Senior Officers of the IAF - 1968 by date of rank

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Rank & NameAppointment, UnitDates
Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh (1577 GD(P))CAS, Air Head QuartersDelhi1966-01-15 to 1969-07-15
Air Marshal Ramaswami Rajaram (1573 GD(O))VCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQDelhi1966-12-13 to 1969-06-18
Air Marshal Om Prakash Mehra (1639 GD(P))AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQDelhi1968-01-01 to 1969-08-06
Air Marshal Shivdev Singh (1595 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Western Air CommandDelhi1968-03-01 to 1969-07-31
Air Marshal Minoo Merwan Engineer (1614 GD(P))DCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQDelhi1968-03-01 to 1969-08-04
Air Marshal Hirendra Nath Chatterjee (1620 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Eastern Air CommandShillong1968-04-01 to 1971-03-23
Air Vice Marshal Minoo Merwan Engineer (1614 GD(P))DCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQDelhi1964-10-01 to 1968-02-29
Air Vice Marshal Kanianthra Alexander Joseph (2960 SIGS)Director (Signals), Air Head QuartersDelhi1966-03-01 to 1969-10-23
Air Vice Marshal Shailendra Nath Chatterjee (10302 MED)DMS (Air), Air Head QuartersDelhi1966-03-03 to 1968-08-01
Air Vice Marshal Shivdev Singh (1595 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Western Air CommandDelhi1966-03-05 to 1968-02-29
Air Vice Marshal Surendra Nath Goyal (1560 GD(P))Cmdt, National Defence AcademyKhadakvasla1966-08-09 to 1968-06-18
Air Vice Marshal Teja Singh Virk (1621 GD(O))AOC-in-C, Training CommandBangalore1966-08-10 to 1969-08-22
Air Vice Marshal Victor Srihari (1624 GD(O))Director (Policy and Plan, Air Head QuartersDelhi1966-08-10 to 1968-04-09
Air Vice Marshal Ranjan Dutt (1594 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Eastern Air CommandShillong1966-10-28 to 1968-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Yeshwant Vinayak Malse (1616 GD(P))AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQDelhi1966-11-11 to 1969-08-08
Air Vice Marshal Hari Chand Dewan (1598 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Central Air CommandCalcutta1967-01-01 to 1968-03-28
Air Vice Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar (1644 GD(P))AOC, Western IndiaPune1967-01-25 to 1968-03-28
Air Vice Marshal Dadi Ardeshir Mehta (1625 GD(N))SDS (Air), National Defence CollegeDelhi1967-01-25 to 1971-07-30
Air Vice Marshal Hirendra Nath Chatterjee (1620 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Maintenance CommandNagpur1967-02-18 to 1968-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Bandi Sreeramulu Krishnarao (1727 GD(P))SASO, Eastern Air CommandShillong1968-03-27 to 1971-07-14
Air Vice Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar (1644 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Central Air CommandAllahabad1968-03-29 to 1971-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Hari Chand Dewan (1598 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Maintenance CommandNagpur1968-04-01 to 1971-03-23
Air Vice Marshal Syed Abbas Hussain (1706 GD(P))Director (Operations), Air Operations, Air HQDelhi1968-04-01 to 1970-07-18
Air Vice Marshal Maurice Barker (1691 GD(P))SASO, Western Air CommandDelhi1968-04-01 to 1971-03-07
Air Vice Marshal Victor Srihari (1624 GD(O))AOC, Western IndiaPune1968-04-10 to 1969-08-29
Air Vice Marshal Krishna Mahesh Agerwala (1648 GD(O))Director (Policy and Plan, Air Head QuartersDelhi1968-04-10 to 1970-06-11

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