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Senior Air Staff Officer Appointments at Eastern Air Command | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07 May 60 to | Air Commodore Yeshwant Vinayak Malse | 1616 GD(P) | SASO | Calcutta |  |
| Unknown to | Air Commodore Minoo Merwan Engineer | 1614 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| Unknown to 04 Aug 63 | Air Commodore Padam Singh Gill | 1656 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 03 Aug 63 to 11 Jan 66 | Air Commodore Anand Ramdas Pandit | 1707 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 12 Jan 66 to 10 Jan 67 | Air Commodore Idris Hasan Latif | 1804 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 11 Jan 67 to 26 Mar 68 | Air Commodore Narayanrao Khanderao Shitoley | 1841 GD(O) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 27 Mar 68 to 14 Jul 71 | Air Vice Marshal Bandi Sreeramulu Krishnarao | 1727 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 15 Jul 71 to 16 Sep 73 | Air Vice Marshal Charandas Gurudas Devashar | 1867 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 17 Sep 73 to 29 Dec 76 | Air Vice Marshal Trilok Nath Ghadiok | 2354 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 08 Jan 77 to 28 Aug 78 | Air Vice Marshal Jagdish Raj Bhasin | 3591 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 22 Sep 78 to 17 Apr 80 | Air Vice Marshal Chandra Kant Viswanath Gole | 3652 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 21 Apr 80 to 06 Feb 81 | Air Vice Marshal Prabhakar Shanker Dere | 3883 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 07 Feb 81 to 31 Dec 81 | Air Vice Marshal Surendra Sahney | 3860 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 12 Jan 82 to 11 Jul 82 | Air Vice Marshal Karan Yadav | 4200 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 12 Jul 82 to 02 Jan 83 | Air Marshal Minoo Jehangir Dotiwalla | 3839 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 03 Jan 83 to 28 Feb 83 | Air Marshal Douglas George King-Lee | 3040 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 09 Mar 83 to 30 Jun 83 | Air Marshal Kapil Dev Chadha | 3845 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 01 Jul 83 to 05 Nov 84 | Air Marshal Prem Pal Singh | 3871 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 16 Nov 84 to 19 Sep 85 | Air Vice Marshal Pynummooltil Simon George | 4240 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 20 Sep 85 to 19 Apr 86 | Air Marshal Pynummooltil Simon George | 4240 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong | |
| 28 Jul 86 to 02 Nov 86 | Air Marshal Partha Kumar Dey | 4404 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 03 Nov 86 to 15 Dec 87 | Air Marshal Gandharva Sen | 4429 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 31 Dec 87 to 02 Jul 89 | Air Marshal Har Krishan Oberai | 4583 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 03 Jul 89 to 11 May 91 | Air Marshal Sukh Dev Mohan | 4789 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 27 May 91 to 10 May 92 | Air Marshal Ranjit Singh Bedi | 5120 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 18 May 92 to 31 Jul 93 | Air Marshal Verinder Puri | 5199 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 07 Feb 94 to 14 Mar 94 | Air Vice Marshal Kodendera Cariappa Cariappa | 5376 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 15 Mar 94 to 03 Jun 94 | Air Marshal Kodendera Cariappa Cariappa | 5376 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong | |
| 01 Sep 94 to 31 Jan 95 | Air Marshal Anil Yeshwant Tipnis | 5859 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 01 Feb 95 to 26 Mar 95 | Air Vice Marshal Trevor Raymond Joseph Osman | 6005 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 27 Mar 95 to 31 Dec 95 | Air Marshal Trevor Raymond Joseph Osman | 6005 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong | |
| 01 Apr 96 to 28 Feb 98 | Air Marshal Darshan Singh Basra | 6519 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 01 Mar 98 to 30 Sep 99 | Air Marshal Manjit Singh Sekhon | 6756 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 01 Oct 99 to 31 Mar 01 | Air Marshal Michael McMahon | 7399 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 01 Apr 01 to 31 Oct 02 | Air Marshal Ashok Kumar Goel | 8151 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 01 Nov 02 to 31 Jan 03 | Air Marshal Ajit Bhavnani | 10440 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 01 Feb 03 to 31 Jul 04 | Air Marshal Sharad Yeshwant Savur | 10525 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 15 Oct 04 to 31 Aug 05 | Air Marshal Ajit Vishwanath Vaidya | 11848 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 01 Sep 05 to 31 Mar 07 | Air Marshal Pranab Kumar Barbora | 12375 GD(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 01 Apr 07 to 30 Apr 08 | Air Marshal Gurdip Singh Kochar | 13149 F(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 01 May 08 to 30 Sep 09 | Air Marshal Ajay Shrivniwas Karnik | 13140 F(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 01 Oct 09 to 30 Nov 10 | Air Marshal Lalit Kumar Malhotra | 13373 F(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 01 Dec 10 to 31 Jul 11 | Air Marshal Satish Pal Singh | 13770 F(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 01 Aug 11 to 30 Apr 12 | Air Marshal Muthumanikam Matheswaran | 14104 F(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 01 May 12 to 31 Dec 12 | Air Marshal Ravinath Gururaj Burli | 14667 F(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 01 Jan 13 to 30 Jun 13 | Air Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa | 15405 F(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 01 Oct 13 to 31 May 15 | Air Marshal Jasbir Singh Walia | 15684 F(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 01 Jun 15 to 19 Jun 16 | Air Marshal Jasjit Singh Kler | 16225 F(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 20 Jun 16 to 28 Feb 17 | Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar | 16378 F(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 01 Mar 17 to 31 Dec 18 | Air Marshal Rajesh Kumar | 16770 F(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 01 Jan 19 to 30 Sep 19 | Air Marshal Sandeep Singh | 17312 F(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 01 Oct 19 to 31 Jul 20 | Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari | 16978 F(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 10 Aug 20 to 31 Jan 21 | Air Marshal Gurcharan Singh Bedi | 17448 F(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 01 Feb 21 to 30 Jun 22 | Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh | 17695 F(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 22 Aug 22 to 30 Apr 23 | Air Marshal Balakrishnan Manikantan | 18291 F(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
| 22 May 23 to | Air Marshal Tejinder Singh | 18806 F(P) | SASO | Shillong |  |
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