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Senior Officers of the IAF - 1970 by Service Number

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Rank & NameAppointment, UnitDates
Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal (1567 GD(O))CAS, Air Head QuartersDelhi1969-07-16 to 1973-01-15
Air Marshal Shivdev Singh (1595 GD(P))VCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQDelhi1969-07-15 to 1973-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Hari Chand Dewan (1598 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Maintenance CommandNagpur1968-04-01 to 1971-03-23
Air Marshal Minoo Merwan Engineer (1614 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Western Air CommandDelhi1969-08-06 to 1973-03-31
Air Marshal Yeshwant Vinayak Malse (1616 GD(P))AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQDelhi1969-08-11 to 1972-03-31
Air Marshal Hirendra Nath Chatterjee (1620 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Eastern Air CommandShillong1968-04-01 to 1971-03-23
Air Vice Marshal Teja Singh Virk (1621 GD(O))AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQDelhi1969-08-30 to 1971-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Victor Srihari (1624 GD(O))AOC-in-C, Training CommandBangalore1969-08-30 to 1972-03-03
Air Vice Marshal Dadi Ardeshir Mehta (1625 GD(N))SDS (Air), National Defence CollegeDelhi1967-01-25 to 1971-07-30
Air Marshal Om Prakash Mehra (1639 GD(P))DCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQDelhi1969-08-07 to 1971-02-28
Air Vice Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar (1644 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Central Air CommandAllahabad1968-03-29 to 1971-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Krishna Mahesh Agerwala (1648 GD(O))Director (Policy and Plan, Air Head QuartersDelhi1968-04-10 to 1970-06-11
--Same as above--ACAS (Plans), Air Head QuartersDelhi1970-06-12 to 1970-08-09
Air Marshal Madhukar Mallanah Shrinagesh (1665 MED)Cmdt, Armed Forces Medical CollegePune1969-03-06 to 1973-12-01
Air Vice Marshal Ajit Nath (1666 MED)DMS (Air), Air Head QuartersDelhi1969-03-07 to 1974-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Maurice Barker (1691 GD(P))SASO, Western Air CommandDelhi1968-04-01 to 1971-03-07
Air Vice Marshal Syed Abbas Hussain (1706 GD(P))Director (Operations), Air Operations, Air HQDelhi1968-04-01 to 1970-07-18
--Same as above--ACAS (Personnel), PSO: Personnel, Air HQDelhi1970-07-19 to 1971-12-01
Air Vice Marshal Anand Ramdas Pandit (1707 GD(P))AOC, Western IndiaPune1969-09-24 to 1971-07-14
Air Vice Marshal Bandi Sreeramulu Krishnarao (1727 GD(P))SASO, Eastern Air CommandShillong1968-03-27 to 1971-07-14
Air Vice Marshal Gurbachan Singh (1779 EQPT)ACAS (Logistics and Maint, Air Head QuartersDelhi1970-01-01 to 1971-03-23
Air Vice Marshal Sarosh Jehangir Dastur (1792 GD(O))ACAS (Ops), Air Operations, Air HQDelhi1970-07-19 to 1970-12-01
Air Vice Marshal Idris Hasan Latif (1804 GD(P))ACAS (Plans), Air Head QuartersDelhi1970-08-10 to 1974-01-01
Air Vice Marshal Krishnamahari Narasimhan (2278 RAD)Director (Signals), Air Head QuartersDelhi1969-10-24 to 1970-05-22
--Same as above--ACAS (Systems), Air Head QuartersDelhi1970-06-12 to 1973-01-28
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