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 | |
| Founded | 26 January 1955 |
| Country | India |
| Branch | Indian Air Force |
| Type | support command |
| Headquarters | Nagpur, Maharashtra |
| Motto(s) | Sarvada Gagane Charetu (Sanskrit:Always Flying in the Sky) |
| Commanders | |
| Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief | Air 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
The command's Base Repair Depots include:[2]
- 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
- 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) - Jane's World Air Forces: India, 20 May 2010, via defense.pk
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