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Senior Officers of the IAF - 1978 by Service Number1948 | 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 Service Number | Appointment | Date of Rank | ||||||
| Rank & Name | Appointment, Unit | Dates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Marshal Hirendra Nath Chatterjee (1620 GD(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.1 Squadron | 1975-01-01 to 1979-10-07 | ||||
| Air Chief Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar (1644 GD(P)) | CAS, Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1976-02-01 to 1978-08-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Marshal Gian Dev Sharma (1742 GD(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.6 Squadron | 1975-05-01 to 1983-06-01 | ||||
| --Same as above-- | AOC-in-C, Central Air Command | Allahabad | 1977-02-01 to 1978-12-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Idris Hasan Latif (1804 GD(P)) | VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | 1977-05-20 to 1978-08-31 | |||
| ---On Promotion to Air Chief Marshal --- | CAS, Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1978-09-01 to 1981-08-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Devaiah Subia (1866 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 1977-05-20 to 1978-07-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Marshal Edul Jahangir Dhatigara (1899 GD(O)) | AOC-in-C, Western Air Command | Delhi | 1976-03-01 to 1978-09-03 | |||
| --Same as above-- | VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | 1978-09-04 to 1980-01-31 | |||
| Air Marshal George Kanishtkumar John (2132 GD(P)) | AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQ | Delhi | 1977-02-01 to 1979-02-10 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Gurdial Singh Punia (2134 GD(P)) | SOA, Western Air Command | Delhi | 1976-12-01 to 1978-04-30 - Retired | |||
| Air Marshal Randhir Singh (2135 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Training Command | Bangalore | 1976-09-23 to 1978-04-29 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Harkrishan Lal Kapur (2165 A&SD) | SOA, Western Air Command | Delhi | 1978-05-20 to 1979-06-30 | |||
| Air Marshal Lal Singh Grewal (2337 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | 1976-04-24 to 1978-08-12 | |||
| --Same as above-- | DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQ | Delhi | 1978-08-24 to 1980-01-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Trilok Nath Ghadiok (2354 GD(P)) | Cmdt, National Defence College | Delhi | 1977-02-01 to 1978-12-01 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Devendra Nath Gupta (2703 MED) | DMS (Air), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1976-02-26 to 1978-06-28 - Retired | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Yeshwant Ramachandra Agtey (2715 GD(P)) | SDS (Air), National Defence College | Delhi | 1978-03-01 to 1978-09-19 - Retired | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Trilochan Singh Brar (2884 GD(P)) | Cmdt, Air Force Academy | Dundigal | 1977-05-03 to 1978-08-14 | |||
| --Same as above-- | ACAS (Plans), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1978-09-04 to 1979-02-09 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal John Francis Lazaro (2944 GD(P)) | SASO, Training Command | Bangalore | 1976-08-01 to 1978-09-23 - Retired | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Hemant Ramkrishna Chitnis (2964 GD(P)) | ACAS (Plans), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1977-05-04 to 1978-04-30 | |||
| ---On Promotion to Air Marshal --- | AOC-in-C, Training Command | Bangalore | 1978-05-11 to 1979-02-19 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Dilbagh Singh (2998 GD(P)) | AOC, No 1 Operational Group (SWAC) | Jodhpur | 1976-09-14 to 1978-08-28 | |||
| ---On Promotion to Air Marshal --- | AOC-in-C, Western Air Command | Delhi | 1978-09-04 to 1980-12-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Douglas George King-Lee (3040 GD(P)) | AOC, Maritime Air Operations | Bombay | 1976-11-01 to 1978-08-24 | |||
| --Same as above-- | AOC, Jammu & Kashmir | Udhampur | 1978-09-01 to 1979-06-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Krishna Mohan Ram (3101 GD(P)) | SDS (Air), National Defence College | Delhi | 1976-03-01 to 1978-02-28 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Lakshman Madhav Katre (3117 GD(P)) | SASO, Western Air Command | Delhi | 1976-12-23 to 1978-09-03 | |||
| ---On Promotion to Air Marshal --- | AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | 1978-09-04 to 1981-01-02 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Saroj Jena (3157 GD(P)) | ACAS (Flt Safety & Insp), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQ | Delhi | 1976-07-07 to 1979-02-09 | |||
| Air Marshal Jafar Zaheer (3173 GD(P)) | DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQ | Delhi | 1977-05-20 to 1978-08-23 | |||
| --Same as above-- | AOC-in-C, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 1978-08-24 to 1979-01-19 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Balwant Wickram Chauhan (3352 GD(P)) | AOC, Jammu & Kashmir | Udhampur | 1976-08-09 to 1978-08-13 | |||
| --Same as above-- | Cmdt, Air Force Academy | Dundigal | 1978-08-14 to 1979-10-23 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Chandan Singh (3460 GD(P)) | SASO, Central Air Command | Allahabad | 1977-07-01 to 1980-03-02 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Chandrakant Shridhar Naik (3499 ENG) | Director (Eng), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1975-05-01 to 1978-01-01 | |||
| ---On Promotion to Air Marshal --- | AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQ | Delhi | 1978-09-01 to 1982-08-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Sunil Kumar Basack (3502 EQPT) | ACAS (Logistics), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1978-01-02 to 1978-12-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Kuppuswamier Chidambaram (3531 EQPT) | ACAS (Logistics), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1978-11-01 to 1979-10-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Jagdish Raj Bhasin (3591 GD(P)) | SASO, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | 1977-01-08 to 1978-08-28 | |||
| --Same as above-- | AOC-in-C, No 1 Operational Group (SWAC) | Jodhpur | 1978-08-29 to 1980-04-15 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Achutha Viswanathan (3607 ARMT) | SMSO, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 1976-09-21 to 1979-04-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Chandra Kant Viswanath Gole (3652 GD(P)) | ACAS (Plans), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1978-05-25 to 1978-09-03 | |||
| --Same as above-- | SASO, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | 1978-09-22 to 1980-04-17 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Kanwar Iqbal Singh Chhabra (3831 GD(N)) | AOC, Maritime Air Operations | Bombay | 1978-08-25 to 1981-01-13 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Erasseri Pathayapurayil Radhakrishnan Nair (3837 GD(N)) | SDS (Air), National Defence College | Delhi | 1978-09-25 to 1981-02-23 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Minoo Jehangir Dotiwalla (3839 GD(P)) | SASO, Training Command | Bangalore | 1978-10-01 to 1979-07-14 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Denis Anthony Lafontaine (3844 GD(P)) | SASO, Western Air Command | Delhi | 1978-11-22 to 1981-11-09 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Amit Sen (4129 MED) | DMS (Air), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1978-06-29 to 1980-03-31 | |||
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