Senior Officers of the IAF - 2006 by Service Number

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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 Raghu Rajan (8997 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.18 Squadron2001-03-01 to 2006-06-25
Air Marshal Satish Kumar Jain (9716 GD(P))AOC-in-C, South Western Air CommandGandhinagar2004-07-12 to 2006-02-28 - Retired
Air Marshal Subhash Bhojwani (9734 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Training CommandBangalore2004-07-12 to 2006-01-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Ajit Bhavnani (10440 GD(P))VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQDelhi2005-08-22 to 2006-10-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Sharad Yeshwant Savur (10525 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum2004-08-01 to 2006-08-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Avinash Deodata Joshi (10886 GD(P))C-in-C, Strategic Forces CommandDelhi2005-08-22 to 2006-12-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Avdesh Kumar Singh (11005 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Western Air CommandDelhi2005-01-01 to 2007-01-31
Air Marshal Jaspal Singh Gujral (11300 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Central Air CommandAllahabad2005-05-01 to 2006-10-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Fali Homi Major (11442 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Eastern Air CommandShillong2005-09-05 to 2007-03-30
Air Vice Marshal Ambrish Kumar (11547 AE(L))SMSO, Training CommandBangalore2004-11-22 to 2006-07-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Pramod Kumar Mehra (11581 GD(P))SASO, Central Air CommandAllahabad2004-10-11 to 2006-02-23
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, South Western Air CommandGandhinagar2006-03-01 to 2007-04-30
Air Marshal Bhushan Nilkanth Gokhale (11630 GD(P))SASO, Training CommandBangalore2004-10-10 to 2006-01-31
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Training CommandBangalore2006-03-01 to 2006-10-31
--Same as above--VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQDelhi2006-11-01 to 2007-12-31
Air Marshal Padamjit Singh Ahluwalia (11631 GD(P))DG (Insp & Safety), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQDelhi2004-10-29 to 2006-08-31
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum2006-09-01 to 2007-01-31
Air Marshal Arvind Kumar Nagalia (11633 GD(P))DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQDelhi2005-08-24 to 2007-02-28
Air Marshal Vinod Kumar Verma (11638 GD(P))DG (Insp & Safety), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQDelhi2006-09-01 to 2008-09-30
Air Marshal Harendrajit Singh Garkal (11780 A&SD)AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQDelhi2004-03-22 to 2006-07-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Ajit Vishwanath Vaidya (11848 GD(P))DCIDS (Ops), Integrated Defence StaffNew Delhi2005-09-05 to 2006-03-31
--Same as above--DCIDS (Policy, Plans, For, Integrated Defence StaffNew Delhi2006-04-01 to 2008-02-29
Air Marshal Gurnam Singh Choudhary (11870 GD(P))SASO, South Western Air CommandGandhinagar2004-11-01 to 2006-10-31
--Same as above--Cmde Cmdt, No.16 Squadron2005-11-29 to 2010-01-05
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Training CommandBangalore2006-11-01 to 2008-04-30
Air Marshal Jayant Satchidanand Apte (11900 AE(L))SMSO, Maintenance CommandNagpur2005-06-13 to 2007-04-02
Air Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik (12005 GD(P))SASO, Western Air CommandDelhi2005-05-13 to 2006-10-31
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Central Air CommandAllahabad2006-11-01 to 2007-12-31
Air Marshal Packiam Paul Rajkumar (12018 GD(P))Cmdt, National Defence CollegeDelhi2005-01-01 to 2006-11-30
--Same as above--C-in-C, Andaman and Nicobar CommandPort Blair2006-12-02 to 2007-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Anup Kumar Shyam (12065 GD(P))SAASO, Maintenance CommandNagpur2004-02-01 to 2007-02-28
Air Marshal Kirti Shekhar Chaturvedi (12100 AE(L))AOC-in-C, Maintenance CommandNagpur2005-05-16 to 2007-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Arun Kumar Tiwary (12194 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.47 Squadron2005-11-08 to 2009-02-05
Air Vice Marshal Satish Kumar Sofat (12207 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.27 Squadron2001-09-14 to 2009-02-22
--Same as above--SOA, Western Air CommandDelhi2004-10-01 to 2007-04-30
Air Marshal Yashwant Rao Rane (12210 GD(P))AOP, PSO: Personnel, Air HQDelhi2005-09-01 to 2007-01-31
Air Vice Marshal Saravjit Singh Hothi (12215 GD(P))AOC, Maritime Air OperationsBombay2004-04-01 to 2006-12-17
Air Marshal Jai Krishan Gupta (12308 MED)DGHS, Armed Forces Medical SciencesDelhi2006-06-01 to 2007-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Murali Sundaram (12369 GD(P))ACAS (Training), Air Head QuartersDelhi2004-01-12 to 2006-01-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Pranab Kumar Barbora (12375 GD(P))SASO, Eastern Air CommandShillong2005-09-01 to 2007-03-31
--Same as above--Cmde Cmdt, No.29 Squadron2006-09-01 to 2010-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Kanwar Dalinderjit Singh (12403 GD(P))ACAS (Pers - Officers), Air Head QuartersDelhi2004-01-12 to 2006-02-28
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---SASO, Central Air CommandAllahabad2006-03-01 to 2007-04-30
Air Vice Marshal Sadhashivan Radhakrishnan (12408 GD(P))SOA, Training CommandBangalore2003-11-03 to 2006-03-03
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---SASO, Training CommandBangalore2006-03-04 to 2007-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Pravesh Kumar (12411 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.44 Squadron2005-08-10 to 2009-06-01
Air Vice Marshal Gurcharan Singh Bhogal (12504 GD(P))CI (Air), Defence Services Staff CollegeWellington2004-04-01 to 2006-06-30
Air Marshal Shiv Kumar Bhan (12510 GD(P))SASO, Western Air CommandDelhi2006-11-01 to 2007-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Trichinapoly Subramanyam Raghu Raman (12664 MED)Cmdt, Command Hospital, Air ForceBangalore2006-01-01 to 2008-04-08
Air Vice Marshal Narayanan Vijayakumar (12725 ACCTS)ACAS (Fin Plan), Air Head QuartersDelhi2004-06-01 to 2007-09-30
Air Vice Marshal Gautam Sengupta (12743 ACCTS)ACAS (Accounts), Air Head QuartersDelhi2004-06-01 to 2006-03-31 - Retired
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 Satish Kumar Gahlaut (12764 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.17 Squadron2006-04-10 to 2007-09-30
Air Vice Marshal Nirdosh Vatsyayan Tyagi (12765 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.21 Squadron2005-08-31 to 2011-03-24
--Same as above--ACAS (Plans), Air Head QuartersDelhi2006-06-05 to 2008-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Vijay Shanker Kapani (12766 GD(P))SASO, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum2006-12-18 to 2007-10-14
Air Vice Marshal Keshava Murthy Rama Sundara (12833 AE(L))ACAS (Systems), Air Head QuartersDelhi2005-06-08 to 2007-04-29
Air Vice Marshal Sumit Mukerji (12925 F(P))ACAS (Ops, C &D), Air Head QuartersDelhi2005-03-03 to 2006-05-31
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---Cmde Cmdt, Tactics and Combat Development Establishment2005-08-27 to 2011-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Suresh Chandra Mukul (12930 F(P))ACAS (Ops), Air Operations, Air HQDelhi2004-12-01 to 2006-10-31
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---SASO, South Western Air CommandGandhinagar2006-11-01 to 2008-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Paramjit Singh Bhangu (12932 F(P))ACAS (Education), Air Head QuartersDelhi2005-12-01 to 2006-02-28
--Same as above--ACAS (Pers - Officers), Air Head QuartersDelhi2006-03-01 to 2007-06-03
Air Vice Marshal Venkataraman Ramamurthy Iyer (12939 F(P))Cmdt, College of Air WarfareSecunderabad2004-11-01 to 2007-01-31
Air Marshal Tejbir Singh Randhawa (12947 F(P))Cmdt, National Defence AcademyKhadakvasla2006-12-01 to 2008-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Ajit Prasad Tyagi (13010 MET)ACAS (Meteorology), Air Head QuartersDelhi2004-10-11 to 2008-01-31
Air Vice Marshal Vijay Kumar Dayalu (13096 ADM)ACAS (Works), Air Head QuartersDelhi2006-08-07 to 2008-08-31
Air Vice Marshal Jalbir Singh Boparai (13108 LGS)AOLM, Maintenance CommandNagpur2006-01-02 to 2008-03-02
Air Vice Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne (13129 F(P))ACAS (Intelligence), Air Head QuartersDelhi2004-10-25 to 2007-04-01
Air Vice Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja (13130 F(P))Cmdt, Air Force AcademyDundigal2005-09-01 to 2008-02-29
Air Vice Marshal Ajay Shrivniwas Karnik (13140 F(P))SASO, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum2004-12-01 to 2006-12-17
--Same as above--AOC, Maritime Air OperationsBombay2006-12-18 to 2008-04-30
Air Vice Marshal Gurdip Singh Kochar (13149 F(P))SDS (Air), National Defence CollegeDelhi2004-12-01 to 2007-04-01
Air Vice Marshal Jagjit Singh Gandyok (13216 ADM)SOA, Eastern Air CommandShillong2005-05-24 to 2008-08-22
Air Vice Marshal Jyoti Narayan Burma (13219 ADM)ACAS (Works), Air Head QuartersDelhi2005-05-24 to 2006-07-31
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQDelhi2006-08-01 to 2012-11-30
Air Vice Marshal Naresh Verma (13235 ADM)SOA, Central Air CommandAllahabad2004-04-05 to 2007-04-18
Air Vice Marshal Bidanda Chengapa Nanjappa (13246 F(P))SOA, Training CommandBangalore2006-03-04 to 2007-04-30
Air Vice Marshal Vikas Krishna Rao Yajurvedi (13248 F(P))ACAS (Training), Air Head QuartersDelhi2006-02-01 to 2007-10-14
Air Vice Marshal Navin Verma (13282 AE(L))SMSO, Training CommandBangalore2006-08-01 to 2008-11-30
Air Vice Marshal Rajiv Sharma (13299 AE(L))Cmdt, Military Institute of TechnologyPune2006-10-03 to 2008-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Gajinder Pal Singh Dua (13306 AE(L))SMSO, Central Air CommandAllahabad2005-10-03 to 2007-05-13
Air Vice Marshal Dinesh Chandra Kumaria (13366 F(P))ACAS (Ops, Space), Air Head QuartersDelhi2006-06-01 to 2009-03-11
Air Vice Marshal Anil Chopra (13368 F(P))AOC, Jammu & KashmirUdhampur2006-09-01 to 2008-01-31
Air Vice Marshal Sundaram Sriram (13408 LGS)ACAS (Logistics), Air Head QuartersDelhi2006-09-01 to 2008-03-02
Air Vice Marshal Anil Kumar Khosla (13534 AE(L))SMSO, Western Air CommandDelhi2006-08-01 to 2008-10-31
Air Vice Marshal Virender Nath Kalia (13568 F(P))CI (Air), Defence Services Staff CollegeWellington2006-07-01 to 2008-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Ratan Bir Singh Kalra (13690 ACCTS)ACAS (Accounts), Air Head QuartersDelhi2006-04-01 to 2007-09-30
Air Vice Marshal Pradeep Singh (14086 F(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.18 Squadron2006-06-26 to 2011-07-27
Air Marshal Harinder Kumar Maini (28383 MED)DGMS (Air), Air Head QuartersDelhi2005-12-01 to 2007-03-31

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