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Senior Officers of the IAF - 1970 by Appointment

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Appointment, UnitRank & NameDates
CAS, Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal (1567 GD(O))1969-07-16 to 1973-01-15
AOC-in-C, Eastern Air CommandShillongAir Marshal Hirendra Nath Chatterjee (1620 GD(P))1968-04-01 to 1971-03-23
AOC-in-C, Western Air CommandDelhiAir Marshal Minoo Merwan Engineer (1614 GD(P))1969-08-06 to 1973-03-31
AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQDelhiAir Marshal Yeshwant Vinayak Malse (1616 GD(P))1969-08-11 to 1972-03-31
Cmdt, Armed Forces Medical CollegePuneAir Marshal Madhukar Mallanah Shrinagesh (1665 MED)1969-03-06 to 1973-12-01
DCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQDelhiAir Marshal Om Prakash Mehra (1639 GD(P))1969-08-07 to 1971-02-28
VCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQDelhiAir Marshal Shivdev Singh (1595 GD(P))1969-07-15 to 1973-03-31
ACAS (Logistics and Maint, Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Gurbachan Singh (1779 EQPT)1970-01-01 to 1971-03-23
ACAS (Ops), Air Operations, Air HQDelhiAir Vice Marshal Sarosh Jehangir Dastur (1792 GD(O))1970-07-19 to 1970-12-01
ACAS (Personnel), PSO: Personnel, Air HQDelhiAir Vice Marshal Syed Abbas Hussain (1706 GD(P))1970-07-19 to 1971-12-01
ACAS (Plans), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Krishna Mahesh Agerwala (1648 GD(O))1970-06-12 to 1970-08-09
--------do---------DelhiAir Vice Marshal Idris Hasan Latif (1804 GD(P))1970-08-10 to 1974-01-01
ACAS (Systems), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Krishnamahari Narasimhan (2278 RAD)1970-06-12 to 1973-01-28
AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQDelhiAir Vice Marshal Teja Singh Virk (1621 GD(O))1969-08-30 to 1971-12-31
AOC, Western IndiaPuneAir Vice Marshal Anand Ramdas Pandit (1707 GD(P))1969-09-24 to 1971-07-14
AOC-in-C, Central Air CommandAllahabadAir Vice Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar (1644 GD(P))1968-03-29 to 1971-03-31
AOC-in-C, Maintenance CommandNagpurAir Vice Marshal Hari Chand Dewan (1598 GD(P))1968-04-01 to 1971-03-23
AOC-in-C, Training CommandBangaloreAir Vice Marshal Victor Srihari (1624 GD(O))1969-08-30 to 1972-03-03
Director (Operations), Air Operations, Air HQDelhiAir Vice Marshal Syed Abbas Hussain (1706 GD(P))1968-04-01 to 1970-07-18
Director (Policy and Plan, Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Krishna Mahesh Agerwala (1648 GD(O))1968-04-10 to 1970-06-11
Director (Signals), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Krishnamahari Narasimhan (2278 RAD)1969-10-24 to 1970-05-22
DMS (Air), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Ajit Nath (1666 MED)1969-03-07 to 1974-12-31
SASO, Eastern Air CommandShillongAir Vice Marshal Bandi Sreeramulu Krishnarao (1727 GD(P))1968-03-27 to 1971-07-14
SASO, Western Air CommandDelhiAir Vice Marshal Maurice Barker (1691 GD(P))1968-04-01 to 1971-03-07
SDS (Air), National Defence CollegeDelhiAir Vice Marshal Dadi Ardeshir Mehta (1625 GD(N))1967-01-25 to 1971-07-30
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