the paratroopers training school of the indian air force
Paratrooper Training School The history of 'Paratroopers Training School' also called as 'Sky Hawks' is more than half century old. During second world war - in Oct 1941, the 50th Indian Parachute Brigade was formed headquartered at Delhi and simultaneously an AirLanding School was raising at Willingdon (now Safdarjung) Airport, New Delhi to train the personnel in parachute training. Lt AG Rangaraj, IMS and Havaldar Major Mathura Singh of 152 (Indian) Parachute Battalion became the first Indians to be trained and jump.
Gurbachan Singh Salaria Captain Gurbachan Singh Salaria, PVC (29 November 1935 â€“ 5 December 1961), an Indian Army officer, and receipient of the Param Vir Chakra, India's highest wartime military decoration. Singh was an alumni of King George's Royal Military College the National Defence Academy. He was commissioned into the Indian Army through Indian Military Academy on 5 June 1957.