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Senior Officers of the IAF - 1980 by Service Number1948 | 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 Service Number | Appointment | Date of Rank | ||||||
| Rank & Name | Appointment, Unit | Dates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif (1804 GD(P)) | CAS, Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1978-09-01 to 1981-08-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Edul Jahangir Dhatigara (1899 GD(O)) | VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | 1978-09-04 to 1980-01-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Lal Singh Grewal (2337 GD(P)) | DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQ | Delhi | 1978-08-24 to 1980-01-31 | |||
| --Same as above-- | VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | 1980-02-01 to 1980-12-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Marshal Trilochan Singh Brar (2884 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Central Air Command | Allahabad | 1979-02-10 to 1981-09-20 | |||
| Air Marshal Hemant Ramkrishna Chitnis (2964 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 1979-02-22 to 1980-02-29 | |||
| Air Marshal Dilbagh Singh (2998 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Western Air Command | Delhi | 1978-09-04 to 1980-12-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Douglas George King-Lee (3040 GD(P)) | SASO, Training Command | Bangalore | 1979-07-15 to 1980-08-30 | |||
| ---On Promotion to Air Marshal --- | Cmdt, National Defence College | Delhi | 1980-09-01 to 1982-08-01 | |||
| Air Marshal Lakshman Madhav Katre (3117 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | 1978-09-04 to 1981-01-02 | |||
| Air Marshal Saroj Jena (3157 GD(P)) | AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQ | Delhi | 1979-03-01 to 1981-02-22 | |||
| Air Marshal Balwant Wickram Chauhan (3352 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Training Command | Bangalore | 1979-10-29 to 1981-09-19 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Chandan Singh (3460 GD(P)) | SASO, Central Air Command | Allahabad | 1977-07-01 to 1980-03-02 | |||
| Air Marshal Chandrakant Shridhar Naik (3499 ENG) | AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQ | Delhi | 1978-09-01 to 1982-08-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Kenneth Hubert Larkins (3511 GD(P)) | AOC, Jammu & Kashmir | Udhampur | 1979-09-01 to 1980-09-30 - Retired | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Mulk Raj (3518 MED) | DMS (Air), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1980-04-01 to 1983-02-28 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Shri Krishna Chandra Gupta (3568 A&SD) | SOA, Western Air Command | Delhi | 1979-07-01 to 1983-02-28 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Jagdish Raj Bhasin (3591 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, No 1 Operational Group (SWAC) | Jodhpur | 1978-08-29 to 1980-04-15 | |||
| ---On Promotion to Air Marshal --- | AOC-in-C, No 1 Operational Group (SWAC) | Jodhpur | 1980-04-16 to 1980-07-22 | |||
| --Same as above-- | AOC-in-C, South Western Air Command | Jodhpur | 1980-07-23 to 1983-06-30 | |||
| Air Marshal Malcolm Shirley Dundas Wollen (3641 GD(P)) | DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQ | Delhi | 1980-04-16 to 1981-01-02 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Chandra Kant Viswanath Gole (3652 GD(P)) | SASO, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | 1978-09-22 to 1980-04-17 | |||
| ---On Promotion to Air Marshal --- | AOC-in-C, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 1980-04-18 to 1981-01-13 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Edwin Peter (3667 ACCTS) | Director (Fin Plan), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1980-12-15 to 1982-10-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Lareto Pestana Pereira (3705 EQPT) | ACAS (Logistics), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1979-11-01 to 1982-12-22 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Mangalvedkar Jivanrao Vittal (3791 ENG) | SMSO, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 1979-09-20 to 1981-04-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Satish Chandra Lal (3793 SIGS) | ACAS (Systems), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1978-02-08 to 1980-08-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Kanwar Iqbal Singh Chhabra (3831 GD(N)) | AOC, Maritime Air Operations | Bombay | 1978-08-25 to 1981-01-13 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Erasseri Pathayapurayil Radhakrishnan Nair (3837 GD(N)) | SDS (Air), National Defence College | Delhi | 1978-09-25 to 1981-02-23 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Minoo Jehangir Dotiwalla (3839 GD(P)) | Cmdt, National Defence Academy | Khadakvasla | 1979-07-09 to 1982-06-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Subramaniam Raghavendran (3840 GD(P)) | ACAS (Personnel), PSO: Personnel, Air HQ | Delhi | 1979-09-01 to 1980-09-01 | |||
| --Same as above-- | ACAS (Ops), Air Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | 1980-09-01 to 1983-09-01 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Eruch Shiavax Lala (3842 GD(P)) | SASO, Training Command | Bangalore | 1980-11-01 to 1983-11-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Denis Anthony Lafontaine (3844 GD(P)) | SASO, Western Air Command | Delhi | 1978-11-22 to 1981-11-09 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Kapil Dev Chadha (3845 GD(P)) | ACAS (Plans), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1979-02-10 to 1981-02-25 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Surendra Sahney (3860 GD(P)) | ACAS (Personnel), PSO: Personnel, Air HQ | Delhi | 1980-06-01 to 1981-02-06 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Terence Joseph Desa (3863 GD(P)) | Cmdt, Air Force Academy | Dundigal | 1979-10-24 to 1981-04-06 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Ripu Daman Sahni (3867 GD(P)) | SASO, Central Air Command | Allahabad | 1980-06-16 to 1982-02-21 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Prem Pal Singh (3871 GD(P)) | ACAS (Flt Safety & Insp), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQ | Delhi | 1979-03-19 to 1983-06-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Prabhakar Shanker Dere (3883 GD(P)) | SASO, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | 1980-04-21 to 1981-02-06 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Surendra Nath Kawlra (3945 GD(P)) | SASO, Central Air Command | Allahabad | 1980-03-21 to 1980-06-15 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Vedantadesikan Krishnaswamy (4054 SIGS) | ACAS (Systems), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1980-12-18 to 1981-01-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Amit Sen (4129 MED) | DMS (Air), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1978-06-29 to 1980-03-31 - Retired | |||
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