Details : | Air Commodore Shashiker Choudhary (17645) was commissioned in the Indian Air Force as an engineer in the Aeronautical Engineering (Mechanical) branch on 29 Aug 84. He has held the appointments of Senior Technical Officer, Senior Engineer (Aircraft),Chief Engineer, Deputy Air Attache, Director Engineering, Chief Engineering Officer at Air Force Academy, Air Officer Commanding of a Base Repair Depot and Principal Director at Air Headquarters. The officer has undergone post graduation from lIT Kharagpur, DSSC and National Defence College. In the initial stage of the service the officer remained posted to front line MiG-23MF and MiG-27MLunits and maintained high operational readiness of the unit. He was instrumental in re-equipment of a Sqn with MiG-29 ac. He was involved in successful modification of Banner target towing operations on both MiG-23MF and MiG-27ML aircraft. During tenure as Chief Engineer (R-29 engine), assigned task was surpassed, despite numerous challenges. As Deputy Air Attache, Moscow, the officer addressed numerous critical issues likereliabilityofR-29Bengines, reliability of Kopyo radars, repair of damaged SU-30MKIaircraft etc. As Air Officer Commanding of the Base Repair Depot, apart from achieving the assigned tasks, the officer was involved in flawless conduct of the Presidential Standards Presentation held at Air Force Station Sulur. In the present assignment, the officer has strived to ensure availability of all technologistics resources for un-interrupted conduct of flying training as well as maintenance of Remotely Piloted Aircraft in operationally readiness state. Maintenance of high serviceability and timely completion of flying training courses in time are testimony of his perseverance and hard work. The officer's involvement towards successful induction and subsequent completion of three Stage-I flying training courses on Pilatus PC-7 deserve a special mention. For distinguished service of a high order, Hon'ble President is pleased to award Vtshisht Seva Medal to Air Commodore Shashiker Choudhary. |