AOC-in-C South Western Air Command".ANI News. Retrieved29 December 2025.
^"Air Marshal Sandeep Singh takes charge as chief of South Western Air Command".The Indian Express. 1 May 2021. Retrieved29 December 2025.
^"Air Marshal Vikram Singh takes charge at South Western Air Command".The Indian Express. 4 October 2021. Retrieved29 December 2025.
^PTI (1 May 2023)."Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari takes charge as AOC-in-C of South Western Command".ThePrint. Retrieved29 December 2025.
^PTI (1 May 2025)."Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor takes charge as AOC-in-C of South Western Air Command".ThePrint. Retrieved8 December 2025.
^"AIR MARSHAL TEJINDER SINGH TAKES OVER AS AIR OFFICER COMMANDING-IN-CHIEF SOUTH WESTERN AIR COMMAND, INDIAN AIR FORCE".Press Information Bureau. 1 January 2026.

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