Air Force Record Office Completes 80 Years

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New Delhi : Air Force Record Office (AFRO) celebrated 80th anniversary of  its formation with ceremonial fervour at Subroto Park, New Delhi, on September 14, 2019. Senior serving and retired officers were present to celebrate the event.

The Air Officer Commanding, AFRO, Air Commodore A R Shendye, delivered a performance status report as a prelude to the ceremony. He also gave a gist of the events being undertaken to commemorate the event.

The AFRO can justifiably take pride in being one of the oldest IAF formations. After its formation as IAF Record Office at Ambala in 1939, it changed several locations such as Lahore in 1941, Bombay in 1942, Madras in 1946 and New Delhi in 1947 before finding its permanent location at Subroto Park in 1966.

During its eight decades of existence, its growth has been closely interlinked with that of the IAF. Initially handling the end to end HR management of only 14,100 Hawai Sepoys in 1947, today it has grown into a mammoth institution looking after nearly 1,43,000 Air Warriors. Its aim now is to automate all manual processes and reduce paper movement between outlying field units and AFRO, thereby enhancing transparency and accountability, according to a PIB release.

The skilled and dedicated personnel of ‘Team AFRO’ follow the IAF tenet of “Mission, Integrity & Excellence” in the discharge of their duties so that the IAF touches the sky with glory.