VSM and YSM

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Vishist Seva Medal & Yudh Seva Medal

The Vishist Seva Medal forms the third level of decoration to be granted for distinguished service. The VSM was lower in precendence to the Vayu Sena Medal. But when the Yudh Seva Medal was instituted it was put in a higher precendence to the VM.

The Bulk of the War Time Service VSM's were awarded after the 1971 War. The list is of awardees is too large to be comprehensively listed here. Suffice it to say, a bulk of the awards went to NCOs and Senior Warrant Officers of the IAF.

From 1988, when the IAF was involved in the Sri Lankan Operations as well as the Siachen and Kargil Conflicts, about twenty or so awards of the Yudh Seva Medals were given to IAF Officers of the rank of Wing Commander and below.

1987-90
Wg Cdr	Ashim Kumar Banerjee
Fg Offr	Ajai Prakash Shrivastava		114HU	Siachen Glacier
Fg Offr	Ajay Massand		114HU	Siachen Glacier
Sqn Ldr	Kunwar Jai Singh
Flt Lt	Vidya Sagar Bharati

1991-1998
Wg Cdr	Mahendra Goli		114HU	Siachen Glacier
Sqn Ldr	Shiv Ram Krishna			Sri Lanka July 89
Flt Lt	Chandra Singh		114HU	Siachen Glacier
Wg Cdr	D D Mandepe		114HU	Siachen Glacier (Jan 95)

1999 Kargil Fighting
Gp Capt	Mathews Kurrhikobil Joseph	13393
Gp Capt	Arvind Ramachandra Oak	14103
Wg Cdr	Sunder Ram Neelkantan	15184
Wg Cdr	Birendra Singh Dhanoa	15405
Wg Cdr	Sandip Sud	15685
Wg Cdr	Sandeep Chabbra	16032