- Maintenance Command, Indian Air Force
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Maintenance Command, Indian Air Force
Emblem of the Maintenance CommandFounded 26 January 1955 Country India Branch Indian Air Force Type support command Headquarters Nagpur, Maharashtra Motto Sarvada Gagane Charetu
(Sanskrit:Always Flying in the Sky)Commanders Current
commanderAir Marshal PV Athawale AVSM VSM Maintenance Command 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 mainenance of various types of aircraft.
The command's Base Repair Depots include:[1]
- 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
- 11 Base Repair Depot Ojhar Various Overhaul
- Base Repair Depot Jodhpur MiG-21 Overhaul
References
- ^ Jane's World Air Forces: India, 20 MAy 2010, via defense.pk
Commands of the Indian Air Force Operational Commands Command HQ Location Central Air Command (CAC) Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh Eastern Air Command (EAC) Shillong, Meghalaya Southern Air Command (SAC) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala South Western Air Command (SWAC) Gandhinagar, Gujarat Western Air Command (WAC) Subroto Park, New Delhi Functional Commands Training Command (TC) Bangalore, Karnataka Maintenance Command (MC) Nagpur, Maharashtra Categories:- Military units and formations of the Indian Air Force
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