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The unit was raised on 5 October 1964 at 9 Wing of the Indian Air Force. In May 1965, it was shifted to Barnala and started operating the Star Sapphire radar. The unit converted to the THD radar in January 1981. In September 1982, it was renamed to 42 Signal Unit and was nicknamed Madbees (Master of Air Defence Barnala).
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The Indian Air Force currently operates seven Air Commands. Each command is headed by an Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the rank of Air Marshal. The Air Force currently has over 60 air stations all over India. These are grouped into seven commands: Western Air Command at New Delhi, Delhi. Eastern Air Command at Shillong, Meghalaya.
444 Signals Unit (SU) formed within 90 Group, Strike Command, with effect from 16 August 1971, and was established as a lodger unit at Stanley Fort, Hong Kong. The primary role of 444 SU was to act as a ground station for the Skynet (satellite) communications system. The Royal Air Force had received responsibility for operating the Skynet ...
No. 90 Signals Unit was formed on 1 April 2006 under the command of a Group captain. [4] Force elements from RAF Brize Norton , RAF High Wycombe and RAF Sealand relocated to RAF Leeming in Yorkshire between Summer 2007 and Summer 2009 as part of the creation of the A6 Communications hub.
Graphic of the Royal Air Force's No. 1 ISR Wing structure. The current structure of the wing is as follows: [5] No.1 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing. Wing Headquarters, at RAF Waddington; No. 54 Signals Unit; No. 1 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Squadron; No.2 Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance ...
The Indian Air Force (IAF) is the air arm of the Indian Armed Forces. Its primary mission is to secure Indian airspace and to conduct aerial warfare during armed conflicts. It was officially established on 8 October 1932 as an auxiliary air force of the British Empire which honoured India's aviation service during World War II with the prefix ...
At Independence, the head of the Air Force designated as the "Air Marshal Commanding, Royal Indian Air Force". On 1 March 1948, the title of "Chief of the Air Staff" was added, [ 25 ] with a further re-designation to " Chief of the Air Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Royal Indian Air Force " on 21 June to maintain uniformity across the three ...