Assistant Chief of Air Staff, Operations Appointments at Air Head Quarters


19 Jul 70 - 01 Dec 70
Air Vice Marshal
Sarosh Jehangir Dastur
1792 GD(O)
ACAS (Ops)
Delhi

Unknown - 31 May 72
Air Vice Marshal
Bandi Sreeramulu Krishnarao
1727 GD(P)
ACAS (Ops)
Delhi

Unknown -
Air Vice Marshal
Charandas Gurudas Devashar
1867 GD(P)
ACAS (Ops)
Delhi

01 Jun 72 - 01 Dec 73
Air Vice Marshal
Edul Jahangir Dhatigara
1899 GD(O)
ACAS (Ops)
Delhi

Unknown - 09 Nov 76
Air Vice Marshal
John Jasper Bouche
2938 GD(P)
ACAS (Ops)
Delhi

Unknown - 15 Apr 80
Air Vice Marshal
Malcolm Shirley Dundas Wollen
3641 GD(P)
ACAS (Ops)
Delhi

01 Sep 80 - 01 Sep 83
Air Vice Marshal
Subramaniam Raghavendran
3840 GD(P)
ACAS (Ops)
Delhi

01 Sep 83 - 06 May 85
Air Vice Marshal
Surendra Kumar Mehra
4197 GD(P)
ACAS (Ops)
Delhi

07 May 85 -
Air Marshal
Surendra Kumar Mehra
4197 GD(P)
ACAS (Ops)
Delhi

01 Aug 85 - 28 Feb 87
Air Vice Marshal
Pirthi Singh
4480 GD(P)
ACAS (Ops)
Delhi

01 Mar 87 -
Air Vice Marshal
Denzil Joseph Keelor
4805 GD(P)
ACAS (Ops)
Delhi

01 Sep 89 - 01 Apr 90
Air Vice Marshal
Brijesh Dhar Jayal
4972 GD(P)
ACAS (Ops)
Delhi

01 Apr 90 - 22 Jun 91
Air Vice Marshal
Trilochan Singh
5043 GD(P)
ACAS (Ops)
Delhi

01 Nov 90 -
Air Vice Marshal
Dinanath Ramchander Nadkarni
5587 GD(P)
ACAS (Ops)
Delhi

01 Jun 94 - 31 Jan 96
Air Vice Marshal
Vinod Kumar Bhatia
6497 GD(P)
ACAS (Ops)
Delhi

01 Jun 96 - 01 Jan 99
Air Vice Marshal
Michael McMahon
7399 GD(P)
ACAS (Ops)
Delhi

01 Jan 99 - 30 Aug 99
Air Vice Marshal
Tej Mohan Asthana
7672 GD(P)
ACAS (Ops)
Delhi

01 Sep 99 - 01 Dec 00
Air Vice Marshal
Shashindra Pal Tyagi
8130 GD(P)
ACAS (Ops)
Delhi

01 Dec 00 - 01 Feb 02
Air Vice Marshal
Narayan Menon
9005 GD(P)
ACAS (Ops)
Delhi

01 Feb 02 - 09 Oct 04
Air Vice Marshal
Bhushan Nilkanth Gokhale
11630 GD(P)
ACAS (Ops)
Delhi

01 Dec 04 - 31 Oct 06
Air Vice Marshal
Suresh Chandra Mukul
12930 F(P)
ACAS (Ops)
Delhi

Unknown - 31 May 09
Air Vice Marshal
Anjan Kumar Gogoi
13382 F(P)
ACAS (Ops)
Delhi

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