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Senior Officers of the IAF - 1989 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 Surendra Kumar Mehra (4197 GD(P)) | 1988-08-01 to 1991-07-31 | |||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.17 Squadron | Air Chief Marshal Swaroop Krishna Kaul (4721 GD(P)) | 1985-07-20 to 1995-12-31 | ||||
| AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Parduman Kumar Jain (4366 A&SD) | 1988-01-28 to 1991-01-31 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Central Air Command | Allahabad | Air Marshal Mohinder Singh Bawa (4494 GD(P)) | 1988-03-01 to 1990-12-31 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | Air Marshal Man Mohan Sinha (4408 GD(P)) | 1988-02-08 to 1991-01-31 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | Air Marshal Kuldip Singh Bhatia (4139 SIGS) | 1987-11-01 to 1989-04-30 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Nagpur | Air Marshal Sibaprasad Chakrabarti (4528 ARMT) | 1989-05-01 to 1991-01-31 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Southern Air Command | Trivandrum | Air Marshal Gandharva Sen (4429 GD(P)) | 1987-12-21 to 1989-10-31 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Trivandrum | Air Marshal Suresh Chand (4585 GD(P)) | 1989-11-07 to 1991-03-31 | |||
| AOC-in-C, South Western Air Command | Jodhpur | Air Marshal Partha Kumar Dey (4404 GD(P)) | 1988-08-01 to 1992-03-31 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Training Command | Bangalore | Air Marshal Jagdish Kumar Seth (4403 GD(P)) | 1987-12-01 to 1991-09-30 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Western Air Command | Delhi | Air Marshal Pirthi Singh (4480 GD(P)) | 1988-08-01 to 1992-04-30 | |||
| AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Raj Kumar Nehra (4518 ENG) | 1989-05-10 to 1990-12-31 | |||
| AOP, PSO: Personnel, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Parduman Krishan Puri (4397 GD(N)) | 1988-09-01 to 1989-06-30 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Har Krishan Oberai (4583 GD(P)) | 1989-07-03 to 1990-09-30 | |||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.29 Squadron | Air Marshal Prabhat Kumar Varma (4822 GD(P)) | 1987-09-14 to 1997-12-31 | ||||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.43 Squadron | Air Marshal Kapil Dev Chadha (3845 GD(P)) | 1982-01-01 to 1990-08-08 | ||||
| Cmdt, National Defence Academy | Khadakvasla | Air Marshal Didar Singh Sabhikhi (4393 GD(N)) | 1988-06-29 to 1991-08-31 | |||
| CoS, Western Air Command | Delhi | Air Marshal Dilip Shankar Jog (4608 GD(P)) | 1987-12-30 to 1990-03-31 | |||
| DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Rajendra Kumar Dhawan (4736 GD(P)) | 1988-08-01 to 1990-04-01 | |||
| DG (Radar & Comm Project), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Marshal Abraham Mathews (4547 SIGS) | 1988-08-01 to 1991-01-31 | |||
| DGMS (Air), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Marshal Amarjit Singh Chahal (19976 MED) | 1988-09-01 to 1989-12-31 - Retired | |||
| IG (Insp & Safety), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Kshirode Krishna Sen (4495 GD(P)) | 1988-01-28 to 1989-06-30 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Denzil Joseph Keelor (4805 GD(P)) | 1989-07-03 to 1991-03-26 | |||
| SASO, Central Air Command | Allahabad | Air Marshal Suresh Chand (4585 GD(P)) | 1988-01-18 to 1989-11-05 | |||
| SASO, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | Air Marshal Har Krishan Oberai (4583 GD(P)) | 1987-12-31 to 1989-07-02 | |||
| --------do--------- | Shillong | Air Marshal Sukh Dev Mohan (4789 GD(P)) | 1989-07-03 to 1991-05-11 | |||
| SASO, Training Command | Bangalore | Air Marshal Pattathil Venugopal (4431 GD(P)) | 1986-12-01 to 1989-06-30 | |||
| --------do--------- | Bangalore | Air Marshal Kshirode Krishna Sen (4495 GD(P)) | 1989-07-01 to 1990-05-31 | |||
| SMSO, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | Air Marshal Raj Kumar Nehra (4518 ENG) | 1988-01-11 to 1989-04-06 | |||
| --------do--------- | Nagpur | Air Marshal Shashikumar Samuel Ramdas (4930 ENG) | 1989-04-08 to 1990-11-01 | |||
| VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri (4236 GD(P)) | 1988-03-01 to 1991-07-31 | |||
| ACAS (Inspection), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Ravinder Nath Bharadwaj (5001 GD(P)) | 1988-08-16 to 1989-06-30 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Pondicherry Jayarao Jayakumar (5037 GD(P)) | 1989-07-03 to 1990-09-30 | |||
| ACAS (Logistics), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Suresh Ganesh Heble (5169 EQPT) | 1987-11-01 to 1990-06-30 | |||
| ACAS (Ops), Air Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Brijesh Dhar Jayal (4972 GD(P)) | 1989-09-01 to 1990-04-01 | |||
| ACAS (Plans), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | --Same as above-- | 1987-09-03 to 1989-07-02 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Ravinder Nath Bharadwaj (5001 GD(P)) | 1989-07-03 to 1990-06-24 | |||
| ACAS (Systems), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Arun Kumar Roy (5244 SIGS) | 1988-08-01 to 1989-09-30 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Kailash Chander Kapoor (5409 ELECT) | 1989-10-03 to 1990-10-31 | |||
| Addl ACAS (Ops), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Manjunath Sadanand (4994 GD(P)) | 1989-08-23 to 1990-03-04 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Keith David Kingsley Lewis (5109 GD(P)) | 1989-01-02 to 1989-08-22 | |||
| AOC, 1 Air Defence Control Centre | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Trilochan Singh (5043 GD(P)) | 1988-05-01 to 1990-02-28 | |||
| AOC, Jammu & Kashmir | Udhampur | Air Vice Marshal Dushyant Singh (5048 GD(P)) | 1988-01-18 to 1989-06-23 | |||
| --------do--------- | Udhampur | Air Vice Marshal Naresh Kumar (5057 GD(P)) | 1989-07-03 to 1991-04-09 | |||
| AOC, Maritime Air Operations | Bombay | Air Vice Marshal Purushottam Laxmikant Purohit (4581 GD(P)) | 1988-02-15 to 1989-01-31 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Bombay | Air Vice Marshal Thupakulu Narasimhulu Bhavani Shankar (5060 GD(P)) | 1989-02-01 to 1991-10-31 | |||
| AOLM, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | Air Vice Marshal Subharatnam Kasinath (5467 EQPT) | 1988-01-15 to 1991-04-30 | |||
| CI (Air), Defence Services Staff College | Wellington | Air Vice Marshal Amia Kumar Sen (4717 GD(P)) | 1987-04-06 to 1990-06-30 | |||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.23 Squadron | Air Vice Marshal Subramaniam Raghavendran (3840 GD(P)) | 1982-08-18 to 1990-05-17 | ||||
| Cmdt, Air Force Academy | Dundigal | Air Vice Marshal Eric Lionel Allen (4582 GD(P)) | 1988-01-19 to 1990-02-28 | |||
| Cmdt, Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Ajit Singh Lamba (4877 GD(P)) | 1987-03-01 to 1991-04-28 | |||
| Cmdt, College of Air Warfare | Secunderabad | Air Vice Marshal Pondicherry Jayarao Jayakumar (5037 GD(P)) | 1988-02-15 to 1989-07-02 | |||
| --------do--------- | Secunderabad | Air Vice Marshal Dushyant Singh (5048 GD(P)) | 1989-07-03 to 1991-03-08 | |||
| Cmdt, College of Defence Management | Secunderabad | Air Vice Marshal Sadanand Kulkarni (5292 GD(N)) | 1989-03-01 to 1991-04-07 | |||
| Cmdt, Command Hospital, Air Force | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Pinnapakkam Masilamani Sundaram (4857 MED) | 1987-10-31 to 1990-04-29 | |||
| DG , Air Force Naval Housing Board | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Amrit Mohan Mehta (5051 GD(P)) | 1989-04-01 to 1992-03-31 | |||
| Director (Accounts), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Surendra Nath Chaturvedi (5030 ACCTS) | 1985-04-01 to 1989-10-31 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Sabnavis Tirumal Rao (5530 ACCTS) | 1989-11-01 to 1991-11-30 | |||
| Director (Education), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Aryamurthy Abhaya Kumar (5153 EDN) | 1986-11-01 to 1989-12-31 - Retired | |||
| Director (Fin Plan), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Pooran Dev Adlakha (5266 ACCTS) | 1988-08-01 to 1989-08-31 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Manmohan Waman Desai (5524 ACCTS) | 1989-09-01 to 1991-07-31 | |||
| Director (Intelligence), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Keith David Kingsley Lewis (5109 GD(P)) | 1988-03-29 to 1989-01-01 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Pratap Rao (5188 GD(P)) | 1989-01-02 to 1990-09-30 | |||
| Director (Meteorology), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Rajendra Kumar Mathur (5759 MET) | 1986-01-06 to 1989-08-31 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Narayanaswamy Natarajan (6183 EQPT) | 1989-09-01 to 1994-11-30 | |||
| Director (PO), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Palamadai Muthuswamy Ramachandran (4973 GD(P)) | 1988-12-19 to 1990-05-17 | |||
| Director (Sigs Air), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Surinder Lal Chhabra (5248 SIGS) | 1989-05-08 to 1990-10-31 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Vishwa Mohan Tiwari (5417 SIGS) | 1988-03-01 to 1989-05-07 | |||
| Director (Training), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Madhabendra Banerji (4898 GD(P)) | 1988-01-18 to 1990-01-31 | |||
| SAASO, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | Air Vice Marshal Sudheer Rajaram Karkare (5083 GD(N)) | 1989-01-02 to 1990-10-31 | |||
| SASO, Southern Air Command | Trivandrum | Air Vice Marshal Edwin Godfrey Salins (4796 GD(P)) | 1988-04-11 to 1989-02-28 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Trivandrum | Air Vice Marshal Verinder Puri (5199 GD(P)) | 1989-03-01 to 1992-05-12 | |||
| SASO, South Western Air Command | Jodhpur | Air Vice Marshal Swaroop Krishna Kaul (4721 GD(P)) | 1988-03-01 to 1989-01-01 | |||
| SDS (Air), National Defence College | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Sukh Dev Mohan (4789 GD(P)) | 1986-07-14 to 1989-06-30 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Keith David Kingsley Lewis (5109 GD(P)) | 1989-07-03 to 1991-03-24 | |||
| SMSO, Central Air Command | Allahabad | Air Vice Marshal Amal Kumar Mukhopadhyay (5237 ENG) | 1988-08-01 to 1989-12-31 | |||
| SMSO, Training Command | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Kailash Chander Kapoor (5409 ELECT) | 1988-07-01 to 1989-09-30 | |||
| --------do--------- | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Machanda Chinapa Uthaya (5627 SIGS) | 1989-10-03 to 1991-01-31 | |||
| SMSO, Western Air Command | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Shashikumar Samuel Ramdas (4930 ENG) | 1986-01-01 to 1989-05-08 | |||
| SOA, Central Air Command | Allahabad | Air Vice Marshal Naresh Kumar (5057 GD(P)) | 1988-03-10 to 1989-07-02 | |||
| --------do--------- | Allahabad | Air Vice Marshal Surinder Pal Dhawan (5298 GD(N)) | 1989-07-17 to 1991-03-20 | |||
| SOA, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | Air Vice Marshal Debabrata Choudhury (4759 GD(P)) | 1988-11-01 to 1990-05-31 | |||
| SOA, Training Command | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Peter Eric Gaynor (5110 GD(P)) | 1988-08-01 to 1990-11-30 | |||
| SOA, Western Air Command | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Ranjit Singh Bedi (5120 GD(P)) | 1988-11-01 to 1991-05-27 | |||
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