Senior Officers of the IAF - 1980 by Appointment

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

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