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| Rank & Name | Appointment, Unit | Dates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Marshal Hari Chand Dewan (1598 GD(P)) | VCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQ | Delhi | 1973-10-01 to 1976-03-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra (1639 GD(P)) | CAS, Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1973-01-16 to 1976-01-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar (1644 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Western Air Command | Delhi | 1973-04-01 to 1976-01-31 | |||
| ---On Promotion to Air Chief Marshal --- | CAS, Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1976-02-01 to 1978-08-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Ajit Nath (1666 MED) | DG, Armed Forces Medical Sciences | Delhi | 1975-01-01 to 1976-04-22 - Retired | |||
| Air Marshal Maurice Barker (1691 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | 1973-04-01 to 1976-04-21 | |||
| --Same as above-- | AOC-in-C, Training Command | Bangalore | 1976-04-22 to 1976-09-22 - Retired | |||
| Air Marshal Anand Ramdas Pandit (1707 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 1973-04-01 to 1976-02-29 | |||
| --Same as above-- | VCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQ | Delhi | 1976-04-01 to 1977-03-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Gian Dev Sharma (1742 GD(P)) | AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQ | Delhi | 1974-07-01 to 1977-01-21 | |||
| Air Marshal Bawa Sampuran Singh Bedi (1795 GD(O)) | AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQ | Delhi | 1975-03-01 to 1976-09-20 - Retired | |||
| Air Marshal Idris Hasan Latif (1804 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Central Air Command | Allahabad | 1974-06-27 to 1976-02-29 | |||
| --Same as above-- | AOC-in-C, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 1976-03-01 to 1977-05-19 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Waman Raghunath Dani (1807 GD(P)) | AOC, Maritime Air Operations | Bombay | 1973-04-16 to 1976-10-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Marshal Devaiah Subia (1866 GD(P)) | DCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | 1974-06-27 to 1977-03-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Charandas Gurudas Devashar (1867 GD(P)) | SASO, Western Air Command | Delhi | 1974-03-05 to 1976-02-15 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Madhav Bhawrao Naik (1874 GD(P)) | Cmdt, National Defence Academy | Khadakvasla | 1973-01-03 to 1976-03-07 | |||
| Air Marshal Edul Jahangir Dhatigara (1899 GD(O)) | AOC, No 1 Operational Group (SWAC) | Jodhpur | 1974-06-27 to 1976-02-28 | |||
| --Same as above-- | AOC-in-C, Western Air Command | Delhi | 1976-03-01 to 1978-09-03 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Agia Kar Singh Bakshi (2013 A&SD) | SOA, Western Air Command | Delhi | 1973-12-01 to 1976-11-30 - Retired | |||
| Air Vice Marshal George Kanishtkumar John (2132 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Training Command | Bangalore | 1974-07-01 to 1976-03-22 | |||
| ---On Promotion to Air Marshal --- | AOC-in-C, Central Air Command | Allahabad | 1976-03-01 to 1977-01-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Gurdial Singh Punia (2134 GD(P)) | SOA, Western Air Command | Delhi | 1976-12-01 to 1978-04-30 | |||
| Air Marshal Randhir Singh (2135 GD(P)) | AOC, No 1 Operational Group (SWAC) | Jodhpur | 1976-03-01 to 1976-09-13 | |||
| --Same as above-- | AOC-in-C, Training Command | Bangalore | 1976-09-23 to 1978-04-29 | |||
| Air Marshal Lal Singh Grewal (2337 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | 1976-04-24 to 1978-08-12 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Trilok Nath Ghadiok (2354 GD(P)) | SASO, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | 1973-09-17 to 1976-12-29 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Katikannikathanam Thatachariar Vasudevan (2397 A&SD) | ACAS (Logistics), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1975-09-19 to 1977-12-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Jaspal Singh (2451 GD(P)) | ACAS (Flt Safety & Insp), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQ | Delhi | 1974-06-27 to 1976-07-06 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Fredrick Van Allen Scudder (2639 GD(P)) | SDS (Air), National Defence College | Delhi | 1974-01-04 to 1976-02-29 - Retired | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Devendra Nath Gupta (2703 MED) | DMS (Air), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1976-02-26 to 1978-06-28 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Trilochan Singh Brar (2884 GD(P)) | SASO, Central Air Command | Allahabad | 1976-04-01 to 1977-04-25 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal John Francis Lazaro (2944 GD(P)) | AOC, Jammu & Kashmir | Udhampur | 1974-03-01 to 1976-06-30 | |||
| --Same as above-- | SASO, Training Command | Bangalore | 1976-08-01 to 1978-09-23 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Hemant Ramkrishna Chitnis (2964 GD(P)) | Cmdt, Air Force Academy | Dundigal | 1976-04-01 to 1977-05-02 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Dilbagh Singh (2998 GD(P)) | SASO, Western Air Command | Delhi | 1976-02-16 to 1976-09-22 | |||
| --Same as above-- | AOC, No 1 Operational Group (SWAC) | Jodhpur | 1976-09-14 to 1978-08-28 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Douglas George King-Lee (3040 GD(P)) | AOC, Maritime Air Operations | Bombay | 1976-11-01 to 1978-08-24 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Krishna Mohan Ram (3101 GD(P)) | SDS (Air), National Defence College | Delhi | 1976-03-01 to 1978-02-28 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Lakshman Madhav Katre (3117 GD(P)) | SASO, Western Air Command | Delhi | 1976-12-23 to 1978-09-03 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Saroj Jena (3157 GD(P)) | ACAS (Flt Safety & Insp), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQ | Delhi | 1976-07-07 to 1979-02-09 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Jafar Zaheer (3173 GD(P)) | ACAS (Plans), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1974-04-01 to 1977-04-17 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Balwant Wickram Chauhan (3352 GD(P)) | AOC, Jammu & Kashmir | Udhampur | 1976-08-09 to 1978-08-13 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Chandrakant Shridhar Naik (3499 ENG) | ACAS (Eng), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1975-05-01 to 1978-01-01 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Newton Vedanayagam Thomas (3550 SIGS) | ACAS (Systems), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1975-09-21 to 1977-01-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Achutha Viswanathan (3607 ARMT) | SMSO, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 1976-09-21 to 1979-04-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Lok Nath Budhraja (13814 MED) | DMS (Air), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1975-01-01 to 1976-02-25 - Retired | |||
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