Senior Officers of the IAF - 1975 by Appointment

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Appointment, UnitRank & NameDates
CAS, Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra (1639 GD(P))1973-01-16 to 1976-01-31
AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQDelhiAir Marshal Gian Dev Sharma (1742 GD(P))1974-07-01 to 1977-01-21
AOC, No 1 Operational Group (SWAC)JodhpurAir Marshal Edul Jahangir Dhatigara (1899 GD(O))1974-06-27 to 1976-02-28
AOC-in-C, Central Air CommandAllahabadAir Marshal Idris Hasan Latif (1804 GD(P))1974-06-27 to 1976-02-29
AOC-in-C, Eastern Air CommandShillongAir Marshal Maurice Barker (1691 GD(P))1973-04-01 to 1976-04-21
AOC-in-C, Maintenance CommandNagpurAir Marshal Anand Ramdas Pandit (1707 GD(P))1973-04-01 to 1976-02-29
AOC-in-C, Western Air CommandDelhiAir Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar (1644 GD(P))1973-04-01 to 1976-01-31
AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQDelhiAir Marshal Bawa Sampuran Singh Bedi (1795 GD(O))1975-03-01 to 1976-09-20
DCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQDelhiAir Marshal Devaiah Subia (1866 GD(P))1974-06-27 to 1977-03-31
DG, Armed Forces Medical SciencesDelhiAir Marshal Ajit Nath (1666 MED)1975-01-01 to 1976-04-22
VCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQDelhiAir Marshal Hari Chand Dewan (1598 GD(P))1973-10-01 to 1976-03-31
ACAS (Eng), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Bawa Sampuran Singh Bedi (1795 GD(O))1974-04-10 to 1975-04-30
--------do---------DelhiAir Vice Marshal Chandrakant Shridhar Naik (3499 ENG)1975-05-01 to 1978-01-01
ACAS (Flt Safety & Insp), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQDelhiAir Vice Marshal Jaspal Singh (2451 GD(P))1974-06-27 to 1976-07-06
ACAS (Logistics and Maint, Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Prasanta Chitta Santra (2839 A&SD)1973-09-25 to 1975-02-28 - Retired
ACAS (Logistics), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Katikannikathanam Thatachariar Vasudevan (2397 A&SD)1975-09-19 to 1977-12-31
--------do---------DelhiAir Vice Marshal Chand Prakash Mehra (2469 A&SD)1975-03-01 to 1975-09-18 - Retired
ACAS (Plans), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Jafar Zaheer (3173 GD(P))1974-04-01 to 1977-04-17
ACAS (Systems), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Idandas Werhoma Sabhaney (2607 SIGS)1973-12-29 to 1975-08-31
--------do---------DelhiAir Vice Marshal Newton Vedanayagam Thomas (3550 SIGS)1975-09-21 to 1977-01-31
AOC, Jammu & KashmirUdhampurAir Vice Marshal John Francis Lazaro (2944 GD(P))1974-03-01 to 1976-06-30
AOC, Maritime Air OperationsBombayAir Vice Marshal Waman Raghunath Dani (1807 GD(P))1973-04-16 to 1976-10-31
AOC-in-C, Training CommandBangaloreAir Vice Marshal George Kanishtkumar John (2132 GD(P))1974-07-01 to 1976-03-22
Cmdt, National Defence AcademyKhadakvaslaAir Vice Marshal Madhav Bhawrao Naik (1874 GD(P))1973-01-03 to 1976-03-07
DMS (Air), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Lok Nath Budhraja (13814 MED)1975-01-01 to 1976-02-25
SASO, Eastern Air CommandShillongAir Vice Marshal Trilok Nath Ghadiok (2354 GD(P))1973-09-17 to 1976-12-29
SASO, Western Air CommandDelhiAir Vice Marshal Charandas Gurudas Devashar (1867 GD(P))1974-03-05 to 1976-02-15
SDS (Air), National Defence CollegeDelhiAir Vice Marshal Fredrick Van Allen Scudder (2639 GD(P))1974-01-04 to 1976-02-29
SOA, Western Air CommandDelhiAir Vice Marshal Agia Kar Singh Bakshi (2013 A&SD)1973-12-01 to 1976-11-30

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