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Senior Air Staff Officer Appointments at Western Air Command | |||||
| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Jun 63 to 23 Jun 63 | Air Commodore Hrushikesh Moolgavkar | 1644 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 24 Jun 63 to 25 Dec 63 | Air Commodore Jagdish Chandra Varma | 1646 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 26 Dec 63 to 01 Nov 67 | Air Commodore Keki Nadirshah Gocal | 1764 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 02 Nov 67 to 31 Mar 68 | Air Commodore Charandas Gurudas Devashar | 1867 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 01 Apr 68 to 07 Mar 71 | Air Vice Marshal Maurice Barker | 1691 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 08 Jun 71 to 30 Oct 72 | Air Vice Marshal Devaiah Subia | 1866 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 01 Nov 72 to 04 Mar 74 | Air Vice Marshal Hemonto Kumar Bose | 2348 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 05 Mar 74 to 15 Feb 76 | Air Vice Marshal Charandas Gurudas Devashar | 1867 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi | |
| 16 Feb 76 to 22 Sep 76 | Air Vice Marshal Dilbagh Singh | 2998 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 23 Dec 76 to 03 Sep 78 | Air Vice Marshal Lakshman Madhav Katre | 3117 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 22 Nov 78 to 09 Nov 81 | Air Vice Marshal Denis Anthony Lafontaine | 3844 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 10 Nov 81 to 01 Jan 83 | Air Marshal Denis Anthony Lafontaine | 3844 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi | |
| 06 Jan 83 to 30 Nov 83 | Air Marshal Minoo Jehangir Dotiwalla | 3839 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 01 Dec 83 to 03 Sep 84 | Air Marshal Subramaniam Raghavendran | 3840 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 13 Nov 84 to 10 Nov 85 | Air Marshal Brijpal Singh Sikand | 3947 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 02 Apr 90 to 08 Feb 91 | Air Marshal Rajendra Kumar Dhawan | 4736 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 25 Mar 91 to 24 Apr 91 | Air Vice Marshal Keith David Kingsley Lewis | 5109 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 25 Apr 91 to 11 Oct 91 | Air Marshal Keith David Kingsley Lewis | 5109 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi | |
| 14 Oct 91 to 30 Apr 92 | Air Marshal Pondicherry Jayarao Jayakumar | 5037 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 01 May 92 to 02 Sep 93 | Air Marshal Pratap Rao | 5188 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 18 Oct 93 to 31 Jan 95 | Air Marshal Janak Kapur | 5585 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 04 Feb 95 to 31 Jul 95 | Air Marshal Anil Yeshwant Tipnis | 5859 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 29 Feb 96 to 30 Jun 96 | Air Marshal Vinod Patney | 6125 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jul 96 to 21 Dec 97 | Air Marshal Vinod Kumar Bhatia | 6497 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 09 Mar 98 to 03 Jan 99 | Air Marshal Darshan Singh Basra | 6519 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 15 Jan 99 to 30 Sep 99 | Air Marshal Michael McMahon | 7399 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 30 Sep 99 to 31 Aug 00 | Air Marshal Manjit Singh Sekhon | 6756 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 01 Sep 00 to 20 Jan 02 | Air Marshal Manek Bomanshaw Madon | 7681 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 21 Jan 02 to 28 Apr 02 | Air Marshal Adi Rustomji Ghandhi | 7722 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 06 Jun 02 to 11 Jul 04 | Air Marshal Subhash Bhojwani | 9734 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 11 Oct 04 to 18 Jan 05 | Air Marshal Avdesh Kumar Singh | 11005 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 13 May 05 to 31 Oct 06 | Air Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik | 12005 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 01 Nov 06 to 31 Dec 07 | Air Marshal Shiv Kumar Bhan | 12510 GD(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jan 08 to 30 Sep 09 | Air Marshal Paramjit Singh Bhangu | 12932 F(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 01 Oct 09 to 31 Mar 10 | Air Marshal Ajay Shrivniwas Karnik | 13140 F(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 01 Apr 10 to 01 Nov 11 | Air Marshal Arup Raha | 13910 F(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 02 Nov 11 to 07 Jun 12 | Air Marshal Suneet Shripad Soman | 14681 F(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 08 Jun 12 to 30 Jun 13 | Air Marshal Paramjit Singh Gill | 14097 F(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jul 13 to 31 Oct 14 | Air Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa | 15405 F(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 01 Nov 14 to 31 Jul 16 | Air Marshal Balakrishnan Suresh | 16206 F(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 01 Aug 16 to 31 Mar 19 | Air Marshal Navkaranjit Singh Dhillon | 16580 F(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 01 Apr 19 to 15 Dec 19 | Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury | 17335 F(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 16 Dec 19 to 30 Sep 20 | Air Marshal Richard John Duckworth | 17136 F(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 01 Oct 20 to 30 Sep 21 | Air Marshal Vikram Singh | 17699 F(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 26 Oct 21 to 31 Dec 22 | Air Marshal Radhakrishnan Radhish | 17853 F(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jan 23 to 30 Nov 23 | Air Marshal Makarand Ranade | 18586 F(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
| 01 Dec 23 to | Air Marshal Parveen Keshav Vohra | 19162 F(P) | SASO | Delhi |  |
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