Eastern Air Command (other)
Eastern Air Command may refer to : * Eastern Air Command (India) * RCAF Eastern Air Command, a home defence command of Canada during the Second World War * Major subordinate command of the Allied air forces under Air Command South-East Asia The former Royal Air Force Far East Air Force, more simply known as RAF Far East Air Force, was the Command organisation that controlled all Royal Air Force assets in the east of Asia (Far East). It was originally formed as Air Command, South Ea ...

Eastern Air Command (India)
, colors = , colors_label = , battles = 1962 Sino-Indian War, East Pakistan Operations 1971, Operation Meghdoot, Orissa Super-Cyclone Relief, 1999 , anniversaries = , commander1 = Air Marshal Sujeet Pushpakar Dharkar, AVSM , commander1_label = Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief , notable_commanders = , identification_symbol = , identification_symbol_label = , start_date = May 27, 1958 The Eastern Air Command is one of the five operational commands of the Indian Air Force. Currently headquartered in Shillong in Meghalaya. Named No. 1 Operational Group at the time of its inception, 27 May 1958, it was based at Ranikutir in Kolkata as a part of the Govt's increasing emphasis on defence of the eastern borders. The Operational Group was upgraded as Command on 1 December 1959 with headquarters at Fort William, Kolkata and Air Vice Marshal KL Sondhi as the first AOC-in-C of the Eastern Command. After the 1962 Indo-Chinese War, The decision was made to raise a full-fle ...
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RCAF Eastern Air Command
Eastern Air Command was the part of the Royal Canadian Air Force's Home War Establishment responsible for air operations on the Atlantic coast of Canada during the Second World War. It played a critical role in anti-submarine operations in Canadian and Newfoundland waters during the Battle of the Atlantic. Eastern Air Command also had several fighter squadrons and operational training units under its umbrella. Order of battle 10 September 1939 ;HQ Halifax, Nova Scotia. RCAF Commands and their Units
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1 January 1943

;HQ Halifax, Nova Scotia ; No. 1 Group. HQ St. John's, Newfoundland

6 June 1944

; HQ Halifax, Nova Scotia ;No. 1 Group, HQ St. John's, Newfoundland ;No. 5 (Gulf) Group, HQ Gaspé, Quebec
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