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Senior Officers of the IAF - 1985 by date of rank1948 | 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 Seniority | Appointment | Date of Rank | ||||||
| Rank & Name | Appointment, Unit | Dates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Chief Marshal Lakshman Madhav Katre (3117 GD(P)) | CAS, Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1984-09-04 to 1985-07-01 - Died in Service | |||
| Air Chief Marshal Denis Anthony Lafontaine (3844 GD(P)) | CAS, Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1985-07-03 to 1988-07-31 | |||
| Air Chief Marshal Swaroop Krishna Kaul (4721 GD(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.17 Squadron | 1985-07-20 to 1995-12-31 | ||||
| Air Marshal Trilochan Singh Brar (2884 GD(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.1 Squadron | 1979-10-08 to 1985-10-31 | ||||
| Air Marshal Kanwar Iqbal Singh Chhabra (3831 GD(N)) | AOC-in-C, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 1981-01-14 to 1985-01-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Marshal Lakshman Madhav Katre (3117 GD(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.17 Squadron | 1981-08-01 to 1985-07-01 - Died in Service | ||||
| Air Marshal Erasseri Pathayapurayil Radhakrishnan Nair (3837 GD(N)) | AOC-in-C, Training Command | Bangalore | 1981-10-20 to 1985-02-28 - Retired | |||
| Air Marshal Kapil Dev Chadha (3845 GD(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.43 Squadron | 1982-01-01 to 1990-08-08 | ||||
| Air Marshal Satish Chandra Lal (3793 SIGS) | AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQ | Delhi | 1982-09-01 to 1985-01-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Lareto Pestana Pereira (3705 EQPT) | SMSO, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 1982-12-23 to 1985-04-30 - Retired | |||
| Air Marshal Shri Krishna Chandra Gupta (3568 A&SD) | AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQ | Delhi | 1983-03-01 to 1985-08-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Marshal Kanwar Iqbal Singh Chhabra (3831 GD(N)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.6 Squadron | 1983-03-01 to 1988-10-07 | ||||
| Air Marshal Terence Joseph Desa (3863 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Southern Air Command | Trivandrum | 1984-06-18 to 1986-11-30 | |||
| Air Marshal Puran Singh Bajwa (3520 MED) | DGMS (Air), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1984-09-01 to 1985-10-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Marshal Vir Narain (4007 GD(N)) | SAASO, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 1984-09-27 to 1985-02-27 | |||
| Air Marshal Subramaniam Raghavendran (3840 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, South Western Air Command | Jodhpur | 1984-11-01 to 1986-01-06 | |||
| Air Marshal Denis Anthony Lafontaine (3844 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Western Air Command | Delhi | 1984-11-01 to 1985-07-02 | |||
| Air Marshal Kapil Dev Chadha (3845 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | 1984-11-05 to 1987-12-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Ripu Daman Sahni (3867 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Central Air Command | Allahabad | 1984-11-06 to 1986-05-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Prem Pal Singh (3871 GD(P)) | VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | 1984-11-06 to 1986-01-07 | |||
| Air Marshal Brijpal Singh Sikand (3947 GD(P)) | SASO, Western Air Command | Delhi | 1984-11-13 to 1985-11-10 | |||
| Air Marshal Man Mohan Singh (4023 GD(P)) | AOP, PSO: Personnel, Air HQ | Delhi | 1984-11-27 to 1985-08-21 | |||
| Air Marshal Johney William Greene (4093 GD(P)) | DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQ | Delhi | 1985-01-01 to 1986-05-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Satish Chandra Lal (3793 SIGS) | AOC-in-C, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 1985-02-01 to 1985-12-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Marshal Jagjit Singh Sandhawalia (3810 ENG) | AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQ | Delhi | 1985-02-01 to 1986-05-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Chandra Kant Shantaram Raje (4038 GD(P)) | DG, Direcrorate General Civil Aviation | Delhi | 1985-02-01 to 1986-05-21 | |||
| Air Marshal Kuldip Singh Bhatia (4139 SIGS) | PD (Radar & Comm Project), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1985-02-01 to 1986-05-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Vir Narain (4007 GD(N)) | AOC-in-C, Training Command | Bangalore | 1985-03-01 to 1987-11-30 | |||
| Air Marshal Parameshwara Iyer Venkatachalam Iyer (4182 EQPT) | SMSO, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 1985-05-01 to 1987-10-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Rajagopal Sriramulu Naidu (4090 GD(P)) | Military Secretary, President's Secretariat | Delhi | 1985-05-07 to 1986-04-14 | |||
| Air Marshal Man Mohan Singh (4023 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Western Air Command | Delhi | 1985-08-22 to 1988-07-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Madan Lal Sethi (4009 GD(N)) | AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQ | Delhi | 1985-09-01 to 1985-12-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri (4236 GD(P)) | AOP, PSO: Personnel, Air HQ | Delhi | 1985-09-20 to 1987-03-30 | |||
| Air Marshal Johney William Greene (4093 GD(P)) | SASO, Central Air Command | Allahabad | 1985-10-25 to 1986-05-13 | |||
| Air Marshal Krishan Dass Kapur (18069 MED) | DGMS (Air), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1985-11-01 to 1986-09-30 | |||
| Air Marshal Brijpal Singh Sikand (3947 GD(P)) | CoS, Western Air Command | Delhi | 1985-11-11 to 1986-10-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Madan Lal Sethi (4009 GD(N)) | Director (Intelligence), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1981-04-06 to 1985-08-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Holavanahalli Naryanarao Krishnamurthy (3790 ENG) | Director, Aeronautical Development Establishment (DRDO) | Bangalore | 1981-12-15 to 1985-07-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri (4236 GD(P)) | SASO, Central Air Command | Allahabad | 1982-02-22 to 1985-09-19 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Subramaniam Raghavendran (3840 GD(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.23 Squadron | 1982-08-18 to 1990-05-17 | ||||
| Air Vice Marshal Cecil Vivian Parker (4346 GD(P)) | Cmdt, Air Force Academy | Dundigal | 1983-07-01 to 1985-03-20 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Rajagopal Sriramulu Naidu (4090 GD(P)) | Military Secretary, President's Secretariat | Delhi | 1983-07-01 to 1985-05-06 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Jagdish Kumar Seth (4403 GD(P)) | Director (PO), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1983-08-01 to 1985-03-01 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Partha Kumar Dey (4404 GD(P)) | AOC, 1 Air Defence Control Centre | Delhi | 1983-08-10 to 1985-01-07 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Surendra Kumar Mehra (4197 GD(P)) | ACAS (Ops), Air Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | 1983-09-01 to 1985-05-06 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Gandharva Sen (4429 GD(P)) | SASO, Training Command | Bangalore | 1983-12-01 to 1985-08-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Arvind Dalaya (4025 GD(P)) | AOC, Jammu & Kashmir | Udhampur | 1984-01-01 to 1985-02-26 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Parduman Krishan Puri (4397 GD(N)) | SDS (Air), National Defence College | Delhi | 1984-01-02 to 1986-01-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Chandra Kant Shantaram Raje (4038 GD(P)) | DG, Direcrorate General Civil Aviation | Delhi | 1984-01-23 to 1985-01-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Chhotey Lal Gupta (5027 ACCTS) | Director (Fin Plan), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1984-05-01 to 1988-07-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Surendra Nath Chaturvedi (5030 ACCTS) | Director (Accounts), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1984-06-01 to 1989-10-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Pattathil Venugopal (4431 GD(P)) | DG , Air Force Naval Housing Board | Delhi | 1984-07-01 to 1986-03-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Pothamsetti Prasanna Madhava (4379 SIGS) | SMSO, Central Air Command | Allahabad | 1984-07-02 to 1986-01-21 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Bernard Anthony Coelho (4488 GD(P)) | SASO, Southern Air Command | Trivandrum | 1984-07-20 to 1986-02-28 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Didar Singh Sabhikhi (4393 GD(N)) | Director (Works), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1984-08-01 to 1985-08-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Pirthi Singh (4480 GD(P)) | Director (Training), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1984-08-06 to 1985-10-24 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Sreedhara Laksminarayanan (5565 MET) | Director (Meteorology), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1984-09-06 to 1985-08-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Kotayankadangode Ramakumaran (4377 SIGS) | Director (Sigs Air), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1984-10-22 to 1985-03-15 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Surender Kumar Bhalla (4121 MED) | Cmdt, Command Hospital, Air Force | Bangalore | 1984-11-05 to 1985-04-28 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Kshirode Krishna Sen (4495 GD(P)) | ACAS (Flt Safety & Insp), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQ | Delhi | 1984-11-15 to 1986-04-20 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Manish Kumar Rudra (4358 GD(P)) | SOA, Central Air Command | Allahabad | 1984-11-26 to 1987-02-15 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Har Krishan Oberai (4583 GD(P)) | ACAS (Plans), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1984-11-28 to 1986-03-04 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Inder Dev Bhalla (4571 GD(P)) | Cmdt, College of Air Warfare | Secunderabad | 1984-12-17 to 1986-07-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Manohar Madhav Takle (4116 GD(N)) | AOC, Maritime Air Operations | Bombay | 1985-01-01 to 1987-04-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Mohinder Singh Bawa (4494 GD(P)) | CI (Air), Defence Services Staff College | Wellington | 1985-01-01 to 1985-11-25 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Srinivasan Krishnaswamy (5149 EDN) | Director (Education), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1985-01-01 to 1986-10-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Purushottam Laxmikant Purohit (4581 GD(P)) | SOA, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | 1985-01-01 to 1986-08-17 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Suresh Chand (4585 GD(P)) | SOA, Training Command | Bangalore | 1985-01-01 to 1985-08-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Partha Kumar Dey (4404 GD(P)) | Cmdt, Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment | Bangalore | 1985-02-01 to 1986-07-01 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Arvind Dalaya (4025 GD(P)) | SAASO, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 1985-02-27 to 1986-07-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Man Mohan Sinha (4408 GD(P)) | Director (PO), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1985-03-02 to 1986-07-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Cecil Vivian Parker (4346 GD(P)) | AOC, Jammu & Kashmir | Udhampur | 1985-03-21 to 1986-02-28 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Jagdish Kumar Seth (4403 GD(P)) | Cmdt, Air Force Academy | Dundigal | 1985-03-25 to 1986-02-07 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Pulaveri Srinivasa Rajagopal (4698 SIGS) | Director (Sigs Air), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1985-03-28 to 1986-11-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Raj Kumar Bhandari (17101 MED) | Cmdt, Command Hospital, Air Force | Bangalore | 1985-04-29 to 1986-03-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Girish Krishna Lal Desai (4468 EQPT) | ACAS (Logistics), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1985-05-01 to 1987-10-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Pirthi Singh (4480 GD(P)) | ACAS (Ops), Air Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | 1985-08-01 to 1987-02-28 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Gandharva Sen (4429 GD(P)) | Director (Intelligence), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1985-09-01 to 1986-10-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Krishnaswamy Subramanian (4213 GD(N)) | Director (Works), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1985-09-01 to 1986-07-28 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Suresh Chand (4585 GD(P)) | SASO, Training Command | Bangalore | 1985-09-01 to 1986-04-14 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Didar Singh Sabhikhi (4393 GD(N)) | SOA, Training Command | Bangalore | 1985-09-01 to 1988-02-28 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Dilip Shankar Jog (4608 GD(P)) | Director (Training), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1985-10-25 to 1986-04-20 | |||
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