Service No & Branch | 17326 F(P) | Stream :Fighters | ![]() | ||||||||||||
Date of Birth: -- --- ---- | Commissioned: 22 Dec 1983 | Course: 132 Course | |||||||||||||
Service End: | Retired on 31 Mar 2023 Superannuated | Flying Hours : 5000 | Nick Name : | ||||||||||||
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Dates | Rank | Unit | Location | Appointment | Photo |
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- | Wg Cdr | Flying Training School | Bangalore | Commanding Officer | |
01 Dec 2006 - 01 Aug 2008 | Gp Capt | Air Force Test Pilots School | Bangalore | Officer Commanding | |
01 Dec 2010 - 27 Dec 2011 | Air Cmde | Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment | Bangalore | Commandant | |
01 Jan 2013 - 31 Jul 2014 | Air Cmde | 20 Wing | Bagdogra | Air Officer Commanding | |
01 Aug 2014 - 31 Jul 2016 | AVM | Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Projects | |
16 Mar 2015 - | No.37 Squadron | Commodore Commandant | |||
01 Aug 2016 - 28 Feb 2019 | AVM | Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Plans | |
01 Mar 2019 - 31 Oct 2019 | Air Marshal | South Western Air Command | Gandhinagar | Senior Air Staff Officer | |
01 Nov 2019 - 30 Jun 2021 | Air Marshal | Air Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | Director General Air (Operations) | |
16 Sep 2020 - | Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment | Commodore Commandant | |||
01 Jul 2021 - 30 Sep 2021 | Air Marshal | Western Air Command | Delhi | Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief | |
01 Oct 2021 - 31 Mar 2023 | Air Marshal | Integrated Defence Staff | New Delhi | Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman Chiefs of Staff Committee | |
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Shaurya Chakra | ||||
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Pt Offr | Balabhadra Radha Krishna | 17326 F(P) | Award Date 25 Sep 1984 | Announced 26 Jan 1986 |
Details : | On the 25th September, 1984, Pilot Officer Radha Krishna Balabhadra was authorised to carry out his fourth sortie on MiG aircraft. During the course of the flight at an altitude of 10 Kms., the canopy perspex of the aircraft shattered and as a result raining glass and plastic fragments fell on him. The aircraft was left with only jagged remnants of the canopy on the left side. The tremendous air blast made it extremely difficult and hazardous for the Officer to even open his eyes and look ahead. Simultaneously he also experienced the accompanied shock of explosive decompression. Pilot Officer Balabhadra, with negligible experience on such aircraft exhibiting great alertness, confidence and coolness descended rapidly, selecting the Identification friend or foe on to emergency, and carried out a safe landing having catered for the extra speed and power required due to the damaged state of the aircraft. Pilot Officer Radha Krishna Balabhadra thus displayed courage, confidence, presence of mind and a high sense of flying skill. | |||
Unit : MOFTU | ||||
Reference : Notification No. 28-Pres/86 dated 26th January, 1986 published in Part 1, Section 1, Gazette of India dated 22nd March, 1986. |
Ati Vishist Seva Medal | ||||
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AVM | Balabhadra Radha Krishna | 17326 F(P) | Award Date 26 Jan 2017 | Announced 26 Jan 2017 |
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Param Vishist Seva Medal | ||||
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Air Marshal | Balabhadra Radha Krishna | 17326 F(P) | Award Date 26 Jan 2022 | Announced 26 Jan 2022 |
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