Senior Officers of the IAF - 1977 by Appointment

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Appointment, UnitRank & NameDates
CAS, Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Chief Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar (1644 GD(P))1976-02-01 to 1978-08-31
AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQDelhiAir Marshal Gian Dev Sharma (1742 GD(P))1974-07-01 to 1977-01-21
--------do---------DelhiAir Marshal George Kanishtkumar John (2132 GD(P))1977-02-01 to 1979-02-10
AOC-in-C, Central Air CommandAllahabadAir Marshal Gian Dev Sharma (1742 GD(P))1977-02-01 to 1978-12-31
--------do---------AllahabadAir Marshal George Kanishtkumar John (2132 GD(P))1976-03-01 to 1977-01-31
AOC-in-C, Eastern Air CommandShillongAir Marshal Lal Singh Grewal (2337 GD(P))1976-04-24 to 1978-08-12
AOC-in-C, Maintenance CommandNagpurAir Marshal Idris Hasan Latif (1804 GD(P))1976-03-01 to 1977-05-19
--------do---------NagpurAir Marshal Devaiah Subia (1866 GD(P))1977-05-20 to 1978-07-31
AOC-in-C, Training CommandBangaloreAir Marshal Randhir Singh (2135 GD(P))1976-09-23 to 1978-04-29
AOC-in-C, Western Air CommandDelhiAir Marshal Edul Jahangir Dhatigara (1899 GD(O))1976-03-01 to 1978-09-03
Cmdt, National Defence CollegeDelhiAir Marshal Trilok Nath Ghadiok (2354 GD(P))1977-02-01 to 1978-12-01
DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQDelhiAir Marshal Jafar Zaheer (3173 GD(P))1977-05-20 to 1978-08-23
DCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQDelhiAir Marshal Devaiah Subia (1866 GD(P))1974-06-27 to 1977-03-31
VCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQDelhiAir Marshal Anand Ramdas Pandit (1707 GD(P))1976-04-01 to 1977-03-31 - Retired
VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQDelhiAir Marshal Idris Hasan Latif (1804 GD(P))1977-05-20 to 1978-08-31
--------do---------DelhiAir Marshal Devaiah Subia (1866 GD(P))1977-04-01 to 1977-05-19
ACAS (Eng), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir 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 Saroj Jena (3157 GD(P))1976-07-07 to 1979-02-09
ACAS (Logistics), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Katikannikathanam Thatachariar Vasudevan (2397 A&SD)1975-09-19 to 1977-12-31 - Retired
ACAS (Plans), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Hemant Ramkrishna Chitnis (2964 GD(P))1977-05-04 to 1978-04-30
--------do---------DelhiAir Vice Marshal Jafar Zaheer (3173 GD(P))1974-04-01 to 1977-04-17
ACAS (Systems), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Newton Vedanayagam Thomas (3550 SIGS)1975-09-21 to 1977-01-31 - Retired
--------do---------DelhiAir Vice Marshal Unjalur Santhanagopalkrishna Chandramowleswaran (3796 SIGS)1977-02-01 to 1977-11-07
AOC, No 1 Operational Group (SWAC)JodhpurAir Vice Marshal Dilbagh Singh (2998 GD(P))1976-09-14 to 1978-08-28
AOC, Jammu & KashmirUdhampurAir Vice Marshal Balwant Wickram Chauhan (3352 GD(P))1976-08-09 to 1978-08-13
AOC, Maritime Air OperationsBombayAir Vice Marshal Douglas George King-Lee (3040 GD(P))1976-11-01 to 1978-08-24
Cmdt, Air Force AcademyDundigalAir Vice Marshal Trilochan Singh Brar (2884 GD(P))1977-05-03 to 1978-08-14
--------do---------DundigalAir Vice Marshal Hemant Ramkrishna Chitnis (2964 GD(P))1976-04-01 to 1977-05-02
DMS (Air), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Devendra Nath Gupta (2703 MED)1976-02-26 to 1978-06-28
SASO, Central Air CommandAllahabadAir Vice Marshal Trilochan Singh Brar (2884 GD(P))1976-04-01 to 1977-04-25
--------do---------AllahabadAir Vice Marshal Chandan Singh (3460 GD(P))1977-07-01 to 1980-03-02
SASO, Eastern Air CommandShillongAir Vice Marshal Jagdish Raj Bhasin (3591 GD(P))1977-01-08 to 1978-08-28
SASO, Training CommandBangaloreAir Vice Marshal John Francis Lazaro (2944 GD(P))1976-08-01 to 1978-09-23
SASO, Western Air CommandDelhiAir Vice Marshal Lakshman Madhav Katre (3117 GD(P))1976-12-23 to 1978-09-03
SDS (Air), National Defence CollegeDelhiAir Vice Marshal Krishna Mohan Ram (3101 GD(P))1976-03-01 to 1978-02-28
SMSO, Maintenance CommandNagpurAir Vice Marshal Achutha Viswanathan (3607 ARMT)1976-09-21 to 1979-04-30
SOA, Western Air CommandDelhiAir Vice Marshal Gurdial Singh Punia (2134 GD(P))1976-12-01 to 1978-04-30

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