Senior Officers of the IAF - 1982 by Appointment

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Appointment, UnitRank & NameDates
CAS, Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh (2998 GD(P))1981-09-01 to 1984-09-03
AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQDelhiAir Marshal Kapil Dev Chadha (3845 GD(P))1982-02-10 to 1983-02-28
AOC-in-C, Central Air CommandAllahabadAir Marshal Balwant Wickram Chauhan (3352 GD(P))1981-09-21 to 1983-12-31
AOC-in-C, Eastern Air CommandShillongAir Marshal Malcolm Shirley Dundas Wollen (3641 GD(P))1981-01-03 to 1983-02-26
AOC-in-C, Maintenance CommandNagpurAir Marshal Kanwar Iqbal Singh Chhabra (3831 GD(N))1981-01-14 to 1985-01-31
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 Erasseri Pathayapurayil Radhakrishnan Nair (3837 GD(N))1981-10-20 to 1985-02-28
AOC-in-C, Western Air CommandDelhiAir Marshal Lakshman Madhav Katre (3117 GD(P))1981-01-05 to 1983-02-28
AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQDelhiAir Marshal Chandrakant Shridhar Naik (3499 ENG)1978-09-01 to 1982-08-31 - Retired
--------do---------DelhiAir Marshal Satish Chandra Lal (3793 SIGS)1982-09-01 to 1985-01-31
AOP, PSO: Personnel, Air HQDelhiAir Marshal Saroj Jena (3157 GD(P))1981-02-23 to 1982-12-31 - Retired
Cmde Cmdt, No.17 SquadronAir Marshal Lakshman Madhav Katre (3117 GD(P))1981-08-01 to 1985-07-01
Cmde Cmdt, No.43 SquadronAir Marshal Kapil Dev Chadha (3845 GD(P))1982-01-01 to 1990-08-08
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 Chandra Kant Viswanath Gole (3652 GD(P))1981-01-15 to 1983-06-30
SASO, Eastern Air CommandShillongAir Marshal Minoo Jehangir Dotiwalla (3839 GD(P))1982-07-12 to 1983-01-02
SASO, Western Air CommandDelhiAir Marshal Denis Anthony Lafontaine (3844 GD(P))1981-11-10 to 1983-01-01
SMSO, Maintenance CommandNagpurAir Marshal Lareto Pestana Pereira (3705 EQPT)1982-12-23 to 1985-04-30
VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQDelhiAir Marshal Trilochan Singh Brar (2884 GD(P))1981-09-22 to 1983-06-30
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
--------do---------DelhiAir Vice Marshal Konthiadom Joseph Chandy (4178 EQPT)1982-12-23 to 1984-01-31
ACAS (Ops), Air Operations, Air HQDelhiAir Vice Marshal Subramaniam Raghavendran (3840 GD(P))1980-09-01 to 1983-09-01
ACAS (Plans), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Johney William Greene (4093 GD(P))1981-06-25 to 1984-11-05
ACAS (Systems), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Canakapalli Venkata Sesha Suryanarayana Row (4058 SIGS)1981-02-02 to 1983-03-31
AOC, 1 Air Defence Control CentreAmbalaAir Vice Marshal Karan Yadav (4200 GD(P))1982-08-23 to 1983-05-29
AOC, Jammu & KashmirUdhampurAir Vice Marshal Brijpal Singh Sikand (3947 GD(P))1981-01-19 to 1983-06-30
AOC, Maritime Air OperationsBombayAir Vice Marshal Brij Lal Chadha (4110 GD(N))1981-06-09 to 1984-12-31
Cmde Cmdt, No.23 SquadronAir Vice Marshal Subramaniam Raghavendran (3840 GD(P))1982-08-18 to 1990-05-17
Cmdt, Air Force AcademyDundigalAir Vice Marshal Rajagopal Sriramulu Naidu (4090 GD(P))1981-04-13 to 1983-06-25
Cmdt, College of Air WarfareSecunderabadAir Vice Marshal Man Singh (4094 GD(P))1981-08-03 to 1984-12-16
Cmdt, Institution of Aviation MedicineBangaloreAir Vice Marshal Jagjit Singh Sant (3525 MED)1982-03-06 to 1984-05-31
Cmdt, National Defence AcademyKhadakvaslaAir Vice Marshal Minoo Jehangir Dotiwalla (3839 GD(P))1979-07-09 to 1982-06-30
Director, Aeronautical Development Establishment (DRDO)BangaloreAir Vice Marshal Holavanahalli Naryanarao Krishnamurthy (3790 ENG)1981-12-15 to 1985-07-31
Director (Fin Plan), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Edwin Peter (3667 ACCTS)1980-12-15 to 1982-10-31 - Retired
--------do---------DelhiAir Vice Marshal Nambi Srinivasa Gopalan (3751 ACCTS)1982-11-01 to 1984-04-30
Director (Intelligence), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Madan Lal Sethi (4009 GD(N))1981-04-06 to 1984-11-08
Director (PO), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Surendra Kumar Mehra (4197 GD(P))1981-12-07 to 1983-07-31
Director (Sigs Air), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Narayanan Krishnan Nair (4075 ELECT)1981-08-14 to 1984-09-30
Director (Training), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Terence Joseph Desa (3863 GD(P))1981-04-14 to 1984-07-17
DMS (Air), Air Head QuartersDelhiAir Vice Marshal Mulk Raj (3518 MED)1980-04-01 to 1983-02-28
Ops Mgr, Aviation Research CenterDelhiAir Vice Marshal Chandra Kant Shantaram Raje (4038 GD(P))1981-01-01 to 1984-01-22
PMO, Western Air CommandDelhiAir Vice Marshal Puran Singh Bajwa (3520 MED)1981-07-19 to 1984-08-31
SAASO, Maintenance CommandNagpurAir Vice Marshal Vir Narain (4007 GD(N))1982-08-02 to 1984-09-26
SASO, Central Air CommandAllahabadAir Vice Marshal Ripu Daman Sahni (3867 GD(P))1980-06-16 to 1982-02-21
--------do---------AllahabadAir Vice Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri (4236 GD(P))1982-02-22 to 1985-09-19
SASO, Eastern Air CommandShillongAir Vice Marshal Karan Yadav (4200 GD(P))1982-01-12 to 1982-07-11
SASO, South Western Air CommandJodhpurAir Vice Marshal Man Mohan Singh (4023 GD(P))1981-01-09 to 1984-10-31
SASO, Training CommandBangaloreAir Vice Marshal Eruch Shiavax Lala (3842 GD(P))1980-11-01 to 1983-11-30
SDS (Air), National Defence CollegeDelhiAir Vice Marshal Kapil Dev Chadha (3845 GD(P))1981-02-23 to 1982-02-09
--------do---------DelhiAir Vice Marshal Ripu Daman Sahni (3867 GD(P))1982-02-24 to 1983-12-31
SMSO, Central Air CommandAllahabadAir Vice Marshal Mrinal Kumar Gupta (3933 SIGS)1982-11-01 to 1983-06-12
SMSO, Maintenance CommandNagpurAir Vice Marshal Mahendra Singh Rao (3902 ENG)1981-06-29 to 1982-12-22
SOA, Central Air CommandAllahabadAir Vice Marshal Ram Lalji Bhalla (3679 A&SD)1982-05-10 to 1983-05-31
SOA, Eastern Air CommandShillongAir Vice Marshal Krishnaswamy Subramanian (4213 GD(N))1982-01-28 to 1983-12-04
SOA, Western Air CommandDelhiAir Vice Marshal Shri Krishna Chandra Gupta (3568 A&SD)1979-07-01 to 1983-02-28

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