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25 Wing Date Raised : 1964-11-16 Location : Rajokri (Delhi) Originally established near the capital as the nerve center for missile defence in the National Capital Region. 25 Wing was established to exercise administrative and functional control over six SA-2 Divina Squadrons deployed around New Delhi ( Sqn numbers - 60,62,63,64,65,66, 67 and 36 as Technical Sqn). 60, 62,63,64 and 65 Sqn were formed in Sep 1964. The Wing today hosts the Guided Weapons Training Institute operating the Pechoras.
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| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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| 16 Nov 64 to 27 Feb 66 | Group Captain Purshotam Lal Dhawan | 2351 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Rajokri (Delhi) |  |
| 28 Feb 66 to 31 Mar 68 | Group Captain Suraj Lall Mathur | 2444 GD(O) | Stn Cdr | Rajokri (Delhi) |  |
| 01 Apr 68 to 18 May 71 | Group Captain Minoo Shipurjee Mehta | 3592 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Rajokri (Delhi) | |
| 19 May 71 to 29 Oct 74 | Group Captain Manuel Keshrinath Gaikwad | 3882 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Rajokri (Delhi) | |
| 30 Oct 74 to 19 Jul 76 | Group Captain Sankaran Thri Vikraman Nair | 4004 GD(N) | Stn Cdr | Rajokri (Delhi) | |
| 20 Jul 76 to 31 Oct 79 | Group Captain Dalip Wikram Chauhan | 4031 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Rajokri (Delhi) |  |
| 16 Jan 80 to 04 May 80 | Group Captain Sudharshan Handa | 4816 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Rajokri (Delhi) |  |
| 05 May 80 to 20 Feb 83 | Group Captain Krishna Kumar | 5096 GD(N) | Stn Cdr | Rajokri (Delhi) |  |
| 21 Feb 83 to 31 Jul 86 | Group Captain Inder Jit Kampani | 5579 GD(N) | Stn Cdr | Rajokri (Delhi) |  |
| 17 Nov 86 to 13 Aug 89 | Group Captain Raja Singh Dhanjal | 6341 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Rajokri (Delhi) |  |
| 14 Aug 89 to 23 Aug 92 | Group Captain Bhupinder Singh Marwa | 10518 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Rajokri (Delhi) |  |
| 24 Aug 92 to 30 Nov 95 | Group Captain Harvindar Singh Grewal | 9109 GD(N) | Stn Cdr | Rajokri (Delhi) | |
| 01 Dec 95 to 13 Jun 96 | Group Captain Rajinder Singh Bedi | 11298 GD(N) | Stn Cdr | Rajokri (Delhi) | |
| 14 Jun 96 to 13 Jun 99 | Group Captain Harjinder Kumar Bajaj | 12762 GD(P) | Stn Cdr | Rajokri (Delhi) |  |
| 14 Jun 99 to 13 Aug 01 | Group Captain Kambiranda Poovaiah Devia | 12949 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Rajokri (Delhi) |  |
| 14 Aug 01 to 25 May 03 | Group Captain Ayyappan Radhakrishnan | 15020 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Rajokri (Delhi) |  |
| 26 May 03 to 04 Jul 04 | Group Captain Arvind Verma | 15410 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Rajokri (Delhi) |  |
| 04 Aug 04 to 12 Apr 05 | Group Captain Krishna Raghunath Rathindranath | 16027 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Rajokri (Delhi) | |
| 30 May 05 to 31 Dec 07 | Group Captain Shrikant Sadashiv Deshpande | 15577 F(N) | Stn Cdr | Rajokri (Delhi) |  |
| 01 Jan 08 to 16 Nov 08 | Group Captain Sanjeeb Kumar Barbora | 17181 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Rajokri (Delhi) | |
| 17 Nov 08 to 13 Jun 10 | Group Captain Sudipta Ghosh | 17142 F(P) | Stn Cdr | Rajokri (Delhi) | |
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