Senior Officers of the IAF - 1987 by Service Number

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Rank & NameAppointment, UnitDates
Air Vice Marshal Subramaniam Raghavendran (3840 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.23 Squadron1982-08-18 to 1990-05-17
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQDelhi1986-01-08 to 1988-02-29
Air Chief Marshal Denis Anthony Lafontaine (3844 GD(P))CAS, Air Head QuartersDelhi1985-07-03 to 1988-07-31
Air Marshal Kapil Dev Chadha (3845 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.43 Squadron1982-01-01 to 1990-08-08
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Eastern Air CommandShillong1984-11-05 to 1987-12-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Prem Pal Singh (3871 GD(P))AOC-in-C, South Western Air CommandJodhpur1986-01-08 to 1987-02-28 - Retired
Air Marshal Vir Narain (4007 GD(N))AOC-in-C, Training CommandBangalore1985-03-01 to 1987-11-30 - Retired
Air Marshal Madan Lal Sethi (4009 GD(N))AOC-in-C, Maintenance CommandNagpur1986-01-01 to 1987-10-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Man Mohan Singh (4023 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Western Air CommandDelhi1985-08-22 to 1988-07-31
Air Marshal Rajagopal Sriramulu Naidu (4090 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum1986-12-01 to 1987-09-30 - Retired
Air Marshal Johney William Greene (4093 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Central Air CommandAllahabad1986-06-01 to 1987-03-31 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Manohar Madhav Takle (4116 GD(N))AOC, Maritime Air OperationsBombay1985-01-01 to 1987-04-30 - Retired
Air Marshal Surender Kumar Bhalla (4121 MED)DGMS (Air), Air Head QuartersDelhi1987-06-01 to 1988-08-31
Air Marshal Kuldip Singh Bhatia (4139 SIGS)AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQDelhi1986-06-01 to 1987-10-31
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Maintenance CommandNagpur1987-11-01 to 1989-04-30
Air Marshal Gyanendra Nath Kunzru (4167 MED)DGMS (Air), Air Head QuartersDelhi1986-10-01 to 1987-05-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Parameshwara Iyer Venkatachalam Iyer (4182 EQPT)SMSO, Maintenance CommandNagpur1985-05-01 to 1987-10-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Surendra Kumar Mehra (4197 GD(P))DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQDelhi1986-06-01 to 1987-02-28
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, South Western Air CommandJodhpur1987-03-01 to 1988-07-28
Air Marshal Krishnaswamy Subramanian (4213 GD(N))AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQDelhi1986-07-29 to 1988-01-27
Air Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri (4236 GD(P))AOP, PSO: Personnel, Air HQDelhi1985-09-20 to 1987-03-30
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Central Air CommandAllahabad1987-04-01 to 1988-02-29
Air Marshal Pynummooltil Simon George (4240 GD(P))IG (Insp & Safety), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQDelhi1986-04-21 to 1987-05-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Gursharan Singh (4263 ENG)DG (Radar & Comm Project), Air Head QuartersDelhi1986-06-02 to 1988-07-06
Air Vice Marshal Manish Kumar Rudra (4358 GD(P))SOA, Central Air CommandAllahabad1984-11-26 to 1987-02-15
Air Vice Marshal Pothamsetti Prasanna Madhava (4379 SIGS)ACAS (Systems), Air Head QuartersDelhi1986-02-01 to 1987-05-31 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Didar Singh Sabhikhi (4393 GD(N))SOA, Training CommandBangalore1985-09-01 to 1988-02-28
Air Marshal Parduman Krishan Puri (4397 GD(N))Cmdt, National Defence CollegeDelhi1986-07-01 to 1988-08-31
Air Marshal Jagdish Kumar Seth (4403 GD(P))SASO, Central Air CommandAllahabad1986-07-28 to 1987-11-20
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Training CommandBangalore1987-12-01 to 1991-09-30
Air Marshal Partha Kumar Dey (4404 GD(P))CoS, Western Air CommandDelhi1986-11-03 to 1987-07-13
Air Marshal Man Mohan Sinha (4408 GD(P))AOP, PSO: Personnel, Air HQDelhi1987-04-01 to 1988-02-03
Air Vice Marshal Narayan Waman Tilak (4411 GD(P))ACAS (Plans), Air Head QuartersDelhi1986-03-05 to 1987-04-30 - Retired
Air Marshal Gandharva Sen (4429 GD(P))SASO, Eastern Air CommandShillong1986-11-03 to 1987-12-15
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum1987-12-21 to 1989-10-31
Air Marshal Pattathil Venugopal (4431 GD(P))SASO, Training CommandBangalore1986-12-01 to 1989-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Girish Krishna Lal Desai (4468 EQPT)ACAS (Logistics), Air Head QuartersDelhi1985-05-01 to 1987-10-31 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Pirthi Singh (4480 GD(P))ACAS (Ops), Air Operations, Air HQDelhi1985-08-01 to 1987-02-28
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQDelhi1987-03-01 to 1988-07-31
Air Vice Marshal Mohinder Singh Bawa (4494 GD(P))SASO, South Western Air CommandJodhpur1987-01-01 to 1988-02-28
Air Vice Marshal Kshirode Krishna Sen (4495 GD(P))ACAS (Inspection), Air Head QuartersDelhi1986-04-21 to 1988-01-27
Air Vice Marshal Raj Kumar Nehra (4518 ENG)SMSO, Central Air CommandAllahabad1986-01-22 to 1988-01-10
Air Vice Marshal Jaikaran Nath Misra (4545 SIGS)ACAS (Systems), Air Head QuartersDelhi1987-07-08 to 1988-02-29
Air Vice Marshal Abraham Mathews (4547 SIGS)Director (Sigs Air), Air Head QuartersDelhi1986-12-01 to 1988-02-29
Air Vice Marshal Inder Dev Bhalla (4571 GD(P))SAASO, Maintenance CommandNagpur1986-08-01 to 1988-01-31
Air Vice Marshal Har Krishan Oberai (4583 GD(P))Cmdt, Air Force AcademyDundigal1986-03-22 to 1987-12-30
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---SASO, Eastern Air CommandShillong1987-12-31 to 1989-07-02
Air Vice Marshal Suresh Chand (4585 GD(P))Director (Training), Air Head QuartersDelhi1986-04-21 to 1988-01-17
Air Marshal Dilip Shankar Jog (4608 GD(P))CoS, Western Air CommandDelhi1987-12-30 to 1990-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Amia Kumar Sen (4717 GD(P))AOC, Jammu & KashmirUdhampur1986-06-11 to 1987-04-06
--Same as above--CI (Air), Defence Services Staff CollegeWellington1987-04-06 to 1990-06-30
Air Chief Marshal Swaroop Krishna Kaul (4721 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.17 Squadron1985-07-20 to 1995-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Swaroop Krishna Kaul (4721 GD(P))Director (PO), Air Head QuartersDelhi1986-08-01 to 1988-04-03
Air Vice Marshal Rajendra Kumar Dhawan (4736 GD(P))Cmdt, College of Air WarfareSecunderabad1986-08-20 to 1988-02-14
Air Vice Marshal Debabrata Choudhury (4759 GD(P))SOA, Western Air CommandDelhi1986-05-01 to 1988-10-31
Air Vice Marshal Sudarshan Lal Dutta (4764 GD(N))SOA, Eastern Air CommandShillong1986-08-18 to 1988-10-31
Air Vice Marshal Murari Lal Chaturvedi (4787 GD(P))SOA, Central Air CommandAllahabad1987-02-16 to 1988-03-09
Air Vice Marshal Sukh Dev Mohan (4789 GD(P))SDS (Air), National Defence CollegeDelhi1986-07-14 to 1989-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Edwin Godfrey Salins (4796 GD(P))Director (Intelligence), Air Head QuartersDelhi1986-11-03 to 1988-03-28
Air Vice Marshal Prabhat Kumar Varma (4822 GD(P))SASO, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum1987-01-13 to 1988-03-18
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---Cmde Cmdt, No.29 Squadron1987-09-14 to 1997-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Pinnapakkam Masilamani Sundaram (4857 MED)Cmdt, Command Hospital, Air ForceBangalore1987-10-31 to 1990-04-29
Air Vice Marshal Ajit Singh Lamba (4877 GD(P))Cmdt, Aircraft and Systems Testing EstablishmentBangalore1987-03-01 to 1991-04-28
Air Vice Marshal Madhabendra Banerji (4898 GD(P))AOC, Jammu & KashmirUdhampur1987-04-01 to 1988-01-17
Air Vice Marshal Shashikumar Samuel Ramdas (4930 ENG)SMSO, Western Air CommandDelhi1986-01-01 to 1989-05-08
Air Vice Marshal Brijesh Dhar Jayal (4972 GD(P))ACAS (Plans), Air Head QuartersDelhi1987-09-03 to 1989-07-02
Air Vice Marshal Palamadai Muthuswamy Ramachandran (4973 GD(P))OSD , Air Head QuartersDelhi1987-11-25 to 1988-05-15
Air Vice Marshal Chhotey Lal Gupta (5027 ACCTS)Director (Fin Plan), Air Head QuartersDelhi1984-05-01 to 1988-07-31
Air Vice Marshal Surendra Nath Chaturvedi (5030 ACCTS)Director (Accounts), Air Head QuartersDelhi1985-04-01 to 1989-10-31
Air Vice Marshal Aryamurthy Abhaya Kumar (5153 EDN)Director (Education), Air Head QuartersDelhi1986-11-01 to 1989-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Suresh Ganesh Heble (5169 EQPT)ACAS (Logistics), Air Head QuartersDelhi1987-11-01 to 1990-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Rajendra Kumar Mathur (5759 MET)Director (Meteorology), Air Head QuartersDelhi1986-01-06 to 1989-08-31
Air Vice Marshal Jagannathan Vasudevan (15857 MED)Cmdt, Command Hospital, Air ForceBangalore1986-04-01 to 1987-06-30

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