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Senior Officers of the IAF - 1959 by Appointment1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |View by Seniority | Appointment | Date of Rank | ||||||
| Appointment, Unit | Rank & Name | Dates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAS, Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee (1551 GD(P)) | 1955-04-01 to 1960-11-08 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command | Calcutta | Air Vice Marshal Kundan Lal Sondhi (1566 GD(P)) | 1959-12-07 to 1961-12-28 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Maintenance Command | Kanpur | Air Vice Marshal Harjinder Singh (1963 ENG) | 1959-05-15 to 1963-08-02 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Operational Command | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Arjan Singh (1577 GD(P)) | 1958-05-01 to 1959-11-17 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Erlic Wilmot Pinto (1593 GD(P)) | 1959-11-18 to 1963-06-09 | |||
| DCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Diwan Atma Ram Nanda (1562 GD(P)) | 1958-05-01 to 1962-12-31 | |||
| DMS (Air), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Shiv Prashad Bhatia (5023 MED) | 1958-05-01 to 1959-11-15 | |||
| Air Advisor, High Commission of India, United Kingdom | London | Air Commodore Hrushikesh Moolgavkar (1644 GD(P)) | 1959-02-22 to 1962-06-11 | |||
| AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Commodore Erlic Wilmot Pinto (1593 GD(P)) | 1958-05-28 to 1959-12-06 | |||
| AOC, No 1 Operational Group (EAC) | Calcutta | Air Commodore Shivdev Singh (1595 GD(P)) | 1958-05-27 to 1959-12-06 | |||
| AOC, Advance HQ, Operational Command | Simla | Air Commodore Surendra Nath Goyal (1560 GD(P)) | 1958-05-28 to 1959-12-10 | |||
| AOC, Training Command | Bangalore | Air Commodore Kanwar Jaswant Singh (1587 GD(P)) | 1958-05-27 to 1959-03-22 | |||
| --------do--------- | Bangalore | Air Commodore Ranjan Dutt (1594 GD(P)) | 1959-03-23 to 1960-04-12 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Maintenance Command | Kanpur | Air Commodore Harjinder Singh (1963 ENG) | 1958-03-24 to 1959-05-14 | |||
| AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Commodore Mohan Swaroop Chaturvedi (1592 GD(O)) | 1958-05-28 to 1962-03-05 | |||
| Cmdt, Land Air Warfare School | Secunderabad | Air Commodore Kundan Lal Sondhi (1566 GD(P)) | 1958-05-27 to 1959-07-13 | |||
| Cmdt, School of Land and Air Warfare | Secunderabad | Air Commodore Surendra Nath Goyal (1560 GD(P)) | 1959-12-11 to 1961-03-31 | |||
| --------do--------- | Secunderabad | Air Commodore Kundan Lal Sondhi (1566 GD(P)) | 1959-07-14 to 1959-12-07 | |||
| Director (Policy and Plan, Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Commodore Ranjan Dutt (1594 GD(P)) | 1958-05-28 to 1959-03-23 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Commodore Hirendra Nath Chatterjee (1620 GD(P)) | 1959-03-24 to 1960-01-22 | |||
| DMS (Air), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Commodore Behari Lal Kapur (5770 MED) | 1959-11-16 to 1961-11-05 | |||
| SASO, Operational Command | Delhi | Air Commodore Minoo Merwan Engineer (1614 GD(P)) | 1959-04-15 to 1960-04-24 | |||
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