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Senior Officers of the IAF - 1971 by Appointment1948 | 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 Seniority | Appointment | Date of Rank | ||||||
| Appointment, Unit | Rank & Name | Dates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAS, Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal (1567 GD(O)) | 1969-07-16 to 1973-01-15 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | Air Marshal Hari Chand Dewan (1598 GD(P)) | 1971-03-24 to 1973-03-31 | |||
| --------do--------- | Shillong | Air Marshal Hirendra Nath Chatterjee (1620 GD(P)) | 1968-04-01 to 1971-03-23 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | Air Marshal Gurbachan Singh (1779 EQPT) | 1971-03-24 to 1973-03-31 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Western Air Command | Delhi | Air Marshal Minoo Merwan Engineer (1614 GD(P)) | 1969-08-06 to 1973-03-31 | |||
| AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Yeshwant Vinayak Malse (1616 GD(P)) | 1969-08-11 to 1972-03-31 | |||
| Cmdt, Armed Forces Medical College | Pune | Air Marshal Madhukar Mallanah Shrinagesh (1665 MED) | 1969-03-06 to 1973-12-01 | |||
| Cmdt, National Defence College | Delhi | Air Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar (1644 GD(P)) | 1971-04-01 to 1973-03-30 | |||
| DCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Hirendra Nath Chatterjee (1620 GD(P)) | 1971-03-30 to 1972-03-31 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Om Prakash Mehra (1639 GD(P)) | 1969-08-07 to 1971-02-28 | |||
| VCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Shivdev Singh (1595 GD(P)) | 1969-07-15 to 1973-03-31 | |||
| ACAS (Logistics and Maint, Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Gurbachan Singh (1779 EQPT) | 1970-01-01 to 1971-03-23 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Ajoy Chandra Lal (1973 EQPT) | 1971-03-24 to 1973-09-24 | |||
| ACAS (Personnel), PSO: Personnel, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Syed Abbas Hussain (1706 GD(P)) | 1970-07-19 to 1971-12-01 | |||
| ACAS (Plans), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Idris Hasan Latif (1804 GD(P)) | 1970-08-10 to 1974-01-01 | |||
| AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Teja Singh Virk (1621 GD(O)) | 1969-08-30 to 1971-12-31 | |||
| AOC, Western India | Pune | Air Vice Marshal Anand Ramdas Pandit (1707 GD(P)) | 1969-09-24 to 1971-07-14 | |||
| AOC, Maritime Air Operations | Bombay | --Same as above-- | 1971-07-15 to 1972-03-03 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Central Air Command | Allahabad | Air Vice Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar (1644 GD(P)) | 1968-03-29 to 1971-03-31 | |||
| --------do--------- | Allahabad | Air Vice Marshal Maurice Barker (1691 GD(P)) | 1971-04-01 to 1972-06-15 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | Air Vice Marshal Hari Chand Dewan (1598 GD(P)) | 1968-04-01 to 1971-03-23 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Training Command | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Victor Srihari (1624 GD(O)) | 1969-08-30 to 1972-03-03 | |||
| Director (Eng), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Raj Kumar Singh Marya (2916 ENG) | 1971-03-06 to 1974-04-09 | |||
| DMS (Air), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Ajit Nath (1666 MED) | 1969-03-07 to 1974-12-31 | |||
| SASO, Western Air Command | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Maurice Barker (1691 GD(P)) | 1968-04-01 to 1971-03-07 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Devaiah Subia (1866 GD(P)) | 1971-06-08 to 1972-10-30 | |||
| SDS (Air), National Defence College | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Dadi Ardeshir Mehta (1625 GD(N)) | 1967-01-25 to 1971-07-30 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Madhav Bhawrao Naik (1874 GD(P)) | 1971-08-16 to 1973-01-02 | |||
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