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Assam Regiment & Arunachal Scouts of Indian Army now formally affiliated to IAF’s No 106 Squadron
New Delhi, Feb 15 (UNI) With an aim to forge better interoperability among the various units of armed forces, the Assam Regiment & Arunachal Scouts of the Indian Army was formally affiliated to Indian Air Force’s (IAF) 106 Squadron ‘Lynx’ at Tezpur in Assam on Monday.
On the occasion, Colonel of the Assam Regiment and Arunachal Scouts Major General PS Behl took inspection of the Guard of Honour and signed ‘Charter of Affiliation’ with the Squadron Group Captain Varun Slaria of IAF’s 106.
The gathering was addressed by Maj Gen PS Behl in which he spoke of the importance of affiliation and its far reaching impact in the present day. The General Officer highlighted that the idea behind the affiliation was aimed at greater understanding of each other’s operational ethos, building camaraderie and espirit-de-corps. This enhanced synergy and understating of each other’s
Assam Regiment, Arunachal Scouts formally affiliated to 106 Air Force Squadron in Tezpur
The Assam Regiment and Arunachal Scouts of the Indian Army signed the historic affiliation with 106 Air Force Squadron at Tezpur in Assam.
| 15 Feb 2021 3:11 PM GMT
In an effort to facilitate better interoperability between various units of the armed forces, the Assam Regiment and Arunachal Scouts of the Indian Army signed the historic affiliation with 106 Air Force Squadron at Tezpur in Assam on Monday.
The ceremony commenced with inspection of the Guard of Honour by Maj Gen PS Behl, Colonel of The Assam Regiment & Arunachal Scouts.
The `Charter of Affiliation was signed by Maj Gen PS Behl and Gp Capt Varun Slaria, Commanding Officer, 106 Squardon.
Galwan hero Col Santosh Babu awarded Mahavir Chakra posthumously ANI | Updated: Jan 25, 2021 22:45 IST
New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): Galwan valley clash hero Col Santosh Babu has been awarded the second-highest wartime gallantry medal - the Mahavir Chakra on this Republic Day for his gallantry in the clash with Chinese soldiers in which he lost his life on June 15 last year.
Other Army personnel including Nb Sub Nuduram Soren, Hav K Palan, Nk Deepak Singh Sep Gurtej Singh who lost their lives in the Galwan valley clash have been awarded Chakra series wartime gallantry medals posthumously.
Havaldar Tejinder Singh has also been awarded the Vir Chakra for Galwan Valley operations.
War time gallantry awards for Army personnel at Galwan.
Colonel B. Santhosh Babu, Commanding Officer of 16 Bihar deployed in Galwan during Operation Snow Leopard and lost his life along with 19 others in the violent clash with Chinese troops in June, has been posthumously awarded Maha Vir Chakra (MVC), the second highest war time gallantry award. Five other personnel deployed there have been awarded Vir Chakra (VrC) four of them posthumously the third highest war time gallantry award.
Hav. Tejinder Singh from 2 Medium Regiment has been awarded Vir Chakra along with four awards posthumously Nb Sub Nuduram Soren and Nk Deepak Singh from 16 Bihar, Hav. K Palani from 81 Field regiment and Sep. Gurtej Singh from 3 Punjab. In addition, the President has also awarded one Kirti Chakra posthumously and three Shaurya Chakras of which one is posthumous.