Senior Officers of the IAF - 2009 by date of rank

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Rank & NameAppointment, UnitDates
Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major (11442 GD(P))CAS, Air Head QuartersDelhi2007-03-31 to 2009-05-31 - Retired
Air Chief Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik (12005 GD(P))CAS, Air Head QuartersDelhi2009-05-31 to 2011-07-31
Air Marshal Sumit Mukerji (12925 F(P))Cmde Cmdt, Tactics and Combat Development Establishment2005-08-27 to 2011-06-30
Air Marshal Gurnam Singh Choudhary (11870 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.16 Squadron2005-11-29 to 2010-01-05
Air Marshal Jyoti Narayan Burma (13219 ADM)AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQDelhi2006-08-01 to 2012-11-30
Air Marshal Pranab Kumar Barbora (12375 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.29 Squadron2006-09-01 to 2010-12-31
Air Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne (13129 F(P))DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQDelhi2007-03-01 to 2009-05-31
Air Marshal Kanwar Dalinderjit Singh (12403 GD(P))AOC-in-C, South Western Air CommandGandhinagar2007-05-01 to 2009-09-30 - Retired
Air Marshal Gautam Nayyar (13024 AE(M))AOC-in-C, Maintenance CommandNagpur2007-12-01 to 2009-03-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Pramod Vasant Athawale (13472 AE(L))SMSO, Maintenance CommandNagpur2007-12-01 to 2009-03-31
Air Marshal Keshava Murthy Rama Sundara (12833 AE(L))AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQDelhi2007-12-04 to 2010-01-31
Air Marshal Packiam Paul Rajkumar (12018 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Central Air CommandAllahabad2007-12-31 to 2009-06-30 - Retired
Air Marshal Shiv Kumar Bhan (12510 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Eastern Air CommandShillong2008-01-01 to 2009-12-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Pranab Kumar Barbora (12375 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Western Air CommandDelhi2008-01-01 to 2009-05-31
Air Marshal Paramjit Singh Bhangu (12932 F(P))SASO, Western Air CommandDelhi2008-01-01 to 2009-09-30
Air Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik (12005 GD(P))VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQDelhi2008-01-01 to 2009-05-31
Air Marshal Krishan Kumar Nohwar (13132 F(P))SASO, Training CommandBangalore2008-01-02 to 2009-12-31
Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja (13130 F(P))DCIDS (Doctrine, Org, Trg, Integrated Defence StaffNew Delhi2008-03-01 to 2010-11-01
Air Marshal Nirdosh Vatsyayan Tyagi (12765 GD(P))SASO, South Western Air CommandGandhinagar2008-04-01 to 2009-05-31
Air Marshal Venkataraman Ramamurthy Iyer (12939 F(P))AOC-in-C, Training CommandBangalore2008-05-01 to 2010-11-30
Air Marshal Sumit Mukerji (12925 F(P))AOP, PSO: Personnel, Air HQDelhi2008-05-01 to 2009-08-31
Air Marshal Gurdip Singh Kochar (13149 F(P))SASO, Central Air CommandAllahabad2008-05-01 to 2009-06-30
Air Marshal Ajay Shrivniwas Karnik (13140 F(P))SASO, Eastern Air CommandShillong2008-05-01 to 2009-09-30
Air Marshal Puthiyaveettil Madhusoodanan (29428 MED)DGMS (Air), Air Head QuartersDelhi2008-06-01 to 2010-05-31
Air Marshal Sadhashivan Radhakrishnan (12408 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum2008-10-01 to 2009-08-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Suresh Chandra Mukul (12930 F(P))CIDS, Integrated Defence StaffNew Delhi2008-10-01 to 2010-12-31
Air Marshal Tejbir Singh Randhawa (12947 F(P))DG (Insp & Safety), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQDelhi2009-01-02 to 2010-03-31
Air Marshal Naresh Verma (13235 ADM)DG (Works), Air Head QuartersDelhi2009-03-02 to 2012-11-30
Air Marshal Dinesh Chandra Kumaria (13366 F(P))DG (Air Ops), Air Operations, Air HQDelhi2009-03-12 to 2009-06-30
Air Marshal Pramod Vasant Athawale (13472 AE(L))AOC-in-C, Maintenance CommandNagpur2009-04-01 to 2011-08-31
Air Marshal Sundaram Sriram (13408 LGS)SMSO, Maintenance CommandNagpur2009-04-01 to 2013-02-28
Air Marshal Joseph Neri (13711 AE(L))DG (Aircraft), Air Head QuartersDelhi2009-04-29 to 2010-01-31
Air Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne (13129 F(P))AOC-in-C, Western Air CommandDelhi2009-06-01 to 2010-12-31
Air Marshal Nirdosh Vatsyayan Tyagi (12765 GD(P))DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQDelhi2009-06-01 to 2011-01-31
Air Marshal Anjan Kumar Gogoi (13382 F(P))DG (Air Ops), Air Operations, Air HQDelhi2009-06-01 to 2010-12-31
Air Marshal Dinesh Chandra Kumaria (13366 F(P))SASO, South Western Air CommandGandhinagar2009-06-01 to 2010-12-31
Air Marshal Pranab Kumar Barbora (12375 GD(P))VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQDelhi2009-06-01 to 2010-12-31
Air Marshal Gurdip Singh Kochar (13149 F(P))AOC-in-C, Central Air CommandAllahabad2009-07-01 to 2011-10-31
Air Marshal Simhakutty Varthaman (13606 F(P))SASO, Central Air CommandAllahabad2009-07-01 to 2011-07-31
Air Marshal Sumit Mukerji (12925 F(P))AOC-in-C, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum2009-09-01 to 2011-06-30
Air Marshal Kughikombil Joseph Mathews (13393 F(P))AOP, PSO: Personnel, Air HQDelhi2009-09-01 to 2010-12-31
Air Marshal Paramjit Singh Bhangu (12932 F(P))AOC-in-C, South Western Air CommandGandhinagar2009-10-01 to 2010-12-31
Air Marshal Lalit Kumar Malhotra (13373 F(P))SASO, Eastern Air CommandShillong2009-10-01 to 2010-11-30
Air Marshal Ajay Shrivniwas Karnik (13140 F(P))SASO, Western Air CommandDelhi2009-10-01 to 2010-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Satish Kumar Sofat (12207 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.27 Squadron2001-09-14 to 2009-02-22
Air Vice Marshal 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 Arun Kumar Tiwary (12194 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.47 Squadron2005-11-08 to 2009-02-05
Air Vice Marshal Dinesh Chandra Kumaria (13366 F(P))ACAS (Ops, Space), Air Head QuartersDelhi2006-06-01 to 2009-03-11
Air Vice Marshal Pradeep Singh (14086 F(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.18 Squadron2006-06-26 to 2011-07-27
Air Vice Marshal Keshav Gopal Bewoor (13570 F(P))Cmdt, College of Air WarfareSecunderabad2007-02-01 to 2009-03-22
Air Vice Marshal Devinder Singh (14284 F(P))ACAS (Ops, Offensive), Air Head QuartersDelhi2007-04-01 to 2010-07-31
Air Vice Marshal Shankar Mani (13596 F(P))SDS (Air), National Defence CollegeDelhi2007-04-02 to 2009-03-22
Air Vice Marshal Atul Saikia (13585 F(P))Cmdt, College of Defence ManagementSecunderabad2007-04-03 to 2009-04-22
Air Vice Marshal Sapan Kumar Karmaker (13379 F(P))SOA, Training CommandBangalore2007-05-05 to 2009-03-22
Air Vice Marshal Gajinder Pal Singh Dua (13306 AE(L))ACAS (Systems), Air Head QuartersDelhi2007-05-14 to 2009-06-30 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Raj Kumar Vashist (13832 AE(M))SMSO, Central Air CommandAllahabad2007-05-14 to 2009-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Lalit Kumar Malhotra (13373 F(P))ACAS (Pers - Officers), Air Head QuartersDelhi2007-06-04 to 2009-03-22
Air Vice Marshal Devendra Nath Ganesh (13243 F(P))SAASO, Maintenance CommandNagpur2007-06-04 to 2009-05-31 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Baldev Singh (13683 ACCTS)ACAS (Accounts), Air Head QuartersDelhi2007-10-01 to 2009-02-28 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Ratan Bir Singh Kalra (13690 ACCTS)ACAS (Fin Plan), Air Head QuartersDelhi2007-10-01 to 2010-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Satya Prakash Rajguru (13765 F(P))ACAS (Training), Air Head QuartersDelhi2007-10-15 to 2010-05-31
Air Vice Marshal Rajinder Singh (13980 F(P))SASO, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum2007-10-17 to 2010-02-05
Air Vice Marshal Priya Ranjan Sharma (13927 F(P))ACIDS (Jt Ops), Integrated Defence StaffNew Delhi2008-01-01 to 2011-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Anil Chopra (13368 F(P))ACAS (Inspection), Air Head QuartersDelhi2008-02-01 to 2010-06-13
Air Vice Marshal Gurparshad Sharma (14427 MET)ACAS (Meteorology), Air Head QuartersDelhi2008-02-01 to 2011-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Kughikombil Joseph Mathews (13393 F(P))Cmdt, Air Force AcademyDundigal2008-03-01 to 2009-08-31
Air Vice Marshal Sundaram Sriram (13408 LGS)AOLM, Maintenance CommandNagpur2008-03-03 to 2009-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Virender Nath Kalia (13568 F(P))ACAS (Intelligence), Air Head QuartersDelhi2008-04-01 to 2010-11-30
Air Vice Marshal Simhakutty Varthaman (13606 F(P))ACAS (Plans), Air Head QuartersDelhi2008-04-01 to 2009-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Pradeep Singh (14086 F(P))AOC, 2 Air Defence Control CentreGandhinagar2008-04-01 to 2010-07-05
Air Vice Marshal Jasvinder Chauhan (14079 F(P))AOC, Jammu & KashmirUdhampur2008-04-21 to 2010-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Ram Krishan Ganjoo (13362 MED)Cmdt, Command Hospital, Air ForceBangalore2008-04-21 to 2009-04-30 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Ravi Kant Sharma (14088 F(P))ACIDS (Pers Plans & Force, Integrated Defence StaffNew Delhi2008-05-01 to 2009-06-01
Air Vice Marshal Prakul Kumar (14093 F(P))DG , Air Force Naval Housing BoardDelhi2008-05-01 to 2010-02-14
Air Vice Marshal Muthumanikam Matheswaran (14104 F(P))AOC, Maritime Air OperationsBombay2008-05-05 to 2009-05-24
Air Vice Marshal Rakesh Kumar Jolly (14083 F(P))CI (Air), Defence Services Staff CollegeWellington2008-07-01 to 2010-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Jagjit Singh Gandyok (13216 ADM)ACAS (Works), Air Head QuartersDelhi2008-09-01 to 2009-08-31 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Dinesh Mukundan (13508 ADM)SOA, Central Air CommandAllahabad2008-09-01 to 2010-01-14
Air Vice Marshal Pramod Kumar Roy (14100 F(P))SOA, Eastern Air CommandShillong2008-09-01 to 2009-03-12
Air Vice Marshal Bhajan Lal Thakral (14195 AE(M))SMSO, Training CommandBangalore2008-12-01 to 2009-11-30 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Satyendra Kumar (16283 EDN)ACAS (Education), Air Head QuartersDelhi2009-01-30 to 2013-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Satish Kumar Gagneja (14544 ACCTS)ACAS (Accounts), Air Head QuartersDelhi2009-03-01 to 2011-02-28
Air Vice Marshal Shankar Mani (13596 F(P))Director LCA (Induction), National Flight Test Center, ADABangalore2009-03-01 to 2010-11-30
Air Vice Marshal Manmohan Bahadur (14665 F(P))ACAS (Ops, T&H), Air Head QuartersDelhi2009-03-02 to 2011-05-31
Air Vice Marshal Amit Chakraborty (14716 ADM)ACAS (Org & Cer), Air Head QuartersDelhi2009-03-23 to 2012-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Keshav Gopal Bewoor (13570 F(P))ACAS (Pers - Officers), Air Head QuartersDelhi2009-03-23 to 2010-08-08
Air Vice Marshal Paramjit Singh Gill (14097 F(P))Cmdt, College of Air WarfareSecunderabad2009-03-23 to 2010-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Sapan Kumar Karmaker (13379 F(P))SDS (Air), National Defence CollegeDelhi2009-03-23 to 2011-07-31
Air Vice Marshal Lalit Kumar Malhotra (13373 F(P))SOA, Eastern Air CommandShillong2009-03-23 to 2009-09-30
Air Vice Marshal Satish Pal Singh (13770 F(P))SOA, Training CommandBangalore2009-03-23 to 2010-01-26
Air Vice Marshal Daljit Singh (14553 F(P))ACAS (Air Defence), Air Head QuartersDelhi2009-04-01 to 2010-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Ashok Singhal (14615 AE(L))SMSO, Central Air CommandAllahabad2009-04-01 to 2011-04-17
Air Vice Marshal Muthumanikam Matheswaran (14104 F(P))ACAS (Ops, Space), Air Head QuartersDelhi2009-05-25 to 2011-07-31
Air Vice Marshal Ravinath Gururaj Burli (14667 F(P))AOC, Maritime Air OperationsBombay2009-05-25 to 2010-11-01
Air Vice Marshal Ramesh Rai (14669 F(P))SAASO, Maintenance CommandNagpur2009-06-01 to 2010-11-30
Air Vice Marshal Ravi Kant Sharma (14088 F(P))ACAS (Plans), Air Head QuartersDelhi2009-07-01 to 2011-01-31
Air Vice Marshal Vinod Kumar Narang (14326 AE(L))ACAS (Systems), Air Head QuartersDelhi2009-07-01 to 2010-04-23
Air Vice Marshal Udai Sivram Soman (15015 F(P))AOES, Maintenance CommandNagpur2009-08-06 to 2010-04-04
Air Vice Marshal Arun Kumar Singh (14616 AE(L))ACAS (Weapons), Air Head QuartersDelhi2009-08-17 to 2011-08-31
Air Vice Marshal Virender Mohan Khanna (15071 AE(M))SMSO, Eastern Air CommandShillong2009-08-17 to 2011-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Azeez Javeed (14386 ADM)ACAS (Works), Air Head QuartersDelhi2009-09-01 to 2011-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Amit Aneja (14668 F(P))Cmdt, Air Force AcademyDundigal2009-09-01 to 2011-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Arun Purushottam Garud (14692 F(P))SOA, Eastern Air CommandShillong2009-10-01 to 2010-05-16
Air Vice Marshal Devinder Singh Khajuria (15073 AE(M))SMSO, Training CommandBangalore2009-12-01 to 2011-09-30

Note: All the data available here is publicly available in the Gazette of India, published by the Indian Government, or from public domain sources, press releases about Awards and Right-To-Information (RTI) Requests. Additionally data shared by veterans is added to the page with permission. No data with respect to serving officers below the rank of AVM is displayed. Information in Gazette of India and Award citations and photographs as released by the Indian Air Force are the only details displayed.