Change Of Command Of Air Force Station Hakimpet

Secunderabad, 22 Dec 2022: Air Commodore Pankaj Jain took over as Air Officer Commanding of Air Force Station, Hakimpet, Hyderabad from Air Commodore Manish Sabharwal, VSM on 22 Dec 2022. The personnel of the Air Force Station presented an impressive parade to mark the handing/taking over ceremony.

The Air Officer is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Pune, and was commissioned into the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force on 19 Dec 1992. He has flown various fighter aircraft like Su-30, MiG-21, and MiG-29 throughout his career. As a Cat ‘A’ Qualified Flying Instructor, he has had a long instructional stint, wherein he has flown training aircraft like Hawk, Iskara, Kiran, and HPT-32 and has been a Directing Staff at the prestigious Flying Instructors School. He was the youngest member of the commissioning aircrew for the Su-30 aircraft when they were inducted into the IAF in 1997. He was instrumental in inducting the Embraer-based Airborne Early Warning and Control System into the IAF as the first Commanding Officer designate of a new formation, christened as 200 Squadron.

During his illustrious career, Air Commodore Pankaj Jain has held several important appointments at various Air Force Bases. He has commanded a front-line fighter base, Air Force Station, Bathinda, and later served as Command Ops Planning Officer at CATSPAW of HQ South Western Air Command (SWAC), the Ops 1A at HQ SWAC, Directing Staff at Naval War College and Deputy Commandant of College of Air Warfare.


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