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A frontal view of the Mil Mi-4 helicopter on display at the entrance to the tech area of No.3 Base Repair Depot. Photo : Rahul Devnath |
No.3 Base Repair Depot (BRD) shares the Chandigarh Airfield with No.12 Wing. The BRD was set up on 20th August 1962 under the command of Gp Capt M J Kriplani. Over the years the rank of the BRD commander has been upgraded to Air Commodore. 3 BRD was initially set up to overhaul Russian aircraft in the IAF inventory - like the Illyushin-14 and the Mil Mi-4. Over the years they have overhauled An-12s and currently the Mil series including the Mi-8, Mi-17, Mi-26 and the Mi-25/35 Gunships.
