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Chief Instructor (Flying) Appointments at Air Force Academy | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 Dec 70 to 07 Nov 73 | Group Captain Denis Anthony Lafontaine | 3844 GD(P) | CI (Flying) | Dundigal |  |
| 12 Dec 73 to 20 Jul 75 | Group Captain Terence Joseph Desa | 3863 GD(P) | CI (Flying) | Dundigal |  |
| 21 Jul 75 to 29 Dec 76 | Group Captain Prakash Dev Dogra | 4250 GD(P) | CI (Flying) | Dundigal |  |
| 30 Dec 76 to 25 Mar 79 | Group Captain Bernard Anthony Coelho | 4488 GD(P) | CI (Flying) | Dundigal |  |
| 12 Apr 79 to 20 Oct 80 | Group Captain Tehmurasp Ratanshaw Patel | 5192 GD(P) | CI (Flying) | Dundigal |  |
| 21 Oct 80 to 13 Sep 82 | Group Captain Krishen Kumar Bakshi | 5012 GD(P) | CI (Flying) | Dundigal |  |
| 29 Sep 82 to 14 Dec 84 | Wing Commander Chandrakant Nijanand Bal | 7401 GD(P) | CI (Flying) | Dundigal |  |
| 15 Dec 84 to 17 Nov 85 | Group Captain Manjit Singh Sekhon | 6756 GD(P) | CI (Flying) | Dundigal |  |
| 18 Nov 85 to 03 Mar 87 | Group Captain Vinod Kumar Malhotra | 7395 GD(P) | CI (Flying) | Dundigal |  |
| 16 Mar 87 to 10 Oct 89 | Group Captain Praveen Badhwar | 7658 GD(P) | CI (Flying) | Dundigal | |
| 26 Dec 89 to 30 Apr 93 | Group Captain Jaspal Singh Gujral | 11300 GD(P) | CI (Flying) | Dundigal |  |
| 01 May 93 to 30 Jun 95 | Group Captain Gurcharan Singh Bhogal | 12504 GD(P) | CI (Flying) | Dundigal |  |
| 01 Jul 95 to 06 Sep 96 | Group Captain Ranjit Singh Tathgur | 11877 GD(P) | CI (Flying) | Dundigal |  |
| 16 Sep 96 to 21 Dec 97 | Group Captain Kanwar Dalinderjit Singh | 12403 GD(P) | CI (Flying) | Dundigal |  |
| 22 Dec 97 to 14 Apr 98 | Group Captain Thypparampil Joseph Joseph | 14293 F(P) | CI (Flying) | Dundigal | |
| 13 Apr 98 to 31 May 00 | Group Captain Atul Saikia | 13585 F(P) | CI (Flying) | Dundigal |  |
| 01 Jun 00 to 14 Jul 02 | Group Captain Davender Singh Jain | 15016 F(P) | CI (Flying) | Dundigal |  |
| 15 Jul 02 to 09 Jun 04 | Group Captain Avtar Singh | 15706 F(P) | CI (Flying) | Dundigal |  |
| 01 Jul 04 to 19 Nov 06 | Group Captain Chetan Bali | 15708 F(P) | CI (Flying) | Dundigal |  |
| 20 Nov 06 to 03 Feb 08 | Group Captain Gurcharan Singh Bedi | 17448 F(P) | CI (Flying) | Dundigal |  |
| 11 Feb 08 to 06 Apr 08 | Wing Commander Ravi Gopal Krishana Kapoor | 18253 F(P) | CI (Flying) | Dundigal |  |
| 07 Apr 08 to 27 Jun 09 | Group Captain Ravi Gopal Krishana Kapoor | 18253 F(P) | CI (Flying) | Dundigal | |
| 19 Sep 11 to 01 Jul 12 | Air Commodore Mohan Kumar Rao | 17343 F(P) | CI (Flying) | Dundigal |  |
| 09 Jul 12 to 31 Mar 13 | Group Captain Nagesh Kapoor | 18557 F(P) | CI (Flying) | Dundigal |  |
| 01 Apr 13 to 31 Dec 14 | Air Commodore Nagesh Kapoor | 18557 F(P) | CI (Flying) | Dundigal | |
| 01 Jan 15 to 17 Jul 16 | Air Commodore Seethepalli Shrinivas | 18787 F(P) | CI (Flying) | Dundigal |  |
| 24 Jul 17 to 08 Jan 18 | Air Commodore Pudiapura Jawahar Mohamed | 20445 F(P) | CI (Flying) | Dundigal |  |
| Unknown to 31 Aug 21 | Air Commodore Lalit Kumar Chawla | 19871 F(P) | CI (Flying) | Dundigal |  |
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