Start Date : 22 Jun 64 End Date : 29 Oct 66
96 Pilot Course - The course training was broken up into five states pre- commissioning - AFAC, EFTUs, PTE, AFFC and finally applied stage at various conversion units. Direct entry cadets selected for the 96 PC joined AFAC Coimbatore on 22 June 1964 and completed ground training on 24 October 1964.
Thereafter they were sent to various Elementary Flying Training Units (EFTUs) between 6 Dec 1964 and 1 March 1965. They were expected to do 25 hours of flying including about five hours solo. Tambaram and Nagpur had L-5s, Kanpur, Delhi and Patiala had Pushpak.
The Course was then sent to Pilot Training Establishment (PTE) Bamrauli for Basic stage flying between 28 March 1965 and October 1965 on the HT2. 27 NDA Course joined up at this stage. While the direct entry cadets did again 25 hours of flying, the NDA entry cadets did 50 hours.
The Course was then sent to AFFC Jodhpur for the intermediate stage flying on the Texan T6G/Harvard aircraft between October 1965 and 11 March 1966. Each Flight cadet was given between 75-80 hours of flying hours with about half of it being solo.
For the applied stage, the course was split into four groups on 24 March 1966. Roughly 60 cadets each were sent to FTW Hakimpet on Vampires for Fighter stream, No1. TTW at Begumpet and No. 2 TTW at Yelahanka on DC3 Dakota for Transport stream and 12 cadets were sent to LSTU Bamrauli on Bell G3 for helicopter stream. On completion of these stages successfully on 29 October 1966 they received commission and Wings. This was the largest course in IAF till date with 191 commissioned pilots.
SK Singh (10421) got the presidents Plaque for Best all-round officer of the course. He also got the CAS Medal for the best all-around officer of the Transport Wing and Das Gupta trophy for best in Transport Flying. VK Awasthi (10422) got CAS Medal for Best all-round officer of Jet Wing and JV D'silva (10447) got CAS Medal for Best all-round officer of Helicopter course. SS Grewal (10434) got Majumdar Trophy for best Jet Pilot.
No Image Available10421 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantShailendra Kumar SinghDied in Service on 07 Aug 73 | 10422 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderVinod Kumar AwasthiDied in Service on 19 Dec 80 | No Image Available10423 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantJitendra Kumar Singh | 10424 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderMadhusudan Sadashiv Sohoni | No Image Available10425 GD(P)Flying OfficerHarjit Singh ChowhanDied in Service on 20 Sep 68 |
10426 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderChandra Prakash Naidu | No Image Available10427 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderKailash Chander Chadda | 10428 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainRamesh Chandra Sharma | 10429 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainSarabjit Singh | No Image Available10430 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderSubhas Chander Narula |
10431 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderArun Kumar Isser | 10432 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderVelayudhan Gopa Kumar | 10433 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderShashikant Anandnath Koppikar | No Image Available10434 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderSukhcharan Singh Grewal | No Image Available10435 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderPramendra Kumar Banga |
No Image Available10436 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderVinod Kenneth Edwin | 10437 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainKamal Kumar Jotwani | 10438 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderAmarjit Singh Oberai | No Image Available10439 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderRaghbir Singh Sandhu | 10440 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air MarshalAjit Bhavnani |
10441 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderLeslie Raymond Springett | No Image Available10442 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flying OfficerMohit Lokumal Sadarangani | 10443 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air Vice MarshalAllandur Sulochanan Gurunathan | No Image Available10444 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderKrishnan Sundarajan | No Image Available10445 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderVirender Pal Singh Sidhu |
No Image Available10446 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderYogesh Sachdev | 10447 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderJohn Vincent D'Silva | 10448 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderBrij Dev Madhok | No Image Available10449 GD(P)Flight LieutenantHarish Chander Jain | 10450 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderMichael Alexander Wilson |
10451 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderJois Nagaraj | 10452 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderGurcharan Singh Madan | No Image Available10453 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderFreddy Kujur | 10454 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderThomas MathewsDied in Service on 04 Feb 87 | 10455 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderSiddappa Puttanna |
10456 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantPradip Vinayak ApteDied in Service on 04 Dec 71 | No Image Available10457 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderRalph Anthony Rodrigues | No Image Available10458 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderRatnesh Chandra Srivastava | No Image Available10459 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderKrishnamoorthi Vaidyanathan | 10460 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantAtma Singh GrewalDied in Service on 04 Dec 72 |
No Image Available10461 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderNand Lal Verma | 10462 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderVishwanathan Natarajan | No Image Available10463 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainPrabir Kumar Dutta | 10464 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air Vice MarshalRavindra Dattatreya Limaye | No Image Available10465 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flying OfficerAvinash Shankar Dandekar |
No Image Available10466 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderPritam Ganguli | No Image Available10467 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderVivek Kumar Gupta | 10468 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantSubramaniamudaliar MuthukumaraswamyDied in Service on 27 Jan 76 | 10469 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainJeffrey Reginald McKerrow | 10470 GD(P)Flying OfficerSubhas Chandra Borpatra GohainDied in Service on 25 Feb 71 |
No Image Available10471 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderNadan Mukund Rao | No Image Available10472 GD(P)Flying OfficerJagdish Chander MaedhDied in Service on 14 May 70 | No Image Available10473 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantVenkatachalam DhanushkodiDied in Service on 08 Aug 73 | 10474 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderPradeep Kumar Tayal | No Image Available10475 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderRajendra Kumar Nageshwar Rao Ithape |
10476 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderNoshir Soli Mistry | 10477 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderEdulker Balachand | 10478 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderManohar Sharma | No Image Available10479 GD(P)Pilot OfficerCadambe Narasimhachar RanganathanDied in Service on 07 Jun 67 | 10480 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderAlok Kaushal |
10481 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderAmarjeet Singh Chawla | 10482 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainKenneth Charles Tremenheere | 10483 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainShashi Mohan Puri | No Image Available10484 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderRamaswami Srinivasan | No Image Available10485 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderSushil Kumar Gupta |
10486 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderKollamparambil Narayanan Unnikrishnan | No Image Available10487 GD(P)Flying OfficerVirender Singh RandhawaDied in Service on 11 May 68 | 10488 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantParminder Jit Singh Sidhu | No Image Available10489 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderAnand Sarup Bhardwaj | No Image Available10490 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderJoe Grant Lalmingliana |
No Image Available10491 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderAbraham Koshy | 10492 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantAshok Avadhutrao Rajshirke | No Image Available10493 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainOm Parkash Vashist | No Image Available10494 GD(P)Flying OfficerSimran Singh Shyam KohliDied in Service on 05 May 67 | No Image Available10495 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainRavindra Singh Malhari |
10496 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantHarkant Singh Chonker | 10497 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderAnil Kumar Sharma | No Image Available10498 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderPushpinder Singh Manak | No Image Available10499 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantSwamirathnam Balasubramanian | No Image Available10500 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderHarbir Singh Sidhu |
No Image Available10501 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderSudhir Bhaskar Nadkarni | No Image Available10502 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderSurinder Mohan Sharma | 10503 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantJoaquim D'SouzaDied in Service on 17 Dec 71 | 10504 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderVidyadhar Shankarrao Chati | No Image Available10505 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderPrabh Dial Singh Ahluwalia |
No Image Available10506 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderManjit Singh Sandhu | No Image Available10507 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderVaikundanathan Rajarama | 10508 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air Vice MarshalKalathil Payan Sreekanth | 10509 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderRamaswamy Ramachandran | No Image Available10510 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderDesmond Desiderio Fialho |
No Image Available10511 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderEknath Parsharam Gaikwad | 10512 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderAnand Jaivanth Rao | No Image Available10513 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderGanapathy Radha Krishna Murthi | 10514 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderGurmohinder Singh Bajwa | No Image Available10515 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderChander Narain Shukla |
10516 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainDonald Lazarus | No Image Available10517 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderArvind Chopra | 10518 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainBhupinder Singh Marwa | 10519 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderAshok Vishwas Waghmare | 10520 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderInder Kumar Bali |
No Image Available10521 GD(P)Flying OfficerSudesh Pal | No Image Available10522 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderGirish Prabhakar Joshi | 10523 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainDevinder Kumar Sandhir | 10524 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainJai Kishen Kaushik | 10525 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air MarshalSharad Yeshwant Savur |
10526 GD(P) (Later F(P))Air CommodoreMahinder Dev Khanna | No Image Available10527 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderSurinder Kumar Midha | 10528 GD(P)Squadron LeaderRajeshwar Prasad | 10529 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderDeverla Nagabushanam Ganan Prakash Rao | No Image Available10530 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderJitendra Sharma |
10531 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderSatwant Singh Ahluwalia | No Image Available10532 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderAlagalore Venkataraman Kumar | No Image Available10533 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderKhaire Gurung | No Image Available10534 GD(P)Flying OfficerGurdip KapoorDied in Service on 18 Apr 70 | 10535 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderVijay Noel James |
No Image Available10536 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderSudesh Chader Sahni | 10537 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderSankara Pillai Kaliyal Janardanan Nair | No Image Available10538 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantMohan Gopal Varkhedkar | 10539 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderSunith Francis Soares | 10540 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderRanjeet Shankarrao Powar |
10541 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainAnil Sadashiv Patwardhan | 10542 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderNaveen Chandra Trigunayat | No Image Available10543 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderSubhas Vyankatrao Lagad | 10544 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderSurender Kumar Chopra | No Image Available10545 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderKamal Bahadur Shahi |
10546 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantDeshpal SinghDied in Service on 11 Oct 76 | No Image Available10547 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderHarbans Singh Bhullar | No Image Available10548 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderKrishan Avtar Puri | 10549 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderDipak Kumar Bhattacharya | No Image Available10550 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderAshok Hanmantrao Patil |
No Image Available10551 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderRavinder Mohan Kapur | No Image Available10552 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderChaitan Ramanand Kodigal | 10553 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderPottery Cheruvary Sidharth | 10554 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderNeil Kamalkar Bhuleshkar | 10555 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderSukhdev Singh Tiwana |
No Image Available10556 GD(P)Flying OfficerManjeet Singh Bhatia | No Image Available10557 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderRonald Dunne | No Image Available10558 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderRam Krishna Vyas | No Image Available10559 GD(P)Flying OfficerSudheer Trimbakrao PawarDied in Service on 24 Oct 70 | 10560 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderAkoijam Debendra Singh |
No Image Available10561 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderChekuri Mohan RaoDied in Service on 26 Feb 89 | 10562 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderYoginder Paul Kapur | No Image Available10563 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderPeethambararao Kavindranath Pawar | No Image Available10564 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderShiv Kumar Sharma | No Image Available10565 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderSiddeshwar Malleshappa Bellary |
No Image Available10566 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderDhanwant Singh Mangat | 10567 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderVirender Soni | No Image Available10568 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainKochukrishna Pillai Madhavan Nair | No Image Available10569 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderNarinder Jit Singh Butalia | 10570 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainAnil Govindrao Bendre |
No Image Available10571 GD(P)Flight LieutenantBrindra Duggal | No Image Available10572 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderKirti Kumar Chopra | No Image Available10573 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderAmarbir Singh Jandu | 10574 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderNoel Thomas Lobo | 10575 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flying OfficerKotteiezath Puthiyavettil MuralidharanDied in Service on 04 Dec 71 |
10576 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flying OfficerKishan Lakhimal MalkaniDied in Service on 05 Dec 71 | No Image Available10577 GD(P)Flight LieutenantMinoo Burjorji BillimoriaDied in Service on | No Image Available10578 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderOrel Mark Pais | 10579 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderDinesh Prabhakar Gadkari | 10580 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderKiran Kumar Vohra |
10581 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderDarwin Vincent Pepper | 10582 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderSudhir Christopher Chatterjee | No Image Available10583 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantGurcharan Singh Sohal | No Image Available10584 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderVijay Bholanath Hoon | 10585 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantDharam Vir Seemar |
No Image Available10586 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderGeorge Judah | 10587 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderSudershan Kumar Goel | No Image Available10588 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderRanbir Singh | No Image Available10589 GD(P)Flying OfficerDinshaw Feroze NanavatiDied in Service on 01 Sep 71 | 10590 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderPerminder Singh Pannu |
No Image Available10591 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderVikram Dinesh | 10592 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantWinston Errol Evans | 10593 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderThakur Ramanuj Singh | 10594 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderShashishekhar Shantesh Patil | 10595 GD(P) (Later F(P))Flight LieutenantRamesh Kaul |
10596 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderKumar Kanti Som | No Image Available10597 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderKuppusamy Sundararajan | No Image Available10598 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderPrithpal Singh Kher | 10599 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderDilip Mukherjee | No Image Available10600 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderHar Kanwal Singh Bakshi |
10601 GD(P) (Later F(P))Group CaptainRajinder Pal Singh | No Image Available10602 GD(P) (Later F(P))Squadron LeaderMan Mohan VarmaDied in Service on 23 Aug 80 | 10603 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderMadhavakrishna Karan Naidu | No Image Available10604 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderBalchandra Chengapa Karambaya | No Image Available10605 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderAdi Shankar Panda |
No Image Available10606 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderDipak Kumar Ghosh Roy | No Image Available10607 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderRamesh Kumar Pathak | No Image Available10608 GD(P)Flying OfficerGurharnarinder Singh Roddey | No Image Available10609 GD(P)Flying OfficerGauri Shankar SinghDied in Service on 09 Dec 67 | No Image Available10610 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderDevendra Kumar Mathur |
10611 GD(P) (Later F(P))Wing CommanderTerence Chowfin |