![]() Air Force Academy Date Raised : 1970-03-08 Location : Dundigal Air Force Academy is located at Dundigal, about 35 Kms away from the twin cities of Hyderabad and Secunderabad, in the state of Telangana. The academy is spread over 7,000 acres of land. The foundation stone for the academy was laid on 11 Oct 1967 by the then president Dr Zakir Hussain and was formally inaugurated on 16 Jan 1971. The crest of the academy is a Himalayan Eagle over a lighted lamp within a roundel, placed directly below the state emblem. The all pervasive endeavor of the academy is pursuit of excellence, in keeping with the motto "SHRAM SE SIDHI' i.e. "ACHIEVEMENT THROUGH DILIGENCE". The academy was set up to train cadets from all streams at one location. It imparts training to the Flying, Technical and Ground Duty Branches of the Army, Navy, Coast Guard and friendly countries. The induction of India's own jet trainer, the Kiran took place between Oct-Dec 1973. The first all-through course element on Kiran commenced flying in January 1974. However, the use of the good old Harvard at the Academy continued till November 1975 when they were finally phased out. While the all-through course element on Kiran commenced in January 1974, the all-through jet training commenced in July 1983. Training on HPT-32 was introduced in July 1985. Advanced Stage Il training on Kiran was undertaken by the Academy in July 1988. Later, in September 1990, the Short Service Commission (Helicopter) Pilots' Course commenced. Most recently, in January 2006, Stage Il Advanced Phase Flying training on Kiran has been shifted to Hakimpet due to restructuring of Flying training. . The academy upgraded to PC-7 MK-II in 2013. With this, the present role of the Academy as regards Flying training is to conduct the Stage I (Basic Phase) of Flying training of IAF and foreign cadets, Naval officers and Coast Guard officers on HPT-32. Also has 92 ATSRU (A radar Units), 14 AF hospital, A dental Units, a 6 TETTRA
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Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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08 Mar 70 to 28 Jun 72 | Air Commodore John Dunbar Aquino | 1777 GD(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal | |
16 Nov 72 to 26 Dec 75 | Air Commodore Lakshman Madhav Katre | 3117 GD(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal | |
05 Jan 76 to 31 Mar 76 | Air Commodore Hemant Ramkrishna Chitnis | 2964 GD(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal | |
01 Apr 76 to 02 May 77 | Air Vice Marshal Hemant Ramkrishna Chitnis | 2964 GD(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal | |
03 May 77 to 14 Aug 78 | Air Vice Marshal Trilochan Singh Brar | 2884 GD(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal | |
14 Aug 78 to 23 Oct 79 | Air Vice Marshal Balwant Wickram Chauhan | 3352 GD(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal | |
24 Oct 79 to 06 Apr 81 | Air Vice Marshal Terence Joseph Desa | 3863 GD(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal | |
13 Apr 81 to 25 Jun 83 | Air Vice Marshal Rajagopal Sriramulu Naidu | 4090 GD(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal | |
01 Jul 83 to 20 Mar 85 | Air Vice Marshal Cecil Vivian Parker | 4346 GD(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal | |
25 Mar 85 to 07 Feb 86 | Air Vice Marshal Jagdish Kumar Seth | 4403 GD(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal | |
22 Mar 86 to 30 Dec 87 | Air Vice Marshal Har Krishan Oberai | 4583 GD(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal | |
19 Jan 88 to 28 Feb 90 | Air Vice Marshal Eric Lionel Allen | 4582 GD(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal | |
05 Mar 90 to 30 Nov 91 | Air Vice Marshal Manjunath Sadanand | 4994 GD(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal | |
02 Dec 91 to 30 Sep 93 | Air Vice Marshal Puthettu Kurien Mani | 5666 GD(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal | |
01 Oct 93 to 20 Dec 95 | Air Vice Marshal Krishnan Narayan Nair | 6346 GD(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal | |
21 Dec 95 to 17 Aug 98 | Air Vice Marshal Manek Bomanshaw Madon | 7681 GD(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal | |
18 Aug 98 to 31 Jul 00 | Air Vice Marshal Jogendra Singh Sisodia | 7696 GD(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal | |
01 Aug 00 to 05 Jun 02 | Air Vice Marshal Subhash Bhojwani | 9734 GD(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal | |
01 Jul 02 to 11 Jan 04 | Air Vice Marshal Vinod Kumar Verma | 11638 GD(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal | |
12 Jan 04 to 31 Aug 05 | Air Vice Marshal Yashwant Rao Rane | 12210 GD(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal | |
01 Sep 05 to 29 Feb 08 | Air Vice Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja | 13130 F(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal | |
01 Mar 08 to 31 Aug 09 | Air Vice Marshal Kughikombil Joseph Mathews | 13393 F(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal | |
01 Sep 09 to 31 Mar 11 | Air Vice Marshal Amit Aneja | 14668 F(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal | |
01 Apr 11 to 31 Dec 12 | Air Marshal Priya Ranjan Sharma | 13927 F(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal | |
01 Jan 13 to 30 Jun 14 | Air Marshal Ravinath Gururaj Burli | 14667 F(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal | |
01 Jul 14 to 30 Nov 16 | Air Marshal Gurinder Pal Singh | 15417 F(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal | |
01 Dec 16 to 03 Sep 18 | Air Marshal Amit Tiwari | 16806 F(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal | |
04 Sep 18 to 13 Oct 19 | Air Marshal Aravindra Singh Butola | 16789 F(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal | |
14 Oct 19 to 31 Jul 20 | Air Marshal Jonnalagedda Chalapati | 17358 F(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal | |
01 Aug 20 to 31 Jul 21 | Air Marshal Vipin Indira Panabhan Nayar | 16829 F(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal | |
01 Aug 21 to 31 Oct 21 | Air Marshal Sanjeev Kapoor | 18089 F(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal | |
01 Nov 21 to 28 Feb 22 | Air Marshal Sreekumar Prabhakaran | 17318 F(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal | |
08 Mar 22 to | Air Marshal Bavisetti Chandrasekhar | 17726 F(P) | Cmdt | Dundigal |