Maintenance Command, Indian Air Force | |
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Emblem of the Maintenance Command |
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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 J Chandra AVSM VSM |
Maintenance Command IAF 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 mainenance of various types of aircraft.
The command's Base Repair Depots include:[1]
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 |