AFOVA New Letter 2 of Year 2021

CV 2 No. 02 / 2021 Page 1 of 332 T ABLE OF C ONTENTS SECTION 1 – MESSAGES 7 M ESSAGE FROM THE P RESIDENT AFVOA C HENNAI 7 SECTION 2 - NEWS / UPDATES FROM THE ASSOCIATION 10 Y OUR M ANAGEMENT C OMMITTEE & E XECUTIVE C OMMITTEE 10 D IARY OF E VENTS 11 G REETINGS ON B IRTHDAYS &W EDDING A NNIVERSARY 13 B ANK D ETAILS FOR O NLINE R EMITTANCE 14 S TATUS OF M EMBERSHIP OF AFVOA 14 SECTION 3 – VALUE ADD / SPECIAL TASKS 17 T ALLY - HO , T ALLY - HO ….AFVOA!! 17 B IRTH C ENTENARY C ELEBRATION OF C OL G T T HAMPI 19 M ILESTONE – F IRST A NNIVERSARY OF R ESUMPTION OF N EWSLETTERS & L AUNCH OF E C ONNECT S ERIES : R EACTIONS FROM A FEW M EMBERS 20 E C ONNECT , THE N ECESSITY OF THE T IMES 23 D ID AFVOA S PEND A P ILE FOR H OSTING E C ONNECT M EETINGS ? 26 T HE O LD O RDER C HANGETH , Y IELDING P LACE TO N EW 28 S WARNIM V IJAY M ASHAL AT C HENNAI – J UL 22, 2021 31 K ARGIL V IJAY D IWAS : W REATH L AYING C EREMONY ON J UL 26, 2021 33 AFVOA Y OU T UBE C HANNEL : A S TATUS U PDATE 34 AFVOAW EBSITE : A S TATUS U PDATE 37 SECTION 4 – LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 41 SECTION 5 – WAR DIARY 45 B ATTLE A CTION 45 Col A Krishnaswami VrC, VSM & Bar Genre: War Diary S HOOT O UT A T K URMITOLA : A IR W AR – L IBERATION O F B ANGLA D ESH 1971 46 Wg Cdr Unni Kartha Genre: War Diary T HE G HOST R EGIMENT OF THE B ANGLADESH W AR 54 Capt D P Ramachandran Genre: War Diary S PECIAL H ELI B ORNE O PERATIONS (SHBO S ) BY M I -4 I N 1971 58 Sqn Ldr Pushp K Vaid VrC Genre: War Diary