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PSO: Operations, Air HQ Date Raised : 1919-07-26 The post of VCAS (Vice Chief of the Air Force) can be traced back to 1920 at which point it was called SASO (Senior Air Staff Officer) reporting to the AOC-in-C, India. The SASO had sections comprising Ops, Intelligence, Training, Personnel, Equipment, Signals, Armament and Engineering. In 1940, a new role of SOA was created and SASO was responsible only for Ops, Int, Plans and Training. This system continued till 31 Jan 1949, when the SASO post was redesignated as Deputy Chief of Air Force (DCAS). Numerous changes in directorates under DCAS took place but the broad role of managing Ops and related directorates remained unchanged. on 1 April 1977, to align with the nomeclature followed by Army and Navy, the designation of DCAS was changed to VCAS and remains the same till date.
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| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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| 26 Jul 19 to 01 Dec 20 | Wing Commander Reginald Percy Mills | RAF | Snr Air Staff Offr | Ambala |  |
| 19 Sep 22 to | Wing Commander Cuthbert Trelawder MacLean | RAF | Snr Air Staff Offr | Ambala |  |
| 23 Feb 23 to | Group Captain John Adrian Chamier | RAF | Snr Air Staff Offr |  | |
| 21 Sep 26 to 30 Jun 29 | Group Captain Reginald Percy Mills | RAF | Snr Air Staff Offr | | |
| 01 Jul 29 to 16 Dec 30 | Air Commodore Reginald Percy Mills | RAF | Snr Air Staff Offr | | |
| 17 Dec 30 to 09 Sep 32 | Air Commodore Patrick Henry Lyon Playfair | RAF | Snr Air Staff Offr | Delhi |  |
| 10 Sep 32 to 03 Oct 34 | Air Commodore Arthur Sheridan Barratt | RAF | Snr Air Staff Offr | Delhi |  |
| 04 Oct 34 to 12 Mar 36 | Air Commodore Bertine Entwistle Sutton | RAF | Snr Air Staff Offr | Delhi | |
| 13 Mar 36 to 13 Jan 39 | Air Commodore Richard Hallam Peck | RAF | Snr Air Staff Offr | Delhi |  |
| 29 Feb 40 to 29 Aug 41 | Air Commodore Arthur Claud Wright | RAF | Snr Air Staff Offr | Delhi | |
| 30 Aug 41 to 30 Sep 42 | Air Commodore John Lyne Vachell | RAF | Snr Air Staff Offr | Delhi | |
| 07 Feb 43 to 15 Nov 43 | Air Vice Marshal John Wakeling Baker | RAF | Snr Air Staff Offr | Delhi |  |
| 20 Dec 43 to 07 May 44 | Group Captain D M Fleming | RAF | Snr Air Staff Offr | Delhi | |
| 08 May 44 to 10 Mar 45 | Group Captain J Whitehead | RAF | Snr Air Staff Offr | Delhi | |
| 11 Mar 45 to 01 Jul 45 | Air Commodore F W Long | RAF | Snr Air Staff Offr | Delhi | |
| 01 Jun 46 to | Air Vice Marshal Edgar James Kingston McCloughry | RAF | Snr Air Staff Offr | Delhi | |
| 27 Nov 46 to 30 Nov 47 | Air Vice Marshal Robert Stewart Blucke | RAF | Snr Air Staff Offr | Delhi | |
| 15 Aug 47 to 14 Nov 47 | Air Commodore Subroto Mukerjee | 1551 GD(P) | Snr Air Staff Offr | Delhi |  |
| 15 Nov 47 to 31 Jan 49 | Air Vice Marshal Subroto Mukerjee | 1551 GD(P) | Snr Air Staff Offr | Delhi | |
| 01 Feb 49 to 16 Dec 52 | Air Vice Marshal Subroto Mukerjee | 1551 GD(P) | DCAS | Delhi | |
| 17 Dec 52 to 30 Apr 58 | Air Vice Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer | 1554 GD(P) | DCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 May 58 to 31 Dec 62 | Air Vice Marshal Diwan Atma Ram Nanda | 1562 GD(P) | DCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jan 63 to 04 Aug 63 | Air Vice Marshal Arjan Singh | 1577 GD(P) | DCAS | Delhi |  |
| 05 Aug 63 to 30 Sep 64 | Air Vice Marshal Ramaswami Rajaram | 1573 GD(O) | DCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Oct 64 to 29 Feb 68 | Air Vice Marshal Minoo Merwan Engineer | 1614 GD(P) | DCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Mar 68 to 04 Aug 69 | Air Marshal Minoo Merwan Engineer | 1614 GD(P) | DCAS | Delhi | |
| 07 Aug 69 to 28 Feb 71 | Air Marshal Om Prakash Mehra | 1639 GD(P) | DCAS | Delhi |  |
| 30 Mar 71 to 31 Mar 72 | Air Marshal Hirendra Nath Chatterjee | 1620 GD(P) | DCAS | Delhi |  |
| 03 May 72 to 31 Mar 73 | Air Marshal Yeshwant Vinayak Malse | 1616 GD(P) | DCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Apr 73 to 18 Oct 73 | Air Marshal Hari Chand Dewan | 1598 GD(P) | DCAS | Delhi |  |
| 12 Nov 73 to 27 Jun 74 | Air Marshal Sarosh Jehangir Dastur | 1792 GD(O) | DCAS | Delhi |  |
| 27 Jun 74 to 31 Mar 77 | Air Marshal Devaiah Subia | 1866 GD(P) | DCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Apr 77 to 19 May 77 | Air Marshal Devaiah Subia | 1866 GD(P) | VCAS | Delhi | |
| 20 May 77 to 31 Aug 78 | Air Marshal Idris Hasan Latif | 1804 GD(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 04 Sep 78 to 31 Jan 80 | Air Marshal Edul Jahangir Dhatigara | 1899 GD(O) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Feb 80 to 31 Dec 80 | Air Marshal Lal Singh Grewal | 2337 GD(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jan 81 to 31 Aug 81 | Air Marshal Dilbagh Singh | 2998 GD(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 22 Sep 81 to 30 Jun 83 | Air Marshal Trilochan Singh Brar | 2884 GD(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jul 83 to 31 Oct 84 | Air Marshal Jagdish Raj Bhasin | 3591 GD(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 06 Nov 84 to 07 Jan 86 | Air Marshal Prem Pal Singh | 3871 GD(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 08 Jan 86 to 29 Feb 88 | Air Marshal Subramaniam Raghavendran | 3840 GD(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Mar 88 to 31 Jul 91 | Air Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri | 4236 GD(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 14 Oct 91 to 28 Feb 93 | Air Marshal Palamadai Muthuswamy Ramachandran | 4973 GD(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Mar 93 to 30 Apr 94 | Air Marshal Pondicherry Jayarao Jayakumar | 5037 GD(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 06 Jun 94 to 31 Jul 95 | Air Marshal Pratap Rao | 5188 GD(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Aug 95 to 31 Dec 95 | Air Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen | 5370 GD(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jan 96 to 31 Mar 97 | Air Marshal Trevor Raymond Joseph Osman | 6005 GD(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Apr 97 to 31 Dec 98 | Air Marshal Anil Yeshwant Tipnis | 5859 GD(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 04 Jan 99 to 31 Jul 00 | Air Marshal Prithvi Singh Brar | 6007 GD(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Aug 00 to 31 Jul 01 | Air Marshal Vinod Patney | 6125 GD(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Aug 01 to 31 Dec 01 | Air Marshal Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy | 6338 GD(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 14 Jan 02 to 31 Jan 03 | Air Marshal Satish Govind Inamdar | 7189 GD(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Feb 03 to 30 Sep 04 | Air Marshal Michael McMahon | 7399 GD(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Oct 04 to 31 Jul 05 | Air Marshal Sunil Kumar Malik | 9002 GD(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 22 Aug 05 to 31 Oct 06 | Air Marshal Ajit Bhavnani | 10440 GD(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Nov 06 to 31 Dec 07 | Air Marshal Bhushan Nilkanth Gokhale | 11630 GD(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jan 08 to 31 May 09 | Air Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik | 12005 GD(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jun 09 to 31 Dec 10 | Air Marshal Pranab Kumar Barbora | 12375 GD(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jan 11 to 31 Jul 11 | Air Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne | 13129 F(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Aug 11 to 31 May 12 | Air Marshal Krishan Kumar Nohwar | 13132 F(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jun 12 to 30 Jun 13 | Air Marshal Dinesh Chandra Kumaria | 13366 F(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jul 13 to 31 Dec 13 | Air Marshal Arup Raha | 13910 F(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jan 14 to 31 May 15 | Air Marshal Ravi Kant Sharma | 14088 F(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jun 15 to 31 Dec 16 | Air Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa | 15405 F(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jan 17 to 30 Sep 18 | Air Marshal Shirish Baban Deo | 15681 F(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Oct 18 to 30 Apr 19 | Air Marshal Anil Khosla | 15871 F(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 May 19 to 30 Sep 19 | Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria | 16026 F(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Oct 19 to 30 Jun 21 | Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora | 16557 F(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jul 21 to 30 Sep 21 | Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari | 16978 F(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Oct 21 to 31 Jan 23 | Air Marshal Sandeep Singh | 17312 F(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
| 01 Feb 23 to | Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh | 17695 F(P) | VCAS | Delhi |  |
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