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Maintenance Command 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 maintenance of various types of aircraft.




History


The Maintenance Command was established on 26 January 1955. Group Captain Harjinder Singh was the first Commanding Officer (CO). Harjinder Singh, a legendary engineering officer with many firsts to his credit was at the helm of the command until his retirement in 1963. The appointment of the CO was upgraded to Air Officer Commanding (AOC) in 1958 when Singh was promoted to Air Commodore. It was further upgraded to Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C) when he was promoted to the rank of Air Vice Marshal. In 1971, the appointment of AOC-in-C was upgraded to the three-star rank of Air Marshal.




Organisation


The command has several types of Base Repair Depots (BRD) (for overhaul, maintenance) and Equipment Depots (ED) (storage of spares, equipment, sub-systems). They are categorised by their specialisation and functions. These units are commanded by an officer of rank Air Commodre.

There are other units which are based under Maintenance Command

Air Force Liaison Establishments (functions as an interface between IAF and HAL)
31 Movement Control Unit (MCU) at Palam AFS [previously Passenger and Freight (P&F) Forwarding Section]
32 Movement Control Unit (MCU) at Terminal 1 Mumbai Airport [previously Air Freight & Passenger (Mov) Unit]
33 Movement Control Unit (MCU) at Guwahati Airport




Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief






See also


Training Command (India)




References

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• Command & Conquer
• John Rowlands
• Pangkalan Angkatan Udara Davis-Monthan
• Bandar Udara Juhu
• Bandar Udara Biju Patnaik
• Daftar bandar udara di India
• Bandar Udara Internasional Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi
• Bandar Udara Varanasi
• Bandar Udara Internasional Veer Savarkar
• Bandar Udara Madurai
• Maintenance Command
• RAF Maintenance Command
• Air Materiel Command
• List of serving marshals of the Indian Air Force
• Kanpur Airport
• List of Indian Air Force stations
• List of Royal Air Force Maintenance units
• RAF Carlisle
• RAF Support Command
• Strategic Forces Command