Air Marshal Suresh Chand
Mukul, AVSM, VM, VSM
Chief of Integrated Service Command (CISC)
Air Marshal Suresh Chand Mukul assumed charge as the fourth Chief of Integrated Service Command (CISC) on 01 October 2008. He was commissioned into the Indian Air Force (IAF) in January 1972 into the fighter stream. He has flown almost every combat aircraft in the inventory of the IAF and has logged over 4200 hours of flying on a variety of aircraft. He is a Qualified Flying Instructor (QFI) and a Fighter Combat Leader (FCL) from the prestigious Tactics & Air Combat Development Establishment (TACDE).
The Air Marshal has held a variety of operational and staff appointments during his career. The operational assignments include command of a frontline fighter squadron, Chief Operations Officer of a fighter base and command of a frontline airbase. He has also functioned as Air Assistant to the Chief of Air Staff, Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Operations) at Air Headquarters, Senior Air Staff Officer at South Western Air Command and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Southern Air Command. The Air Marshal is a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College (DSSC) and is an alumnus of the Air War College in the US.