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AIR FORCE SENIOR APPOINTMENTS & OFFICERS LIST
Updated on 15th August 2003

The list of senior officers given below has been compiled from open sources. Bharat Rakshak maintains no claim regarding the accuracy of this document and it is subject to revision from time to time. If you know any information on some of these appointments and which is not classified or restricted information then you are requested to get in touch with the webmaster. Click on the hyperlinked names to see the photographs in a popup window.

Ranks and Appointment Name S No Appt Date Com. Date
  Marshal of the Air Force        
1 Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh 1569 26 Jan 2002 23 Dec 1939
           
  Air Chief Marshal        
1 Chief of Air Staff (Air Chief Marshal) Srinvasapuram Krishnaswamy   31 Dec 2001 1961
           
  Air Marshals        
1 Vice Chief of Air Staff Michael McMahon 7399 01 Feb 2003 22 Jun 1963
2 AOC in C Western Air Command Adi Rustom Ghandhi 7722 18 May 2002 09 Mar 1963
3 AOC in C Southern Air Command Anil Kumar Trikha   01 Jan 2003  
4 AOC in C South Western Air Command Shashindra Pal Tyagi 6528 15 May 2002 31 Dec 1963
5 AOC in C Eastern Air Command Manek Bomanshaw Madon 7681 21 Jan 2002 1963
6 AOC in C Central Air Command B M Bali   01 Feb 2003  
7 AOC in C Training Command Bejoy Krishna Pandey 8990 01 Jan 2003 25 Dec 1964
8 AOC in C Maintenance Command Dinesh Chandra Nigam 7938 01 May 2002 1963
9 Senior Air Staff Officer, Western Air Command Subhash Bhojwani   20 May 2002 Oct 1965
10 Senior Air Staff Officer, South Western Air Command S K Malik   03 Feb 2002  
11 Senior Air Staff Officer, Eastern Air Command S Y Savur   01 Feb 2003  
12 Senior Air Staff Officer, Central Air Command Ajit Bhavnani   01 Feb 2003  
13 Senior Air Staff Officer, Training Command S K Jain   15 Feb 2003 Oct 1965
14 Senior Maintenance Staff Officer Maintenance Cmd. Prakashchandra Khandubhai Desai 10078    
15 Deputy Chief of Air Staff  Raghu Rajan     25 Dec 1964
16 Deputy CIDS  (Planning, Doctrine and Training) Govind Chandra Singh Rajwar 8103 28 Jan 2002  
17 Air Officer in Charge Personnel Narayanan Menon 9005 03 Feb 2002  
18 Air Officer in Charge Administration Ramesh Chandra Mahadik 8570    
19 Air Officer in Charge Maintenance T Ramaswamy Janakiraman  7058    
20 Inspector General, Inspection and Safety Ashok Kumar Goel   10 Nov 2002  
21 Commandant AFMC        
22 Director General Medical Services  (Air) Satish Kumar Ramlal Dham 8097 03 Jun 2002 Dec 1963
23 Director General Radar and Comm Projects Proteep Kumar Ghosh 7106    
24 Director General Logistics        
25 C-in-C Strategic Forces Command (Newly Created) Tej Mohan Asthana 7672 01 Jan 2003 Oct 1963
            
  Air Vice Marshals        
1 ACIDS (Joint Ops) J S Gujral      
2 ACIDS (Perspective Plans) Mohan Dikshit 11309    
3 ACIDS (Intelligence) S C Malhan      
4 Tech Manager Def Procurement Board S L Sud      
5 ACAS Operations and Personnel        
6 Addl ACAS Ops        
7 ACAS Meteorology K L Trivedi      
8 ACAS Intelligence P K Mehra      
9 ACAS Signals Puran Chandra Singh Rautela 9576    
10 ACAS Plans        
11 ACAS Financial Plans        
12 ACAS Engineering (A)        
13 ACAS Engineering (D)        
14 ACAS Engineering (B)        
15 ACAS Logistics        
16 ACAS Systems        
17 ACAS Maintenance Planning and QA S K Sharma      
18 ACAS Personnel (Officers)        
19 ACAS Personnel (Airmen)        
20 ACAS Training A K Singh      
21 Dir of Accounts P Honmode      
22 Dir of Air Force Works        
23 ACAS inspection and Safety        
24 Senior Air Staff Officer, Southern Air Command R D Limaye      
25 Sr Maint Staff Off (SMSO) Western Air Command        
26 Sr Maint Staff Off (SMSO) Southern Air Command        
27 Sr Maint Staff Off (SMSO) SouthWesternAirCommand        
28 Sr Maint Staff Off (SMSO) Eastern Air Command Ambarish Kumar      
29 Sr Maint Staff Off (SMSO) Central Air Command B U Chengappa      
30 Sr Maint Staff Off (SMSO) Training Command K S Chaturvedi      1970
31 Sr Off i/c Adm Western Air Command D S Guram      
32 Sr Off i/c Adm Southern Air Command        
33 Sr Off i/c Adm South Western Air Command S K Banerji      
34 Sr Off i/c Adm Eastern Air Command        
35 Sr Off i/c Adm Central Air Command H V Hariharan      
36 Sr Off i/c Adm Training Command B A K Shetty   16 Sep 2002  
37 Sr Air and Admn Staff Off Maintenance Command Harish Masand       
38 Air Officer i/c Logistics and Maintanance GP D'Souza      
39 Commandant, Air Force Academy, Dundigal V K Verma   1 July 2002  
40 Commandant, College of Air Warfare, Secunderabad Donovan Eric Jonas 10131    
41 Commandant, Air Force Administrative College        
42 Commandant, College of Defence Management H P S Sidhu 10511    
43 AOC Jammu and Kashmir        
44 AOC Advance HQ, WAC Nirmal Thusu      
45 AOC Maritime Air Operations, Mumbai Padamjit Singh Ahluwalia      
46 Cmdt, Command Hospital, Bangalore P K Sarkar      
47 Principal Medical Officer Western Air Command N K Manchanda      
48 Principal Medical Officer Training  Command A K Sen Gupta   01 Sep 2001  
           

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