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Senior Officers of the IAF - 1983 by Appointment1948 | 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 Seniority | Appointment | Date of Rank | ||||||
| Appointment, Unit | Rank & Name | Dates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAS, Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh (2998 F(P)) | 1981-09-01 to 1984-09-03 | |||
| AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Shri Krishna Chandra Gupta (3568 ADM) | 1983-03-01 to 1985-08-31 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Kapil Dev Chadha (3845 F(P)) | 1982-02-10 to 1983-02-28 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Central Air Command | Allahabad | Air Marshal Balwant Wickram Chauhan (3352 F(P)) | 1981-09-21 to 1983-12-31 - Retired | |||
| AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | Air Marshal Douglas George King-Lee (3040 F(P)) | 1983-03-01 to 1983-11-30 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Shillong | Air Marshal Malcolm Shirley Dundas Wollen (3641 F(P)) | 1981-01-03 to 1983-02-26 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | Air Marshal Minoo Jehangir Dotiwalla (3839 F(P)) | 1983-12-01 to 1984-10-31 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | Air Marshal Kanwar Iqbal Singh Chhabra (3831 F(N)) | 1981-01-14 to 1985-01-31 | |||
| AOC-in-C, South Western Air Command | Jodhpur | Air Marshal Jagdish Raj Bhasin (3591 F(P)) | 1980-07-23 to 1983-06-30 | |||
| --------do--------- | Jodhpur | Air Marshal Chandra Kant Viswanath Gole (3652 F(P)) | 1983-07-01 to 1984-10-31 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Training Command | Bangalore | Air Marshal Erasseri Pathayapurayil Radhakrishnan Nair (3837 F(N)) | 1981-10-20 to 1985-02-28 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Western Air Command | Delhi | Air Marshal Lakshman Madhav Katre (3117 F(P)) | 1981-01-05 to 1983-02-28 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Malcolm Shirley Dundas Wollen (3641 F(P)) | 1983-03-01 to 1984-09-03 | |||
| AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Satish Chandra Lal (3793 SIGS) | 1982-09-01 to 1985-01-31 | |||
| AOP, PSO: Personnel, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Denis Anthony Lafontaine (3844 F(P)) | 1983-01-01 to 1983-12-31 | |||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.1 Squadron | Air Marshal Trilochan Singh Brar (2884 F(P)) | 1979-10-08 to 1985-10-31 | ||||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.17 Squadron | Air Marshal Lakshman Madhav Katre (3117 F(P)) | 1981-08-01 to 1985-07-01 | ||||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.43 Squadron | Air Marshal Kapil Dev Chadha (3845 F(P)) | 1982-01-01 to 1990-08-08 | ||||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.6 Squadron | Air Marshal Gian Dev Sharma (1742 F(P)) | 1975-05-01 to 1983-06-01 | ||||
| --------do--------- | Air Marshal Kanwar Iqbal Singh Chhabra (3831 F(N)) | 1983-03-01 to 1988-10-07 | ||||
| DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Chandra Kant Viswanath Gole (3652 F(P)) | 1981-01-15 to 1983-06-30 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Kapil Dev Chadha (3845 F(P)) | 1983-07-08 to 1984-10-31 | |||
| SASO, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | Air Marshal Prem Pal Singh (3871 F(P)) | 1983-07-01 to 1984-10-30 | |||
| SASO, Western Air Command | Delhi | Air Marshal Minoo Jehangir Dotiwalla (3839 F(P)) | 1983-01-06 to 1983-11-30 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Subramaniam Raghavendran (3840 F(P)) | 1983-12-01 to 1984-09-03 | |||
| SASO, Western Air Command | Delhi | Air Marshal Denis Anthony Lafontaine (3844 F(P)) | 1981-11-10 to 1983-01-01 | |||
| SMSO, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | Air Marshal Lareto Pestana Pereira (3705 LGS) | 1982-12-23 to 1985-04-30 | |||
| VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Trilochan Singh Brar (2884 F(P)) | 1981-09-22 to 1983-06-30 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Jagdish Raj Bhasin (3591 F(P)) | 1983-07-01 to 1984-10-31 | |||
| ACAS (Flt Safety & Insp), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Prem Pal Singh (3871 F(P)) | 1979-03-19 to 1983-06-30 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Brijpal Singh Sikand (3947 F(P)) | 1983-08-01 to 1984-11-12 | |||
| ACAS (Logistics), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Konthiadom Joseph Chandy (4178 LGS) | 1982-12-23 to 1984-01-31 | |||
| ACAS (Ops), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Subramaniam Raghavendran (3840 F(P)) | 1980-09-01 to 1983-09-01 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Surendra Kumar Mehra (4197 F(P)) | 1983-09-01 to 1985-05-06 | |||
| ACAS (Plans), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Johney William Greene (4093 F(P)) | 1981-06-25 to 1984-11-05 | |||
| AOC, 1 Air Defence Control Centre | Ambala | Air Vice Marshal Karan Yadav (4200 F(P)) | 1982-08-23 to 1983-05-29 - Died in Service | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Partha Kumar Dey (4404 F(P)) | 1983-08-10 to 1985-01-07 | |||
| AOC, Jammu & Kashmir | Udhampur | Air Vice Marshal Minoo Jehangir Dotiwalla (3839 F(P)) | 1982-07-01 to 1983-11-30 | |||
| AOC, Maritime Air Operations | Bombay | Air Vice Marshal Brij Lal Chadha (4110 F(N)) | 1981-06-09 to 1984-12-31 | |||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.23 Squadron | Air Vice Marshal Subramaniam Raghavendran (3840 F(P)) | 1982-08-18 to 1990-05-17 | ||||
| Cmdt, Air Force Academy | Dundigal | Air Vice Marshal Rajagopal Sriramulu Naidu (4090 F(P)) | 1981-04-13 to 1983-06-25 | |||
| --------do--------- | Dundigal | Air Vice Marshal Cecil Vivian Parker (4346 F(P)) | 1983-07-01 to 1985-03-20 | |||
| Cmdt, College of Air Warfare | Secunderabad | Air Vice Marshal Man Singh (4094 F(P)) | 1981-08-03 to 1984-12-16 | |||
| Cmdt, Institution of Aviation Medicine | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Jagjit Singh Sant (3525 MED) | 1982-03-06 to 1984-05-31 | |||
| Director, Aeronautical Development Establishment (DRDO) | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Holavanahalli Naryanarao Krishnamurthy (3790 ENG) | 1981-12-15 to 1985-07-31 | |||
| Director (Fin Plan), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Nambi Srinivasa Gopalan (3751 ACCTS) | 1982-11-01 to 1984-04-30 | |||
| Director (Intelligence), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Madan Lal Sethi (4009 F(N)) | 1981-04-06 to 1985-08-30 | |||
| Director (PO), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Surendra Kumar Mehra (4197 F(P)) | 1981-12-07 to 1983-07-31 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Jagdish Kumar Seth (4403 F(P)) | 1983-08-01 to 1985-03-01 | |||
| Director (Sigs Air), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Narayanan Krishnan Nair (4075 AE(L)) | 1981-08-14 to 1984-09-30 | |||
| Director (Training), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Terence Joseph Desa (3863 F(P)) | 1981-04-14 to 1984-07-17 | |||
| Military Secretary, President's Secretariat | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Rajagopal Sriramulu Naidu (4090 F(P)) | 1983-07-01 to 1985-05-06 | |||
| Ops Mgr, Aviation Research Center | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Chandra Kant Shantaram Raje (4038 F(P)) | 1981-01-01 to 1984-01-22 | |||
| PMO, Western Air Command | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Puran Singh Bajwa (3520 MED) | 1981-07-19 to 1984-08-31 | |||
| SAASO, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | Air Vice Marshal Vir Narain (4007 F(N)) | 1982-08-02 to 1984-09-26 | |||
| SASO, Central Air Command | Allahabad | Air Vice Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri (4236 F(P)) | 1982-02-22 to 1985-09-19 | |||
| SASO, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | Air Vice Marshal Douglas George King-Lee (3040 F(P)) | 1982-08-01 to 1983-02-28 | |||
| SASO, South Western Air Command | Jodhpur | Air Vice Marshal Man Mohan Singh (4023 F(P)) | 1981-01-09 to 1984-10-31 | |||
| SASO, Training Command | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Eruch Shiavax Lala (3842 F(P)) | 1980-11-01 to 1983-11-30 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Gandharva Sen (4429 F(P)) | 1983-12-01 to 1985-08-30 | |||
| SDS (Air), National Defence College | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Ripu Daman Sahni (3867 F(P)) | 1982-02-24 to 1983-12-31 | |||
| SMSO, Central Air Command | Allahabad | Air Vice Marshal Mrinal Kumar Gupta (3933 AE(L)) | 1982-11-01 to 1983-06-12 | |||
| --------do--------- | Allahabad | Air Vice Marshal Gursharan Singh (4263 ENG) | 1983-06-13 to 1984-07-01 | |||
| SOA, Central Air Command | Allahabad | Air Vice Marshal Ram Lalji Bhalla (3679 ADM) | 1982-05-10 to 1983-05-31 - Retired | |||
| SOA, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | Air Vice Marshal Manohar Madhav Takle (4116 F(N)) | 1983-12-05 to 1984-12-31 | |||
| --------do--------- | Shillong | Air Vice Marshal Krishnaswamy Subramanian (4213 F(N)) | 1982-01-28 to 1983-12-04 | |||
| SOA, Western Air Command | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Shri Krishna Chandra Gupta (3568 ADM) | 1979-07-01 to 1983-02-28 | |||
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