SOUTHERN AIR COMMAND

SOUTHERN AIR COMMAND

Southern Air Command (SAC) with its headquarters at Trivandrum was born on July 19, 1984 out of the changed geopolitical situation around southern peninsula since early eighties super power rivalry in Indian ocean. The need was felt to establish a full fledged Operational Air Command covering the geopolitical area of peninsular India extending to 18 deg N including the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal and Lakshadweep islands in the Arabian sea. Initially, the Command exercised control over five lodger units. In a short span of fifteen years, the Command has grown and now has seventeen lodger units under its jurisdiction. Its insignia has a fish with wings in the centre in a circle which is topped by India’s national emblem. Its motto in Sanskrit ‘Antariksham Prashasmahe’ meaning ‘We Command the space’ in golden border is placed at the bottom.