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Senior Officers of the IAF - 2002 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 Chief Marshal Anil Yeshwant Tipnis (5859 GD(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.23 Squadron | 1994-07-22 to 2002-04-18 | ||||
| Air Chief Marshal Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy (6338 GD(P)) | CAS, Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2001-12-31 to 2004-12-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Vinod Kumar Bhatia (6497 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Western Air Command | Delhi | 2001-08-01 to 2002-04-28 | |||
| --Same as above-- | IG (Insp & Safety), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQ | Delhi | 2002-04-29 to 2002-10-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Marshal Vinod Kumar Verma (6528 GD(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, Tactics and Combat Development Establishment | 2000-06-06 to 2002-04-30 - Retired | ||||
| --Same as above-- | AOC-in-C, Central Air Command | Allahabad | 2000-08-01 to 2002-04-30 - Retired | |||
| Air Marshal Manjit Singh Sekhon (6756 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Southern Air Command | Trivandrum | 2000-09-01 to 2002-03-12 | |||
| Air Marshal Shanti Swaroop Gupta (6805 ENG) | AOC-in-C, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 1997-08-01 to 2002-04-30 - Retired | |||
| Air Marshal Khushindhar Singh Bindra (6863 GD(P)) | AOP, PSO: Personnel, Air HQ | Delhi | 1999-10-01 to 2002-01-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Marshal Satish Govind Inamdar (7189 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | 2000-12-01 to 2002-01-20 | |||
| --Same as above-- | VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | 2002-01-14 to 2003-01-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Teshter Jall Master (7224 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Training Command | Bangalore | 2001-04-01 to 2002-12-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Marshal Michael McMahon (7399 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, South Western Air Command | Gandhinagar | 2001-08-01 to 2003-01-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Tej Mohan Asthana (7672 GD(P)) | DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQ | Delhi | 2000-12-01 to 2002-03-17 | |||
| --Same as above-- | AOC-in-C, Southern Air Command | Trivandrum | 2002-03-18 to 2002-12-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Manek Bomanshaw Madon (7681 GD(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.29 Squadron | 1998-01-01 to 2005-12-31 | ||||
| --Same as above-- | SASO, Western Air Command | Delhi | 2000-09-01 to 2002-01-20 | |||
| --Same as above-- | AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | 2002-01-21 to 2004-10-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Adi Rustomji Ghandhi (7722 GD(P)) | SASO, South Western Air Command | Gandhinagar | 2001-04-01 to 2002-01-20 | |||
| --Same as above-- | SASO, Western Air Command | Delhi | 2002-01-21 to 2002-04-28 | |||
| --Same as above-- | AOC-in-C, Western Air Command | Delhi | 2002-04-29 to 2003-11-16 | |||
| Air Marshal Laljee Kumar Verma (7768 MED) | DGMS (Air), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2000-06-01 to 2002-08-27 | |||
| Air Marshal Dinesh Chandra Nigam (7938 SIGS) | SMSO, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 2000-08-01 to 2002-04-30 | |||
| --Same as above-- | AOC-in-C, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 2002-05-01 to 2004-04-30 | |||
| Air Marshal Satish Kumar Ramlal Dham (8097 MED) | Cmdt, Armed Forces Medical College | Pune | 2002-01-01 to 2002-08-27 | |||
| --Same as above-- | DGMS (Air), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2002-08-28 to 2003-06-30 | |||
| Air Marshal Govind Chandra Singh Rajwar (8103 GD(N)) | DCIDS (Doctrine, Org, Trg, Integrated Defence Staff | New Delhi | 2002-01-01 to 2003-12-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Shashindra Pal Tyagi (8130 GD(P)) | SASO, Central Air Command | Allahabad | 2000-12-01 to 2002-05-14 | |||
| --Same as above-- | AOC-in-C, Central Air Command | Allahabad | 2002-05-01 to 2003-01-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Ashok Kumar Goel (8151 GD(P)) | SASO, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | 2001-04-01 to 2002-10-31 | |||
| --Same as above-- | IG (Insp & Safety), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQ | Delhi | 2002-11-01 to 2003-09-30 | |||
| Air Marshal Anil Kumar Trikha (8436 GD(P)) | Cmdt, National Defence Academy | Khadakvasla | 2001-04-01 to 2002-12-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Brijendra Mohan Bali (8438 GD(P)) | IG (Insp & Safety), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQ | Delhi | 2001-08-01 to 2002-04-28 | |||
| --Same as above-- | SASO, Central Air Command | Allahabad | 2002-06-03 to 2003-01-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Ramesh Chandra Mahadik (8570 A&SD) | AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQ | Delhi | 2001-07-01 to 2003-12-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Vijay Adhyutrao Patkar (8632 SIGS) | AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQ | Delhi | 2001-11-01 to 2004-06-30 | |||
| Air Marshal Bijoy Krishna Pandey (8990 GD(P)) | SASO, Training Command | Bangalore | 2001-05-30 to 2003-02-13 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Raghu Rajan (8997 GD(P)) | SDS (Air), National Defence College | Delhi | 2000-06-07 to 2002-06-04 | |||
| ---On Promotion to Air Marshal --- | Cmde Cmdt, No.18 Squadron | 2001-03-01 to 2006-06-25 | ||||
| --Same as above-- | DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQ | Delhi | 2002-06-05 to 2004-03-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Subhash Chandra Rastogi (8999 GD(P)) | ACAS (Plans), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2000-01-03 to 2002-09-15 | |||
| --Same as above-- | ACAS (Inspection), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2002-09-16 to 2003-03-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Sunil Kumar Malik (9002 GD(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.17 Squadron | 1998-10-26 to 2005-07-31 | ||||
| Air Vice Marshal Sunil Kumar Malik (9002 GD(P)) | ACAS (Intelligence), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1999-09-01 to 2002-01-20 | |||
| ---On Promotion to Air Marshal --- | SASO, South Western Air Command | Gandhinagar | 2002-02-01 to 2003-12-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Narayan Menon (9005 GD(P)) | ACAS (Ops), Air Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | 2000-12-01 to 2002-02-01 | |||
| ---On Promotion to Air Marshal --- | AOP, PSO: Personnel, Air HQ | Delhi | 2002-02-01 to 2004-09-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Gopalasamudram Mahadevan Vishwanathan (9056 GD(P)) | AOC, Jammu & Kashmir | Udhampur | 2000-02-01 to 2002-12-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Puran Chandra Singh Rautela (9576 SIGS) | SMSO, Training Command | Bangalore | 2000-09-04 to 2002-05-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Ramyar Keki Batha (9588 SIGS) | ACAS (Sigs Air), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2000-12-01 to 2002-08-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Naiyer Iqbal Razzaqui (9642 A&SD) | SOA, Training Command | Bangalore | 2001-08-01 to 2002-08-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Satish Kumar Jain (9716 GD(P)) | Addl ACAS (Ops), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2000-12-18 to 2002-01-10 | |||
| --Same as above-- | ACAS (Ops, C &D), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2002-01-11 to 2003-01-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Subhash Bhojwani (9734 GD(P)) | Cmdt, Air Force Academy | Dundigal | 2000-08-01 to 2002-06-05 | |||
| ---On Promotion to Air Marshal --- | SASO, Western Air Command | Delhi | 2002-06-06 to 2004-07-11 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Harpal Singh Ahluwalia (9821 GD(P)) | AOC, Maritime Air Operations | Bombay | 2000-09-01 to 2002-06-09 | |||
| --Same as above-- | SDS (Air), National Defence College | Delhi | 2002-06-10 to 2003-07-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Arunachalam Saibaba (9996 A&SD) | ACAS (Works), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1999-09-01 to 2003-03-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Mukut Prasad Sanyal (10017 EQPT) | ACAS (Logistics), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2000-08-01 to 2003-11-30 | |||
| Air Marshal Prakashchandra Khandubhai Desai (10078 ARMT) | SMSO, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 2002-06-12 to 2004-11-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Babu Ajit Kumar Shetty (10110 GD(P)) | AOC, 1 Air Defence Control Centre | Delhi | 2000-09-01 to 2002-08-31 | |||
| --Same as above-- | SOA, Training Command | Bangalore | 2002-09-16 to 2003-10-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Donovan Eric Jonas (10131 GD(P)) | Cmdt, College of Air Warfare | Secunderabad | 2001-04-01 to 2004-04-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Jagdarshan Singh Sandhu (10139 GD(P)) | SOA, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | 2000-07-17 to 2002-08-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Vijai Kant Tewari (10319 SIGS) | SMSO, Central Air Command | Allahabad | 2001-03-01 to 2003-01-05 | |||
| --Same as above-- | ACAS (Sigs Air), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2002-12-17 to 2003-10-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Ajit Bhavnani (10440 GD(P)) | ACAS (Pers - Officers), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2000-08-01 to 2002-10-31 | |||
| ---On Promotion to Air Marshal --- | SASO, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | 2002-11-01 to 2003-01-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Allandur Sulochanan Gurunathan (10443 GD(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.16 Squadron | 1998-03-16 to 2004-03-31 | ||||
| Air Vice Marshal Allandur Sulochanan Gurunathan (10443 GD(P)) | CI (Air), Defence Services Staff College | Wellington | 2001-03-01 to 2004-03-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Ravindra Dattatreya Limaye (10464 GD(P)) | SASO, Southern Air Command | Trivandrum | 2002-01-14 to 2002-12-31 | |||
| --Same as above-- | Cmde Cmdt, No.22 Squadron | 2002-12-01 to 2004-05-31 | ||||
| Air Vice Marshal Sharad Yeshwant Savur (10525 GD(P)) | ACAS (Pers - Airmen), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2001-03-01 to 2002-01-12 | |||
| --Same as above-- | ACAS (Intelligence), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2002-01-21 to 2003-01-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Thiruvengadam Ramanujam (10695 SIGS) | ACAS (Systems), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2001-05-11 to 2002-08-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Jagdish Singh Grewal (10866 GD(P)) | AOC, 2 Air Defence Control Centre | Gandhinagar | 2001-10-15 to 2002-01-15 - Retired | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Avinash Deodata Joshi (10886 GD(P)) | ACAS (Inspection), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2001-08-06 to 2002-09-15 | |||
| --Same as above-- | ACAS (Pers - Officers), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2002-11-01 to 2003-12-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Gordon Peter Douglas D'Souza (10984 GD(P)) | AOLM, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 2001-11-01 to 2004-10-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Avdesh Kumar Singh (11005 GD(P)) | ACAS (Training), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2001-09-03 to 2004-01-11 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Har Prakash Singh Sidhu (11051 GD(P)) | Cmdt, College of Defence Management | Secunderabad | 2001-08-06 to 2003-08-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Hariharpur Venkatasubbiah Hariharan (11244 A&SD) | SOA, Central Air Command | Allahabad | 2001-12-03 to 2003-09-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Harish Masand (11272 GD(P)) | SAASO, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 2001-12-26 to 2004-01-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Tejinder Pal Singh Chatwal (11290 GD(P)) | ADG (A), HQ NCC | Delhi | 2001-10-01 to 2003-09-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Jaspal Singh Gujral (11300 GD(P)) | ACIDS (Jt Ops), Integrated Defence Staff | New Delhi | 2001-12-26 to 2004-03-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Fali Homi Major (11442 GD(P)) | ACAS (Pers - Airmen), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2002-02-04 to 2003-12-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Padmavathy Bandhopadhyay (11528 MED) | ADG, Armed Forces Medical Sciences | Delhi | 2002-11-25 to 2004-09-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Pramod Kumar Mehra (11581 GD(P)) | AOC, 2 Air Defence Control Centre | Gandhinagar | 2002-03-21 to 2003-01-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Bhushan Nilkanth Gokhale (11630 GD(P)) | ACAS (Ops), Air Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | 2002-02-01 to 2004-10-09 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Padamjit Singh Ahluwalia (11631 GD(P)) | AOC, Maritime Air Operations | Bombay | 2002-06-10 to 2004-02-13 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Arvind Kumar Nagalia (11633 GD(P)) | ACAS (Plans), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2002-09-16 to 2004-09-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Vinod Kumar Verma (11638 GD(P)) | Cmdt, Air Force Academy | Dundigal | 2002-07-01 to 2004-01-11 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Harendrajit Singh Garkal (11780 A&SD) | SOA, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | 2002-12-02 to 2004-03-20 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Kiran Chandra Indravadan Trivedi (11788 MET) | ACAS (Meteorology), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2001-10-19 to 2003-04-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Packiam Paul Rajkumar (12018 GD(P)) | Dy Cmdt & CI, National Defence Academy | Khadakvasla | 2002-10-10 to 2004-12-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Kirti Shekhar Chaturvedi (12100 AE(L)) | SMSO, Training Command | Bangalore | 2002-06-12 to 2004-10-28 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Anurag Bhawanishankar Pandit (12103 AE(L)) | ACAS (Systems), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2002-09-02 to 2003-01-05 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Kervashe Ramesh Karnik (12147 ACCTS) | ACAS (Fin Plan), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2002-06-14 to 2004-05-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Satyaprakash Dattatraya Honmode (12148 ACCTS) | ACAS (Accounts), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2001-03-29 to 2004-05-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Arun Kumar Tiwary (12194 GD(P)) | SDS (Air), National Defence College | Delhi | 2002-08-01 to 2004-11-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Satish Kumar Sofat (12207 GD(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.27 Squadron | 2001-09-14 to 2009-02-22 | ||||
| Air Vice Marshal Parimal Kumar Sarkar (26480 MED) | Cmdt, Command Hospital, Air Force | Bangalore | 2002-01-01 to 2003-09-29 | |||
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