BASE REPAIR DEPOTS
BASE REPAIR DEPOTS Technical activities undertaken by Maintenance Command units are effected today in Base Repair Depots - BRDs, Air Defence Ground Environment Systems – ADGES, Maintenance Support Establishment – AMSE, Regional ADGES and Maintenance Establishments – RAMEs and numerous other smaller units. The present structure of Maintenance Command, however, had its modest beginning in post-independence Kanpur. To support air operations in the Far East during World War II, No. 322 Maintenance Unit was formed in 1940 in the 21 TATA hangars at Chakeri, Kanpur. The functions of the unit included arming of bomber and fighter aircraft like Liberator, Lancaster, Hurricane, Tempest and Dakota. The genuinely unique crest depicts the mythical bird Phoenix rising out of the flames with a gear wheel encircling its head. The motto inscribed on the insignia is ‘Kaya Kalpa’ which indicates rejuvenation of the body and explains the role of the BRDs where aircraft, aero engines