Senior Officers of the IAF - 1977 by date of rank

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Rank & NameAppointment, UnitDates
Air Chief Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar (1644 GD(P))CAS, Air Head QuartersDelhi1976-02-01 to 1978-08-31
Air Marshal Devaiah Subia (1866 GD(P))DCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQDelhi1974-06-27 to 1977-03-31
Air Marshal Gian Dev Sharma (1742 GD(P))AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQDelhi1974-07-01 to 1977-01-21
Air Marshal George Kanishtkumar John (2132 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Central Air CommandAllahabad1976-03-01 to 1977-01-31
Air Marshal Idris Hasan Latif (1804 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Maintenance CommandNagpur1976-03-01 to 1977-05-19
Air Marshal Edul Jahangir Dhatigara (1899 GD(O))AOC-in-C, Western Air CommandDelhi1976-03-01 to 1978-09-03
Air Marshal Anand Ramdas Pandit (1707 GD(P))VCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQDelhi1976-04-01 to 1977-03-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Lal Singh Grewal (2337 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Eastern Air CommandShillong1976-04-24 to 1978-08-12
Air Marshal Randhir Singh (2135 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Training CommandBangalore1976-09-23 to 1978-04-29
Air Marshal George Kanishtkumar John (2132 GD(P))AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQDelhi1977-02-01 to 1979-02-10
Air Marshal Gian Dev Sharma (1742 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Central Air CommandAllahabad1977-02-01 to 1978-12-31
Air Marshal Trilok Nath Ghadiok (2354 GD(P))Cmdt, National Defence CollegeDelhi1977-02-01 to 1978-12-01
Air Marshal Devaiah Subia (1866 GD(P))VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQDelhi1977-04-01 to 1977-05-19
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Maintenance CommandNagpur1977-05-20 to 1978-07-31
Air Marshal Jafar Zaheer (3173 GD(P))DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQDelhi1977-05-20 to 1978-08-23
Air Marshal Idris Hasan Latif (1804 GD(P))VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQDelhi1977-05-20 to 1978-08-31
Air Vice Marshal Jafar Zaheer (3173 GD(P))ACAS (Plans), Air Head QuartersDelhi1974-04-01 to 1977-04-17
Air Vice Marshal Chandrakant Shridhar Naik (3499 ENG)ACAS (Eng), Air Head QuartersDelhi1975-05-01 to 1978-01-01
Air Vice Marshal Katikannikathanam Thatachariar Vasudevan (2397 A&SD)ACAS (Logistics), Air Head QuartersDelhi1975-09-19 to 1977-12-31 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Newton Vedanayagam Thomas (3550 SIGS)ACAS (Systems), Air Head QuartersDelhi1975-09-21 to 1977-01-31 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Devendra Nath Gupta (2703 MED)DMS (Air), Air Head QuartersDelhi1976-02-26 to 1978-06-28
Air Vice Marshal Krishna Mohan Ram (3101 GD(P))SDS (Air), National Defence CollegeDelhi1976-03-01 to 1978-02-28
Air Vice Marshal Hemant Ramkrishna Chitnis (2964 GD(P))Cmdt, Air Force AcademyDundigal1976-04-01 to 1977-05-02
Air Vice Marshal Trilochan Singh Brar (2884 GD(P))SASO, Central Air CommandAllahabad1976-04-01 to 1977-04-25
Air Vice Marshal Saroj Jena (3157 GD(P))ACAS (Flt Safety & Insp), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQDelhi1976-07-07 to 1979-02-09
Air Vice Marshal John Francis Lazaro (2944 GD(P))SASO, Training CommandBangalore1976-08-01 to 1978-09-23
Air Vice Marshal Balwant Wickram Chauhan (3352 GD(P))AOC, Jammu & KashmirUdhampur1976-08-09 to 1978-08-13
Air Vice Marshal Dilbagh Singh (2998 GD(P))AOC, No 1 Operational Group (SWAC)Jodhpur1976-09-14 to 1978-08-28
Air Vice Marshal Achutha Viswanathan (3607 ARMT)SMSO, Maintenance CommandNagpur1976-09-21 to 1979-04-30
Air Vice Marshal Douglas George King-Lee (3040 GD(P))AOC, Maritime Air OperationsBombay1976-11-01 to 1978-08-24
Air Vice Marshal Gurdial Singh Punia (2134 GD(P))SOA, Western Air CommandDelhi1976-12-01 to 1978-04-30
Air Vice Marshal Lakshman Madhav Katre (3117 GD(P))SASO, Western Air CommandDelhi1976-12-23 to 1978-09-03
Air Vice Marshal Jagdish Raj Bhasin (3591 GD(P))SASO, Eastern Air CommandShillong1977-01-08 to 1978-08-28
Air Vice Marshal Unjalur Santhanagopalkrishna Chandramowleswaran (3796 SIGS)ACAS (Systems), Air Head QuartersDelhi1977-02-01 to 1977-11-07
Air Vice Marshal Trilochan Singh Brar (2884 GD(P))Cmdt, Air Force AcademyDundigal1977-05-03 to 1978-08-14
Air Vice Marshal Hemant Ramkrishna Chitnis (2964 GD(P))ACAS (Plans), Air Head QuartersDelhi1977-05-04 to 1978-04-30
Air Vice Marshal Chandan Singh (3460 GD(P))SASO, Central Air CommandAllahabad1977-07-01 to 1980-03-02

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