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Line 1: {{Use dmy dates\|date=January 2020}} {{Infobox military unit \| unit_name = '''Southern Air Command''' Line 14 ⟶ 15: \| garrison_label = Headquarters \| nickname = \| motto = {{lang-sa\|Antariksham Prashasmahe}}<br />We Command the space \| colors = \| colors_label = \| battles = \| anniversaries = <!-- Commanders --> \| commander1 = Air Marshal [[Balakrishnan Manikantan]], [[AVSM]],[[Vayusena Medal\|VM]] \| commander1 = Air Marshal [[Balakrishnan Suresh]], [[AVSM]], [[Vayu Sena Medal\|VM]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/commanding-in-chief-of-sac-takes-charge/article24577575.ece\|title=New Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief for SAC\|date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/new-chief-of-iaf-training-command/article24586982.ece\|title=New chief of IAF Training Command\|date=3 August 2018}}</ref> \| commander1_label = [[Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief]] \| notable_commanders = <!-- Insignia --> Line 27 ⟶ 28: }} The '''Southern Air Command''' (SAC) of the [[Indian Air Force]] (IAF) is headquartered in [[Thiruvananthapuram]], which is inon the ~~southern~~southwestern side of [[India]]. This is one among the [[Indian Air Force#Commands\|seven commands]] of IAF. This command was started on 19 July 1984 and is relatively new among the other commands. The conflicts in [[Sri Lanka]] and the need for establishing a strong base over the [[Indian Ocean]] resulted to the formation of this new command. The SAC was inaugurated by ~~Indira Gandhi, the then~~ Prime Minister of[[Indira ~~India~~Gandhi]].<ref>Indian Air Force, [http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_page.php?pg_id=32&page_type=command&comm_id=5# Southern Air Command] {{webarchive\|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928064937/http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_page.php?pg_id=32&page_type=command&comm_id=5 \|date=28 September 2007 }}</ref> From 1984 to 1999, the command grew from 5 lodger units to 17 lodger units under its jurisdiction. Line 41 ⟶ 42: \|- \|[[No. 121 Helicopter Flight, IAF]] \|[[Car Nicobar Air Force Base\|Car Nicobar Air Force Station]] \|[[Mil Mi-8]] \|No. 37 Wing \|- \|[[No. 122 Helicopter Flight, IAF]] \|[[Car Nicobar Air Force Base\|Car Nicobar Air Force Station]] \|[[Mil Mi-8]] Line 52 ⟶ 58: \|[[No. 109 Helicopter Unit, IAF]] \|[[Sulur Air Force Station]] \|[[Mil Mi-817\|Mi-17 V5]] \|No. 43 Wing \|- \|[[No. 45 Squadron IAF]]<ref>{{Cite web \| url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/indian-made-tejas-fighter-aircraft-takes-first-flight-from-air-force-station-in-sulur-kerala-1876739 \| title=Tejas Commences Operations from Kerala's Sulur Air Force Station}}</ref> ~~\|[[No. 122 Helicopter Flight, IAF]]~~ \|[[~~Port Blair~~Sulur Air Force Station]] \|[[~~Mil~~HAL ~~Mi-8~~Tejas]] \|No. 43 Wing \|- \|[[No. 18 Squadron IAF]]<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Thomas\|first=Wilson\|date=2020-05-27\|title=IAF operationalises second LCA squadron, inducts first LCA Tejas in FOC standard\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/iaf-operationalises-second-lca-squadron-inducts-first-lca-tejas-in-foc-standard/article31685568.ece\|access-date=2020-05-31\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> \|[[Sulur Air Force Station]] \|[[HAL Tejas]] \| \|- \|[[No. 222 Squadron IAF]]<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/news/nation/2020/01/04/thanjavur-south-india-first-sukhoi-squadron.html\|title=Thanjavur set to host South India's first Sukhoi Squadron\|date=4 January 2020}}</ref> \|[[Thanjavur Air Force Station]] \|[[Sukhoi Su-30 MKI]]<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/sulur-air-base-to-get-one-more-lca-squadron/articleshow/68192399.cms\|title=Sulur air base to get one more LCA squadron \|work=The Times of India\|date=28 February 2019\|language=en\|access-date=17 September 2019}}</ref> \|No. 47 Wing<ref>{{Cite web \| url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=96238 \|title = Antony Dedicates to Nation New Air Force Station at Thanjavur}}</ref> \|} [[File:Southern Air Command technical area, Thiruvananthapuram.jpg\|thumb\|Technical area of the air command in Shangumukham near the [[Trivandrum International Airport]]]] ==Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief== ~~{{Expand list\|date=November 2018}}~~ {\| class="wikitable sortable" \|- Line 71 ⟶ 87: ! To \|- \| rowspan="431"\|[[Air Marshal]] \| Joseph Desa \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|1984\|06\|18}}<ref name="sac-brf">{{cite news\|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Units/list.php?qunit=SAC\|title=Southern Air Command - BRF \|access-date=8 May 2021\|website=Bharat Rakshak}}</ref> \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|1986\|11\|30}} \|- \| [[Rajagopal Sriramulu Naidu]] \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|1986\|01\|1}}<ref name="sac-brf"/> \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|1987\|9\|30}} \|- \| [[Gandharva Sen]] \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|1987\|12\|21}}<ref name="sac-brf"/> \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|1989\|10\|31}} \|- \| [[Suresh Chand]] \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|1989\|11\|7}}<ref name="sac-brf"/> \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|1991\|03\|31}} \|- \| [[Sukh Dev Mohan]] \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|1991\|05\|13}}<ref name="sac-brf"/> \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|1992\|04\|30}} \|- \| [[Ravinder Nath Bharadwaj]] \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|1992\|05\|1}}<ref name="sac-brf"/> \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|1993\|07\|31}} \|- \| [[Sherwin Derek Leslie Tully]] \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|1993\|09\|3}}<ref name="sac-brf"/> \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|1995\|03\|31}} \|- \| [[Bharat Kumar]] \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|1995\|05\|1}}<ref name="sac-brf"/> \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|1997\|04\|30}} \|- \| [[Krishnan Narayan Nair]] \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|1997\|05\|1}}<ref name="sac-brf"/> \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|1999\|06\|2}} \|- \| [[Darshan Singh Basra]] \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|1999\|01\|15}}<ref name="sac-brf"/> \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2000\|08\|31}} \|- \| [[Manjit Singh Sekhon]] \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2000\|09\|1}}<ref name="sac-brf"/> \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2002\|03\|12}} \|- \| [[Tej Mohan Asthana]] \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2002\|03\|18}}<ref name="sac-brf"/> \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2002\|12\|31}} \|- \| [[Anil Kumar Trikha]] \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2003\|01\|1}}<ref name="sac-brf"/> \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2003\|12\|31}} \|- \| [[Sunil Kumar Malik]] \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2004\|01\|2}}<ref name="sac-brf"/> \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2004\|09\|30}} \|- \| [[Sharad Yeshwant Savur]] \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2004\|08\|1}}<ref name="sac-brf"/> \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2006\|08\|31}} \|- \| [[Padamjit Singh Ahluwalia]] \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2006\|09\|1}}<ref name="sac-brf"/> \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2007\|1\|31}} \|- \| [[Yashwant Rao Rane]] \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2007\|02\|1}}<ref name="sac-brf"/> \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2008\|03\|31}} \|- \| [[Suresh Chandra Mukul]] \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2008\|04\|1}}<ref name="sac-brf"/> \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2008\|09\|30}} \|- \| [[Sadasivan Radhakrishnan]] \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2008\|10\|1}}<ref name="sac-brf"/> \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2009\|08\|31}} \|- \| [[Sumit Mukerji]] \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2009\|09\|1}}<ref name="sac-brf"/> \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2011\|06\|30}} \|- \| [[Satish Pal Singh]] \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2011\|07\|1}}<ref name="sac-brf"/> \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2012\|07\|31}} \|- \| [[Rakesh Kumar Jolly]] \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2012\|08\|1}}<ref name="sac-brf"/> \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2013\|12\|31}} \|- \| [[Arun Purushottam Garud]] \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2014\|01\|1}}<ref name="sac-brf"/> \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2015\|05\|31}} \|- \| [[Jasbir Walia]] \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2015\|06\|1}}<ref name="sac-brf"/> \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2015\|06\|01}} <ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/air-marshal-jasbir-walia-assumes-charge-115060101254_1.html\|title=Air Marshal Jasbir Walia assumes charge\|date=2015-06-01}}</ref> \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2016\|077\|31}} \|- \| [[Sunderraman Neelakantan]] \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2016\|08\|011}} \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2017\|03\|011}} \|- \| [[Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria]] \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2017\|03\|011}} \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2018\|08\|011}} \|- \| [[Balakrishnan Suresh]] \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2018\|08\|011}} \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2019\|10\|30}} ~~\| Present~~ \|- \| [[Amit Tiwari (air marshal)\|Amit Tiwari]] \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2019\|11\|1}} \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2021\|1\|31}} \|- \| [[Manavendra Singh]] \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2021\|2\|01}} \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2021\|9\|25}} \|- \| [[Jonnalagedda Chalapati]] \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2021\|10\|04}} \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2023\|03\|31}} \|- \| [[Balakrishnan Manikantan]] \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2023\|05\|01}} \| Incumbent<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.lokmattimes.com/national/sainik-school-classmates-on-a-high-as-new-southern-air-command-chief-takes-over-on-tuesday/\|title=Sainik School, classmates on a high as new Southern Air Command chief takes over on Tuesday \|publisher=Lokmat Times\|date=2023-05-01}}</ref> \|} ==References== ~~[[File:Southern Air Command technical area, Thiruvananthapuram.jpg\|thumb\|Technical area of the air command in Shangumukham near the [[Trivandrum International Airport]]]]~~ {{Reflist}} ==External links== * Indian Air Force, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928064937/http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_page.php?pg_id=32&page_type=command&comm_id=5 Southern Air Command] {{Military of India}} ~~==References==~~ ~~<references />~~ {{Indian Air Force}} ~~{{Use dmy dates\|date=October 2010}}~~ ~~{{Commands of IAF}}~~ [[Category:Commands of the Indian Air Force]] [[Category:Military units and formations established in 1984]] [[Category:Military units and formations of the Indian Air Force]] [[Category:Organisations based in Thiruvananthapuram]] [[Category:1984 establishments in Kerala]]