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Senior Officers of the IAF - 1963 by Service Number1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | 1955 | 1956 | 1957 | 1958 | 1959 | 1960 | 1961 | 1962 | 1963 | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | 1972 | 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1979 | 1980 | 1981 | 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | 1987 | 1988 | 1989 | 1990 | 1991 | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 |View by Service Number | Appointment | Date of Rank | ||||||
| Rank & Name | Appointment, Unit | Dates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer (1554 GD(P)) | CAS, Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1960-12-01 to 1964-07-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Surendra Nath Goyal (1560 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Training Command | Bangalore | 1961-04-01 to 1966-08-06 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Diwan Atma Ram Nanda (1562 GD(P)) | VCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQ | Delhi | 1963-01-01 to 1963-08-04 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Kundan Lal Sondhi (1566 GD(P)) | Cmdt, National Defence Academy | Khadakvasla | 1963-01-06 to 1963-09-25 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal (1567 GD(O)) | AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQ | Delhi | 1963-01-01 to 1963-11-23 | |||
| --Same as above-- | AOC-in-C, Western Air Command | Delhi | 1963-11-24 to 1964-09-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Ramaswami Rajaram (1573 GD(O)) | AOC, No 1 Operational Group (Tezpur) | Tezpur | 1962-12-12 to 1963-06-09 | |||
| --Same as above-- | AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | 1963-06-10 to 1963-08-04 | |||
| --Same as above-- | DCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | 1963-08-05 to 1964-09-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Arjan Singh (1577 GD(P)) | DCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | 1963-01-01 to 1963-08-04 | |||
| --Same as above-- | VCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQ | Delhi | 1963-08-05 to 1964-07-31 | |||
| Air Commodore Ramchander Atmaram (1583 GD(P)) | SAASO, Maintenance Command | Kanpur | 1961-06-06 to 1963-06-20 | |||
| --Same as above-- | AOC, 1 Air Defence Area | Ambala | 1963-06-26 to 1964-03-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Kanwar Jaswant Singh (1587 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command | Calcutta | 1962-03-03 to 1963-01-01 - Died in Service | |||
| Air Commodore Homi Shapurji Ratnagar (1588 GD(P)) | Cmdt, School of Land and Air Warfare | Secunderabad | 1961-06-06 to 1966-01-12 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Mohan Swaroop Chaturvedi (1592 GD(O)) | AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQ | Delhi | 1963-01-01 to 1966-11-10 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Erlic Wilmot Pinto (1593 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Operational Command | Delhi | 1959-11-18 to 1963-06-09 | |||
| --Same as above-- | AOC-in-C, Western Air Command | Delhi | 1963-06-10 to 1963-11-22 - Died in Service | |||
| Air Commodore Shivdev Singh (1595 GD(P)) | AOC, Advance HQ, Operational Command | Simla | 1960-01-12 to 1963-01-14 | |||
| ---On Promotion to Air Vice Marshal --- | AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command | Calcutta | 1963-01-14 to 1963-06-09 | |||
| --Same as above-- | AOC-in-C, Central Air Command | Calcutta | 1963-06-10 to 1966-03-04 | |||
| Air Commodore Hari Chand Dewan (1598 GD(P)) | Director (Ops, Transport), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1962-07-02 to 1966-12-31 | |||
| Air Commodore Jagdev Chandra (1612 GD(P)) | SASO, Training Command | Bangalore | 1963-01-12 to 1965-12-01 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Minoo Merwan Engineer (1614 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | 1963-08-05 to 1964-09-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Yeshwant Vinayak Malse (1616 GD(P)) | SDS (Air), National Defence College | Delhi | 1963-11-07 to 1964-09-30 | |||
| Air Commodore Teja Singh Virk (1621 GD(O)) | AOC, Advance HQ, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | 1962-03-03 to 1963-06-09 | |||
| --Same as above-- | AOC, Air Force Laison Cell (CAC) | Lucknow | 1963-07-23 to 1965-12-28 | |||
| Air Commodore Victor Srihari (1624 GD(O)) | AOC (Policy and Plans), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1962-06-12 to 1963-06-01 | |||
| --Same as above-- | Cmdt, Air Force Flying College | Jodhpur | 1963-06-01 to 1966-01-14 | |||
| Air Commodore Dadi Ardeshir Mehta (1625 GD(N)) | Director (Intelligence), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1963-10-21 to 1967-01-25 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Om Prakash Mehra (1639 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 1963-08-03 to 1967-02-17 | |||
| Air Commodore Hrushikesh Moolgavkar (1644 GD(P)) | SASO, Operational Command | Delhi | 1962-08-02 to 1963-06-09 | |||
| --Same as above-- | SASO, Western Air Command | Delhi | 1963-06-10 to 1963-06-23 | |||
| --Same as above-- | Director (Policy and Plan, Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1963-06-20 to 1964-12-28 | |||
| Air Commodore Jagdish Chandra Varma (1646 GD(P)) | AOC, 1 Air Defence Area | Ambala | 1963-01-18 to 1963-06-23 | |||
| --Same as above-- | SASO, Western Air Command | Delhi | 1963-06-24 to 1963-12-25 | |||
| --Same as above-- | Director (Training), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1963-12-30 to 1965-01-13 | |||
| Air Commodore Krishna Mahesh Agerwala (1648 GD(O)) | SAASO, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 1963-06-26 to 1965-01-14 | |||
| Air Commodore Murat Singh Aulakh (1660 GD(O)) | AOC, Jammu & Kashmir | Srinagar | 1962-12-18 to 1964-01-14 | |||
| Air Commodore Maurice Barker (1691 GD(P)) | Director (Operations), Air Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | 1963-01-12 to 1966-08-09 | |||
| Air Commodore Syed Abbas Hussain (1706 GD(P)) | Director (Training), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1963-01-12 to 1963-12-29 | |||
| Air Commodore Anand Ramdas Pandit (1707 GD(P)) | SASO, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | 1963-08-03 to 1966-01-11 | |||
| Air Commodore Kasargod Sadanand Bhat (1747 GD(P)) | Dy Cmdt, National Defence Academy | Khadakvasla | 1963-12-23 to 1966-06-20 | |||
| Air Commodore Keki Nadirshah Gocal (1764 GD(P)) | SASO, Western Air Command | Delhi | 1963-12-26 to 1967-11-01 | |||
| Air Commodore Gurbachan Singh (1779 LGS) | Director (Equipment), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1962-12-19 to 1967-05-24 | |||
| Air Commodore Sarosh Jehangir Dastur (1792 GD(O)) | Director (Guided Weapons), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1963-01-01 to 1967-01-01 | |||
| Air Commodore Idris Hasan Latif (1804 GD(P)) | Air Attache, Embassy of India, USA | Washington | 1962-01-01 to 1965-06-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Harjinder Singh (1963 ENG) | AOC-in-C, Maintenance Command | Kanpur | 1959-05-15 to 1963-08-02 | |||
| Air Commodore Kanianthra Alexander Joseph (2960 SIGS) | Director (Signals), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1962-07-02 to 1965-08-31 | |||
| Air Commodore Vishwanath Ramkrishna Damle (5994 MED) | DMS (Air), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1961-11-06 to 1964-04-27 | |||
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