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Maintenance Command

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Founded
  
26 January 1955

Branch
  
Indian Air Force

Headquarters
  
Nagpur, Maharashtra

Country
  
India

Type
  
support command

Motto(s)
  
Sarvada Gagane Charetu (Sanskrit:Always Flying in the Sky)

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.

The command's Base Repair Depots include:

  • 1 Base Repair Depot Kanpur-Chakeri Various Overhaul
  • 2 Base Repair Depot Gwalior-Maharajpur Various Overhaul
  • 3 Base Repair Depot Chandigarh Mi-8, Mi-17, Mi-25, Mi-35 Overhaul
  • 4 Base Repair Depot Kanpur-Chakeri Various Overhaul
  • 5 Base Repair Depot Coimbatore-Sulur Various Overhaul
  • 9 Base Repair Depot Pune, Various Overhaul
  • 11 Base Repair Depot Ojhar MiG-23, MiG-29 Overhaul
  • 18 Base Repair Depot Jodhpur MiG-21 Overhaul

    • References

    Maintenance Command Wikipedia
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