Senior Officers of the IAF - 1956 by date of rank

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Rank & NameAppointment, UnitDates
Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee (1551 GD(P))CAS, Air Head QuartersDelhi1955-04-01 to 1960-11-08
Air Vice Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer (1554 GD(P))DCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQDelhi1952-12-17 to 1958-04-30
Air Commodore Surendra Nath Goyal (1560 GD(P))AOC, Training CommandBangalore1952-12-17 to 1956-01-10
Air Commodore Arjan Singh (1577 GD(P))AOC, Operational CommandDelhi1955-12-08 to 1958-04-30
Air Commodore Diwan Atma Ram Nanda (1562 GD(P))Staff Course, Imperial Defence CollegeLondon, UK1955-12-08 to 1957-01-30
Air Commodore Ravinder Hari Darshan Singh (1558 GD(P))AOC (P&O), PSO: Administration, Air HQDelhi1955-12-09 to 1958-05-11
Air Commodore Pratap Chandra Lal (1567 GD(O))AOC, Training CommandBangalore1956-01-11 to 1957-11-20
Air Commodore Surendra Nath Goyal (1560 GD(P))AOC (T&E), PSO: Maintenance, Air HQDelhi1956-01-16 to 1958-05-27

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