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Senior Officers of the IAF - 1974 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 Om Prakash Mehra (1639 GD(P)) | 1973-01-16 to 1976-01-31 | |||
| AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Teja Singh Virk (1621 GD(O)) | 1972-01-01 to 1974-01-01 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Gian Dev Sharma (1742 GD(P)) | 1974-07-01 to 1977-01-21 | |||
| AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Idris Hasan Latif (1804 GD(P)) | 1974-01-02 to 1974-06-26 | |||
| AOC, No 1 Operational Group (SWAC) | Jodhpur | Air Marshal Edul Jahangir Dhatigara (1899 GD(O)) | 1974-06-27 to 1976-02-28 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Central Air Command | Allahabad | Air Marshal Bandi Sreeramulu Krishnarao (1727 GD(P)) | 1972-06-26 to 1974-06-26 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Allahabad | Air Marshal Idris Hasan Latif (1804 GD(P)) | 1974-06-27 to 1976-02-29 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | Air Marshal Maurice Barker (1691 GD(P)) | 1973-04-01 to 1976-04-21 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | Air Marshal Anand Ramdas Pandit (1707 GD(P)) | 1973-04-01 to 1976-02-29 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Western Air Command | Delhi | Air Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar (1644 GD(P)) | 1973-04-01 to 1976-01-31 | |||
| AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Gurbachan Singh (1779 EQPT) | 1973-04-01 to 1974-11-26 - Retired | |||
| DCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Sarosh Jehangir Dastur (1792 GD(O)) | 1973-11-12 to 1974-06-27 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Devaiah Subia (1866 GD(P)) | 1974-06-27 to 1977-03-31 | |||
| VCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Hari Chand Dewan (1598 GD(P)) | 1973-10-01 to 1976-03-31 | |||
| ACAS (Flt Safety & Insp), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Jaspal Singh (2451 GD(P)) | 1974-06-27 to 1976-07-06 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal John Jasper Bouche (2938 GD(P)) | 1973-08-02 to 1974-06-26 | |||
| ACAS (Logistics and Maint, Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Prasanta Chitta Santra (2839 A&SD) | 1973-09-25 to 1975-02-28 | |||
| ACAS (Plans), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Idris Hasan Latif (1804 GD(P)) | 1970-08-10 to 1974-01-01 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal George Kanishtkumar John (2132 GD(P)) | 1974-01-09 to 1974-01-30 | |||
| ACAS (Plans), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Jafar Zaheer (3173 GD(P)) | 1974-04-01 to 1977-04-17 | |||
| AOC, No 1 Operational Group (SWAC) | Jodhpur | Air Vice Marshal Devaiah Subia (1866 GD(P)) | 1972-11-01 to 1974-06-26 | |||
| AOC, Jammu & Kashmir | Udhampur | Air Vice Marshal Charandas Gurudas Devashar (1867 GD(P)) | 1973-09-17 to 1974-02-28 | |||
| --------do--------- | Udhampur | Air Vice Marshal John Francis Lazaro (2944 GD(P)) | 1974-03-01 to 1976-06-30 | |||
| AOC, Maritime Air Operations | Bombay | Air Vice Marshal Waman Raghunath Dani (1807 GD(P)) | 1973-04-16 to 1976-10-31 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Training Command | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Gian Dev Sharma (1742 GD(P)) | 1973-04-09 to 1974-06-29 | |||
| --------do--------- | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal George Kanishtkumar John (2132 GD(P)) | 1974-07-01 to 1976-03-22 | |||
| Cmdt, National Defence Academy | Khadakvasla | Air Vice Marshal Madhav Bhawrao Naik (1874 GD(P)) | 1973-01-03 to 1976-03-07 | |||
| Director (Eng), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Bawa Sampuran Singh Bedi (1795 GD(O)) | 1974-04-10 to 1975-04-30 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Raj Kumar Singh Marya (2916 ENG) | 1971-03-06 to 1974-04-09 - Retired | |||
| DMS (Air), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Ajit Nath (1666 MED) | 1969-03-07 to 1974-12-31 | |||
| SASO, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | Air Vice Marshal Trilok Nath Ghadiok (2354 GD(P)) | 1973-09-17 to 1976-12-29 | |||
| SASO, Western Air Command | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Charandas Gurudas Devashar (1867 GD(P)) | 1974-03-05 to 1976-02-15 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Hemonto Kumar Bose (2348 GD(P)) | 1972-11-01 to 1974-03-04 | |||
| SDS (Air), National Defence College | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal George Kanishtkumar John (2132 GD(P)) | 1973-01-03 to 1974-01-20 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Fredrick Van Allen Scudder (2639 GD(P)) | 1974-01-04 to 1976-02-29 | |||
| SOA, Western Air Command | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Agia Kar Singh Bakshi (2013 A&SD) | 1973-12-01 to 1976-11-30 | |||
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