Maintenance Command, Indian Air Force

Maintenance Command, Indian Air Force
Emblem of the Maintenance Command
Founded	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 commander	Air 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

1. ^ 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