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The Indian Air Force was officially established on 8 October 1932. Its first ac flight came into being on 01 Apr 1933. It possessed a strength of six RAF-trained officers and 19 Havai Sepoys (literally, air soldiers). The aircraft inventory comprised of four Westland Wapiti IIA army co-operation biplanes at Drigh Road as the "A" Flight nucleus of the planned No.1 (Army Co- operation) Squadron
At the beginning of the Second World War, in September 1939, a separate section was formed at No. 1 Technical Training Unit at Ambala to maintain the records of airmen, which were till then maintained by Air Headquarters, India. In Dec 1941, this section moved to Walton, Lahore. In Feb 1942 the IAF Record Section was merged with the Base Personnel Office formed at Bombay. After the war, in 1945, the Record Office was named as IAF Record Office and in 1946 moved as an independent unit to Red Hills Lake, Madras. A need was felt for the Record Office to be closer to Air Headquarters and therefore the unit was moved to New Delhi in Oct 1947. In June 1958, for better control, AFRO was merged with the Directorate of Personnel Airmen at New Delhi. At the time of merger, the expansion of the IAF was not visualised. To improve the overall efficiency of the expanded IAF, it was necessary to revert to forming a separate Record Office. Thus, the AFRO moved to its present location at Subroto Park in Aug 1966, as an independent Unit.