Senior Officers of the IAF - 2005 by date of rank

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Rank & NameAppointment, UnitDates
Air Chief Marshal Shashindra Pal Tyagi (8130 GD(P))CAS, Air Head QuartersDelhi2004-12-31 to 2007-03-31
Air Marshal Manek Bomanshaw Madon (7681 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.29 Squadron1998-01-01 to 2005-12-31
Air Marshal Sunil Kumar Malik (9002 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.17 Squadron1998-10-26 to 2005-07-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Raghu Rajan (8997 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.18 Squadron2001-03-01 to 2006-06-25
Air Marshal Fali Homi Major (11442 GD(P))DCIDS (Ops), Integrated Defence StaffNew Delhi2004-01-01 to 2005-09-04
Air Marshal Harendrajit Singh Garkal (11780 A&SD)AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQDelhi2004-03-22 to 2006-07-31
Air Marshal Raghu Rajan (8997 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Central Air CommandAllahabad2004-04-01 to 2005-04-30 - Retired
Air Marshal Jaspal Singh Gujral (11300 GD(P))DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQDelhi2004-04-01 to 2005-04-30
Air Marshal Vijay Adhyutrao Patkar (8632 SIGS)AOC-in-C, Maintenance CommandNagpur2004-07-06 to 2005-04-30 - Retired
Air Marshal Satish Kumar Jain (9716 GD(P))AOC-in-C, South Western Air CommandGandhinagar2004-07-12 to 2006-02-28
Air Marshal Subhash Bhojwani (9734 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Training CommandBangalore2004-07-12 to 2006-01-31
Air Marshal Ajit Bhavnani (10440 GD(P))C-in-C, Strategic Forces CommandDelhi2004-07-12 to 2005-08-18
Air Marshal Sharad Yeshwant Savur (10525 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum2004-08-01 to 2006-08-31
Air Marshal Arvind Kumar Nagalia (11633 GD(P))AOP, PSO: Personnel, Air HQDelhi2004-10-01 to 2005-08-30
Air Marshal Padmavathy Bandhopadhyay (11528 MED)DGMS (Air), Air Head QuartersDelhi2004-10-01 to 2005-11-30 - Retired
Air Marshal Sunil Kumar Malik (9002 GD(P))VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQDelhi2004-10-01 to 2005-07-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Bhushan Nilkanth Gokhale (11630 GD(P))SASO, Training CommandBangalore2004-10-10 to 2006-01-31
Air Marshal Pramod Kumar Mehra (11581 GD(P))SASO, Central Air CommandAllahabad2004-10-11 to 2006-02-23
Air Marshal Avdesh Kumar Singh (11005 GD(P))SASO, Western Air CommandDelhi2004-10-11 to 2005-01-18
Air Marshal Ajit Vishwanath Vaidya (11848 GD(P))SASO, Eastern Air CommandShillong2004-10-15 to 2005-08-31
Air Marshal Padamjit Singh Ahluwalia (11631 GD(P))DG (Insp & Safety), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQDelhi2004-10-29 to 2006-08-31
Air Marshal Avinash Deodata Joshi (10886 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Eastern Air CommandShillong2004-11-01 to 2005-08-21
Air Marshal Gurnam Singh Choudhary (11870 GD(P))SASO, South Western Air CommandGandhinagar2004-11-01 to 2006-10-31
Air Marshal Balatikalandra Uthaiah Chengappa (12112 AE(L))SMSO, Maintenance CommandNagpur2004-12-01 to 2005-06-12
Air Marshal Avdesh Kumar Singh (11005 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Western Air CommandDelhi2005-01-01 to 2007-01-31
Air Marshal Packiam Paul Rajkumar (12018 GD(P))Cmdt, National Defence CollegeDelhi2005-01-01 to 2006-11-30
Air Marshal Jaspal Singh Gujral (11300 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Central Air CommandAllahabad2005-05-01 to 2006-10-31
Air Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik (12005 GD(P))SASO, Western Air CommandDelhi2005-05-13 to 2006-10-31
Air Marshal Kirti Shekhar Chaturvedi (12100 AE(L))AOC-in-C, Maintenance CommandNagpur2005-05-16 to 2007-03-31
Air Marshal Jayant Satchidanand Apte (11900 AE(L))SMSO, Maintenance CommandNagpur2005-06-13 to 2007-04-02
Air Marshal Avinash Deodata Joshi (10886 GD(P))C-in-C, Strategic Forces CommandDelhi2005-08-22 to 2006-12-31
Air Marshal Ajit Bhavnani (10440 GD(P))VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQDelhi2005-08-22 to 2006-10-31
Air Marshal Arvind Kumar Nagalia (11633 GD(P))DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQDelhi2005-08-24 to 2007-02-28
Air Marshal Sumit Mukerji (12925 F(P))Cmde Cmdt, Tactics and Combat Development Establishment2005-08-27 to 2011-06-30
Air Marshal Yashwant Rao Rane (12210 GD(P))AOP, PSO: Personnel, Air HQDelhi2005-09-01 to 2007-01-31
Air Marshal Pranab Kumar Barbora (12375 GD(P))SASO, Eastern Air CommandShillong2005-09-01 to 2007-03-31
Air Marshal Fali Homi Major (11442 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Eastern Air CommandShillong2005-09-05 to 2007-03-30
Air Marshal Ajit Vishwanath Vaidya (11848 GD(P))DCIDS (Ops), Integrated Defence StaffNew Delhi2005-09-05 to 2006-03-31
Air Marshal Gurnam Singh Choudhary (11870 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.16 Squadron2005-11-29 to 2010-01-05
Air Marshal Harinder Kumar Maini (28383 MED)DGMS (Air), Air Head QuartersDelhi2005-12-01 to 2007-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Satish Kumar Sofat (12207 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.27 Squadron2001-09-14 to 2009-02-22
Air Vice Marshal Balatikalandra Uthaiah Chengappa (12112 AE(L))SMSO, Central Air CommandAllahabad2003-01-06 to 2005-02-06
Air Vice Marshal Arvind Jeet Singh Walia (12155 A&SD)ACAS (Works), Air Head QuartersDelhi2003-04-01 to 2005-04-30 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Walter Raymond (11800 AE(L))ACAS (Systems), Air Head QuartersDelhi2003-11-01 to 2005-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Sadhashivan Radhakrishnan (12408 GD(P))SOA, Training CommandBangalore2003-11-03 to 2006-03-03
Air Vice Marshal Kanwar Dalinderjit Singh (12403 GD(P))ACAS (Pers - Officers), Air Head QuartersDelhi2004-01-12 to 2006-02-28
Air Vice Marshal Murali Sundaram (12369 GD(P))ACAS (Training), Air Head QuartersDelhi2004-01-12 to 2006-01-31
Air Vice Marshal Yashwant Rao Rane (12210 GD(P))Cmdt, Air Force AcademyDundigal2004-01-12 to 2005-08-31
Air Vice Marshal Anup Kumar Shyam (12065 GD(P))SAASO, Maintenance CommandNagpur2004-02-01 to 2007-02-28
Air Vice Marshal Jayanta Kumar De (12250 MED)Cmdt, Command Hospital, Air ForceBangalore2004-02-16 to 2005-02-28 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Saravjit Singh Hothi (12215 GD(P))AOC, Maritime Air OperationsBombay2004-04-01 to 2006-12-17
Air Vice Marshal Gurcharan Singh Bhogal (12504 GD(P))CI (Air), Defence Services Staff CollegeWellington2004-04-01 to 2006-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Jyoti Narayan Burma (13219 ADM)SOA, Eastern Air CommandShillong2004-04-01 to 2005-05-23
Air Vice Marshal Naresh Verma (13235 ADM)SOA, Central Air CommandAllahabad2004-04-05 to 2007-04-18
Air Vice Marshal Gautam Sengupta (12743 ACCTS)ACAS (Accounts), Air Head QuartersDelhi2004-06-01 to 2006-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Narayanan Vijayakumar (12725 ACCTS)ACAS (Fin Plan), Air Head QuartersDelhi2004-06-01 to 2007-09-30
Air Vice Marshal Trichinapoly Subramanyam Raghu Raman (12664 MED)PMO, Eastern Air CommandShillong2004-10-01 to 2005-12-01
Air Vice Marshal Satish Kumar Sofat (12207 GD(P))SOA, Western Air CommandDelhi2004-10-01 to 2007-04-30
Air Vice Marshal Ajit Prasad Tyagi (13010 MET)ACAS (Meteorology), Air Head QuartersDelhi2004-10-11 to 2008-01-31
Air Vice Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne (13129 F(P))ACAS (Intelligence), Air Head QuartersDelhi2004-10-25 to 2007-04-01
Air Vice Marshal Pranab Kumar Barbora (12375 GD(P))ACAS (Inspection), Air Head QuartersDelhi2004-11-01 to 2005-09-06
Air Vice Marshal Krishan Kumar Nohwar (13132 F(P))ACAS (Plans), Air Head QuartersDelhi2004-11-01 to 2005-06-04
Air Vice Marshal Vivek Kumar Chopra (12752 GD(P))ACIDS (Pers Plans & Force, Integrated Defence StaffNew Delhi2004-11-01 to 2005-09-01
Air Vice Marshal Sunil Kumar Sinha (12355 EQPT)AOLM, Maintenance CommandNagpur2004-11-01 to 2005-12-31 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Venkataraman Ramamurthy Iyer (12939 F(P))Cmdt, College of Air WarfareSecunderabad2004-11-01 to 2007-01-31
Air Vice Marshal Ambrish Kumar (11547 AE(L))SMSO, Training CommandBangalore2004-11-22 to 2006-07-31
Air Vice Marshal Suresh Chandra Mukul (12930 F(P))ACAS (Ops), Air Operations, Air HQDelhi2004-12-01 to 2006-10-31
Air Vice Marshal Charanjit Singh Gill (11645 GD(P))AOC, Advance HQ, Western Air CommandChandimandir2004-12-01 to 2005-04-30 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Jai Krishan Gupta (12308 MED)AOC, Air Force Central Medical EstablishmentDelhi2004-12-01 to 2005-02-15
Air Vice Marshal Ajay Shrivniwas Karnik (13140 F(P))SASO, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum2004-12-01 to 2006-12-17
Air Vice Marshal Gurdip Singh Kochar (13149 F(P))SDS (Air), National Defence CollegeDelhi2004-12-01 to 2007-04-01
Air Vice Marshal Suresh Chandra Malhan (11579 GD(P))Dy Cmdt & CI, National Defence AcademyKhadakvasla2005-01-01 to 2005-11-30 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Vaduvur Srinivasaraghavan Sunder (12618 AE(M))SMSO, Central Air CommandAllahabad2005-02-07 to 2005-10-02
Air Vice Marshal Jai Krishan Gupta (12308 MED)Cmdt, Command Hospital, Air ForceBangalore2005-03-01 to 2005-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Sumit Mukerji (12925 F(P))ACAS (Ops, C &D), Air Head QuartersDelhi2005-03-03 to 2006-05-31
Air Vice Marshal Paramjit Singh Bhangu (12932 F(P))DG , Air Force Naval Housing BoardDelhi2005-03-29 to 2005-11-30
Air Vice Marshal Srinivasa Rao Sistla (12879 AE(M))ACAS (Systems), Air Head QuartersDelhi2005-04-01 to 2005-06-06
Air Vice Marshal Jyoti Narayan Burma (13219 ADM)ACAS (Works), Air Head QuartersDelhi2005-05-24 to 2006-07-31
Air Vice Marshal Jagjit Singh Gandyok (13216 ADM)SOA, Eastern Air CommandShillong2005-05-24 to 2008-08-22
Air Vice Marshal Keshava Murthy Rama Sundara (12833 AE(L))ACAS (Systems), Air Head QuartersDelhi2005-06-08 to 2007-04-29
Air Vice Marshal Pravesh Kumar (12411 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.44 Squadron2005-08-10 to 2009-06-01
Air Vice Marshal Nirdosh Vatsyayan Tyagi (12765 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.21 Squadron2005-08-31 to 2011-03-24
Air Vice Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja (13130 F(P))Cmdt, Air Force AcademyDundigal2005-09-01 to 2008-02-29
Air Vice Marshal Vivek Kumar Chopra (12752 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.23 Squadron2005-09-09 to 2008-11-18
--Same as above--ACAS (Inspection), Air Head QuartersDelhi2005-09-12 to 2008-01-31
Air Vice Marshal Gajinder Pal Singh Dua (13306 AE(L))SMSO, Central Air CommandAllahabad2005-10-03 to 2007-05-13
Air Vice Marshal Arun Kumar Tiwary (12194 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.47 Squadron2005-11-08 to 2009-02-05
Air Vice Marshal Paramjit Singh Bhangu (12932 F(P))ACAS (Education), Air Head QuartersDelhi2005-12-01 to 2006-02-28

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