Air Head Quarters

Commanding Officers
15 Jan 19 - 19 Sep 19 Norman Duckworth Kerr MacEwen RAF GOC, RAF, India Simla	20 Sep 19 - 27 Jan 20 Air Commodore Tom Ince Webb-Bowen RAF Commander, Indian Group Simla	27 Jan 20 - 31 Dec 20 Air Commodore Tom Ince Webb-Bowen RAF AOC, RAF, India Delhi	01 Jan 21 - 31 Mar 22 Air Commodore Tom Ince Webb-Bowen RAF AOC, Indian Group Delhi	01 Apr 22 - 31 Dec 22 Air Commodore Tom Ince Webb-Bowen RAF AOC, RAF, India Delhi/ Simla
31 Dec 22 - 05 Nov 23 Air Vice Marshal Philip Woolcott Game RAF AOC, RAF, India Delhi/ Simla	05 Nov 23 - 27 Dec 26 Air Vice Marshal Edward Leonard Ellington RAF AOC, RAF, India Delhi/ Simla	27 Dec 26 - 30 Jun 29 Air Vice Marshal Geoffrey H Salmond RAF AOC, RAF, India Delhi/ Simla	01 Jul 29 - 27 Feb 31 Air Marshal Geoffrey H Salmond RAF AOC, RAF, India Delhi	28 Feb 31 - 02 Mar 35 Air Marshal John Miles Steel RAF AOC, RAF, India Delhi
02 Mar 35 - 29 Sep 37 Air Marshal Edgar Ludlow-Hewitt RAF AOC, RAF, India Delhi	29 Sep 37 - 27 Dec 38 Air Marshal Philip Bennet Joubert de la Ferte RAF AOC, RAF, India Delhi	27 Dec 38 - 06 Oct 39 Air Marshal Philip Bennet Joubert de la Ferte RAF AOC-in-C, Air Forces in I Delhi	06 Oct 39 - 04 Aug 40 Air Marshal John Frederick Andrews Higgins RAF AOC-in-C, Air Forces in I Delhi	05 Aug 40 - 06 Mar 42 Air Marshal Patrick Henry Lyon Playfair RAF AOC-in-C, Air Forces in I Delhi
06 Mar 42 - 30 Jun 42 Air Marshal Richard Peirse RAF AOC-in-C, Air Forces in I Delhi	01 Jul 42 - 15 Nov 43 Air Chief Marshal Richard Peirse RAF AOC-in-C, Air Forces in I Delhi	08 Mar 44 - 01 Apr 46 Air Vice Marshal Meredith Thomas RAF AOC Delhi	01 Apr 46 - 22 Nov 46 Air Marshal Roderick Carr RAF AOC-in-C, Air Forces in I Delhi	22 Nov 46 - 15 Aug 47 Air Marshal Hugh Walmsley RAF AOC-in-C, Air Forces in I Delhi
15 Aug 47 - 01 Mar 48 Air Marshal Thomas Walker Elmhirst RAF Air Marshal Commanding, R Delhi	01 Mar 48 - 21 Jun 48 Air Marshal Thomas Walker Elmhirst RAF CAS & Air Marshal Command Delhi	21 Jun 48 - 25 Jan 50 Air Marshal Thomas Walker Elmhirst RAF CAS & C-in-C, RIAF Delhi	25 Jan 50 - 02 Feb 50 Air Marshal Thomas Walker Elmhirst RAF CAS & C-in-C, IAF Delhi	22 Feb 50 - 09 Dec 51 Air Marshal Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman RAF CAS & C-in-C, IAF Delhi
10 Dec 51 - 31 Mar 54 Air Marshal Gerald Ernest Gibbs RAF CAS & C-in-C, IAF Delhi	01 Apr 54 - 31 Mar 55 Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee 1551 GD(P) CAS & C-in-C, IAF Delhi	01 Apr 55 - 08 Nov 60 Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee 1551 GD(P) CAS Delhi	01 Dec 60 - 31 Jul 64 Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer 1554 GD(P) CAS Delhi	01 Aug 64 - 14 Jan 66 Air Marshal Arjan Singh 1577 GD(P) CAS Delhi
15 Jan 66 - 15 Jul 69 Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh 1577 GD(P) CAS Delhi	16 Jul 69 - 15 Jan 73 Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal 1567 GD(O) CAS Delhi	16 Jan 73 - 31 Jan 76 Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra 1639 GD(P) CAS Delhi	01 Feb 76 - 31 Aug 78 Air Chief Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar 1644 GD(P) CAS Delhi	01 Sep 78 - 31 Aug 81 Air Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif 1804 GD(P) CAS Delhi
01 Sep 81 - 03 Sep 84 Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh 2998 GD(P) CAS Delhi	04 Sep 84 - 01 Jul 85 Air Chief Marshal Lakshman Madhav Katre 3117 GD(P) CAS Delhi	03 Jul 85 - 31 Jul 88 Air Chief Marshal Denis Anthony Lafontaine 3844 GD(P) CAS Delhi	01 Aug 88 - 31 Jul 91 Air Chief Marshal Surendra Kumar Mehra 4197 GD(P) CAS Delhi	31 Jul 91 - 31 Jul 93 Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri 4236 GD(P) CAS Delhi
01 Aug 93 - 31 Dec 95 Air Chief Marshal Swaroop Krishna Kaul 4721 GD(P) CAS Delhi	31 Dec 95 - 31 Dec 98 Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen 5370 GD(P) CAS Delhi	31 Dec 98 - 31 Dec 01 Air Chief Marshal Anil Yeshwant Tipnis 5859 GD(P) CAS Delhi	31 Dec 01 - 31 Dec 04 Air Chief Marshal Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy 6338 GD(P) CAS Delhi	31 Dec 04 - 31 Mar 07 Air Chief Marshal Shashindra Pal Tyagi 8130 GD(P) CAS Delhi
31 Mar 07 - 31 May 09 Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major 11442 GD(P) CAS Delhi	31 May 09 - 31 Jul 11 Air Chief Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik 12005 GD(P) CAS Delhi	31 Jul 11 - 31 Dec 13 Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne 13129 F(P) CAS Delhi	31 Dec 13 - 31 Dec 16 Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha 13910 F(P) CAS Delhi	31 Dec 16 - 30 Sep 19 Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa 15405 F(P) CAS Delhi
30 Sep 19 - 30 Sep 21 Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria 16026 F(P) CAS Delhi	30 Sep 21 - Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari 16978 F(P) CAS Delhi

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