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Commanding Officers | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Aug 47 to 01 Mar 48 | Air Marshal Thomas Walker Elmhirst | RAF | Air Marshal Commanding, R | Delhi | |
| 01 Mar 48 to 21 Jun 48 | Air Marshal Thomas Walker Elmhirst | RAF | CAS & Air Marshal Command | Delhi | |
| 21 Jun 48 to 25 Jan 50 | Air Marshal Thomas Walker Elmhirst | RAF | CAS & C-in-C, RIAF | Delhi | |
| 25 Jan 50 to 02 Feb 50 | Air Marshal Thomas Walker Elmhirst | RAF | CAS & C-in-C, IAF | Delhi | |
| 22 Feb 50 to 09 Dec 51 | Air Marshal Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman | RAF | CAS & C-in-C, IAF | Delhi | |
| 10 Dec 51 to 31 Mar 54 | Air Marshal Gerald Ernest Gibbs | RAF | CAS & C-in-C, IAF | Delhi | |
| 01 Apr 54 to 31 Mar 55 | Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee | 1551 GD(P) | CAS & C-in-C, IAF | Delhi |  |
| 01 Apr 55 to 08 Nov 60 | Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee | 1551 GD(P) | CAS | Delhi | |
| 01 Dec 60 to 31 Jul 64 | Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer | 1554 GD(P) | CAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Aug 64 to 14 Jan 66 | Air Marshal Arjan Singh | 1577 GD(P) | CAS | Delhi |  |
| 15 Jan 66 to 15 Jul 69 | Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh | 1577 GD(P) | CAS | Delhi | |
| 16 Jul 69 to 15 Jan 73 | Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal | 1567 GD(O) | CAS | Delhi |  |
| 16 Jan 73 to 31 Jan 76 | Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra | 1639 F(P) | CAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Feb 76 to 31 Aug 78 | Air Chief Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar | 1644 F(P) | CAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Sep 78 to 31 Aug 81 | Air Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif | 1804 F(P) | CAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Sep 81 to 03 Sep 84 | Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh | 2998 F(P) | CAS | Delhi |  |
| 04 Sep 84 to 01 Jul 85 | Air Chief Marshal Lakshman Madhav Katre | 3117 F(P) | CAS | Delhi |  |
| 03 Jul 85 to 31 Jul 88 | Air Chief Marshal Denis Anthony Lafontaine | 3844 F(P) | CAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Aug 88 to 31 Jul 91 | Air Chief Marshal Surendra Kumar Mehra | 4197 F(P) | CAS | Delhi |  |
| 31 Jul 91 to 31 Jul 93 | Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri | 4236 F(P) | CAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Aug 93 to 31 Dec 95 | Air Chief Marshal Swaroop Krishna Kaul | 4721 F(P) | CAS | Delhi |  |
| 31 Dec 95 to 31 Dec 98 | Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen | 5370 F(P) | CAS | Delhi |  |
| 31 Dec 98 to 31 Dec 01 | Air Chief Marshal Anil Yeshwant Tipnis | 5859 F(P) | CAS | Delhi |  |
| 31 Dec 01 to 31 Dec 04 | Air Chief Marshal Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy | 6338 F(P) | CAS | Delhi |  |
| 31 Dec 04 to 31 Mar 07 | Air Chief Marshal Shashindra Pal Tyagi | 8130 F(P) | CAS | Delhi |  |
| 31 Mar 07 to 31 May 09 | Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major | 11442 F(P) | CAS | Delhi |  |
| 31 May 09 to 31 Jul 11 | Air Chief Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik | 12005 F(P) | CAS | Delhi |  |
| 31 Jul 11 to 31 Dec 13 | Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne | 13129 F(P) | CAS | Delhi |  |
| 31 Dec 13 to 31 Dec 16 | Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha | 13910 F(P) | CAS | Delhi |  |
| 31 Dec 16 to 30 Sep 19 | Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa | 15405 F(P) | CAS | Delhi |  |
| 30 Sep 19 to 30 Sep 21 | Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria | 16026 F(P) | CAS | Delhi |  |
| 30 Sep 21 to | Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari | 16978 F(P) | CAS | Delhi |  |
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