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| Appointment, Unit | Rank & Name | Dates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAS, Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Chief Marshal Denis Anthony Lafontaine (3844 GD(P)) | 1985-07-03 to 1988-07-31 | |||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.17 Squadron | Air Chief Marshal Swaroop Krishna Kaul (4721 GD(P)) | 1985-07-20 to 1995-12-31 | ||||
| AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Krishnaswamy Subramanian (4213 GD(N)) | 1986-07-29 to 1988-01-27 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Jagdish Kumar Seth (4403 GD(P)) | 1986-02-10 to 1986-07-27 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Central Air Command | Allahabad | Air Marshal Ripu Daman Sahni (3867 GD(P)) | 1984-11-06 to 1986-05-31 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Allahabad | Air Marshal Johney William Greene (4093 GD(P)) | 1986-06-01 to 1987-03-31 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | Air Marshal Kapil Dev Chadha (3845 GD(P)) | 1984-11-05 to 1987-12-31 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | Air Marshal Madan Lal Sethi (4009 GD(N)) | 1986-01-01 to 1987-10-31 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Southern Air Command | Trivandrum | Air Marshal Terence Joseph Desa (3863 GD(P)) | 1984-06-18 to 1986-11-30 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Trivandrum | Air Marshal Rajagopal Sriramulu Naidu (4090 GD(P)) | 1986-12-01 to 1987-09-30 | |||
| AOC-in-C, South Western Air Command | Jodhpur | Air Marshal Subramaniam Raghavendran (3840 GD(P)) | 1984-11-01 to 1986-01-06 | |||
| --------do--------- | Jodhpur | Air Marshal Prem Pal Singh (3871 GD(P)) | 1986-01-08 to 1987-02-28 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Training Command | Bangalore | Air Marshal Vir Narain (4007 GD(N)) | 1985-03-01 to 1987-11-30 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Western Air Command | Delhi | Air Marshal Man Mohan Singh (4023 GD(P)) | 1985-08-22 to 1988-07-31 | |||
| AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Jagjit Singh Sandhawalia (3810 ENG) | 1985-02-01 to 1986-05-31 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Kuldip Singh Bhatia (4139 SIGS) | 1986-06-01 to 1987-10-31 | |||
| AOP, PSO: Personnel, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri (4236 GD(P)) | 1985-09-20 to 1987-03-30 | |||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.43 Squadron | Air Marshal Kapil Dev Chadha (3845 GD(P)) | 1982-01-01 to 1990-08-08 | ||||
| Cmdt, National Defence College | Delhi | Air Marshal Parduman Krishan Puri (4397 GD(N)) | 1986-07-01 to 1988-08-31 | |||
| CoS, Western Air Command | Delhi | Air Marshal Brijpal Singh Sikand (3947 GD(P)) | 1985-11-11 to 1986-10-31 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Partha Kumar Dey (4404 GD(P)) | 1986-11-03 to 1987-07-13 | |||
| DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Johney William Greene (4093 GD(P)) | 1985-01-01 to 1986-05-31 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Surendra Kumar Mehra (4197 GD(P)) | 1986-06-01 to 1987-02-28 | |||
| DG, Direcrorate General Civil Aviation | Delhi | Air Marshal Chandra Kant Shantaram Raje (4038 GD(P)) | 1985-02-01 to 1986-05-21 - Retired | |||
| DG (Radar & Comm Project), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Marshal Gursharan Singh (4263 ENG) | 1986-06-02 to 1988-07-06 | |||
| DGMS (Air), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Marshal Gyanendra Nath Kunzru (4167 MED) | 1986-10-01 to 1987-05-31 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Krishan Dass Kapur (18069 MED) | 1985-11-01 to 1986-09-30 - Retired | |||
| IG (Insp & Safety), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Pynummooltil Simon George (4240 GD(P)) | 1986-04-21 to 1987-05-31 | |||
| Military Secretary, President's Secretariat | Delhi | Air Marshal Rajagopal Sriramulu Naidu (4090 GD(P)) | 1985-05-07 to 1986-04-14 | |||
| PD (Radar & Comm Project), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Marshal Kuldip Singh Bhatia (4139 SIGS) | 1985-02-01 to 1986-05-31 | |||
| SASO, Central Air Command | Allahabad | Air Marshal Johney William Greene (4093 GD(P)) | 1985-10-25 to 1986-05-13 | |||
| --------do--------- | Allahabad | Air Marshal Jagdish Kumar Seth (4403 GD(P)) | 1986-07-28 to 1987-11-20 | |||
| SASO, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | Air Marshal Pynummooltil Simon George (4240 GD(P)) | 1985-09-20 to 1986-04-19 | |||
| --------do--------- | Shillong | Air Marshal Partha Kumar Dey (4404 GD(P)) | 1986-07-28 to 1986-11-02 | |||
| SASO, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | Air Marshal Gandharva Sen (4429 GD(P)) | 1986-11-03 to 1987-12-15 | |||
| SASO, Training Command | Bangalore | Air Marshal Rajagopal Sriramulu Naidu (4090 GD(P)) | 1986-04-15 to 1986-11-30 | |||
| --------do--------- | Bangalore | Air Marshal Pattathil Venugopal (4431 GD(P)) | 1986-12-01 to 1989-06-30 | |||
| SMSO, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | Air Marshal Parameshwara Iyer Venkatachalam Iyer (4182 EQPT) | 1985-05-01 to 1987-10-31 | |||
| VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Subramaniam Raghavendran (3840 GD(P)) | 1986-01-08 to 1988-02-29 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Prem Pal Singh (3871 GD(P)) | 1984-11-06 to 1986-01-07 | |||
| ACAS (Flt Safety & Insp), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Kshirode Krishna Sen (4495 GD(P)) | 1984-11-15 to 1986-04-20 | |||
| ACAS (Inspection), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | --Same as above-- | 1986-04-21 to 1988-01-27 | |||
| ACAS (Logistics), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Girish Krishna Lal Desai (4468 EQPT) | 1985-05-01 to 1987-10-31 | |||
| ACAS (Ops), Air Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Pirthi Singh (4480 GD(P)) | 1985-08-01 to 1987-02-28 | |||
| ACAS (Plans), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Narayan Waman Tilak (4411 GD(P)) | 1986-03-05 to 1987-04-30 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Har Krishan Oberai (4583 GD(P)) | 1984-11-28 to 1986-03-04 | |||
| ACAS (Systems), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Kotayankadangode Ramakumaran (4377 SIGS) | 1985-03-16 to 1986-01-31 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Pothamsetti Prasanna Madhava (4379 SIGS) | 1986-02-01 to 1987-05-31 | |||
| AOC, Jammu & Kashmir | Udhampur | Air Vice Marshal Cecil Vivian Parker (4346 GD(P)) | 1985-03-21 to 1986-02-28 | |||
| --------do--------- | Udhampur | Air Vice Marshal Amia Kumar Sen (4717 GD(P)) | 1986-06-11 to 1987-04-06 | |||
| AOC, Maritime Air Operations | Bombay | Air Vice Marshal Manohar Madhav Takle (4116 GD(N)) | 1985-01-01 to 1987-04-30 | |||
| CI (Air), Defence Services Staff College | Wellington | Air Vice Marshal Mohinder Singh Bawa (4494 GD(P)) | 1985-10-10 to 1986-11-25 | |||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.23 Squadron | Air Vice Marshal Subramaniam Raghavendran (3840 GD(P)) | 1982-08-18 to 1990-05-17 | ||||
| Cmdt, Air Force Academy | Dundigal | Air Vice Marshal Jagdish Kumar Seth (4403 GD(P)) | 1985-03-25 to 1986-02-07 | |||
| --------do--------- | Dundigal | Air Vice Marshal Har Krishan Oberai (4583 GD(P)) | 1986-03-22 to 1987-12-30 | |||
| Cmdt, Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Partha Kumar Dey (4404 GD(P)) | 1985-02-01 to 1986-07-01 | |||
| Cmdt, College of Air Warfare | Secunderabad | Air Vice Marshal Inder Dev Bhalla (4571 GD(P)) | 1984-12-17 to 1986-07-31 | |||
| --------do--------- | Secunderabad | Air Vice Marshal Rajendra Kumar Dhawan (4736 GD(P)) | 1986-08-20 to 1988-02-14 | |||
| Cmdt, Command Hospital, Air Force | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Jagannathan Vasudevan (15857 MED) | 1986-04-01 to 1987-06-30 | |||
| --------do--------- | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Raj Kumar Bhandari (17101 MED) | 1985-04-29 to 1986-03-31 | |||
| DG , Air Force Naval Housing Board | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Pattathil Venugopal (4431 GD(P)) | 1984-07-01 to 1986-03-30 | |||
| Director (Accounts), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Surendra Nath Chaturvedi (5030 ACCTS) | 1985-04-01 to 1989-10-31 | |||
| Director (Education), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Srinivasan Krishnaswamy (5149 EDN) | 1985-01-01 to 1986-10-31 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Aryamurthy Abhaya Kumar (5153 EDN) | 1986-11-01 to 1989-12-31 | |||
| Director (Fin Plan), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Chhotey Lal Gupta (5027 ACCTS) | 1984-05-01 to 1988-07-31 | |||
| Director (Intelligence), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Gandharva Sen (4429 GD(P)) | 1985-09-01 to 1986-11-02 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Edwin Godfrey Salins (4796 GD(P)) | 1986-11-03 to 1988-03-28 | |||
| Director (Meteorology), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Rajendra Kumar Mathur (5759 MET) | 1986-01-06 to 1989-08-31 | |||
| Director (PO), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Man Mohan Sinha (4408 GD(P)) | 1985-03-02 to 1986-07-31 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Swaroop Krishna Kaul (4721 GD(P)) | 1986-08-01 to 1988-04-03 | |||
| Director (Sigs Air), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Abraham Mathews (4547 SIGS) | 1986-12-01 to 1988-02-29 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Pulaveri Srinivasa Rajagopal (4698 SIGS) | 1985-03-28 to 1986-11-30 - Retired | |||
| Director (Training), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Suresh Chand (4585 GD(P)) | 1986-04-21 to 1988-01-17 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Dilip Shankar Jog (4608 GD(P)) | 1985-10-25 to 1986-04-20 | |||
| Director (Works), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Krishnaswamy Subramanian (4213 GD(N)) | 1985-09-01 to 1986-07-28 | |||
| Prov Mshl (Air), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Rono Gupta (4732 GD(P)) | 1986-04-01 to 1986-06-09 | |||
| SAASO, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | Air Vice Marshal Arvind Dalaya (4025 GD(P)) | 1985-02-27 to 1986-07-31 | |||
| --------do--------- | Nagpur | Air Vice Marshal Inder Dev Bhalla (4571 GD(P)) | 1986-08-01 to 1988-01-31 | |||
| SASO, Southern Air Command | Trivandrum | Air Vice Marshal Pattathil Venugopal (4431 GD(P)) | 1986-03-31 to 1986-12-31 | |||
| --------do--------- | Trivandrum | Air Vice Marshal Bernard Anthony Coelho (4488 GD(P)) | 1984-07-20 to 1986-02-28 - Retired | |||
| SASO, Training Command | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Suresh Chand (4585 GD(P)) | 1985-09-01 to 1986-04-14 | |||
| SDS (Air), National Defence College | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Parduman Krishan Puri (4397 GD(N)) | 1984-01-02 to 1986-01-30 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Sukh Dev Mohan (4789 GD(P)) | 1986-07-14 to 1989-06-30 | |||
| SMSO, Central Air Command | Allahabad | Air Vice Marshal Pothamsetti Prasanna Madhava (4379 SIGS) | 1984-07-02 to 1986-01-21 | |||
| --------do--------- | Allahabad | Air Vice Marshal Raj Kumar Nehra (4518 ENG) | 1986-01-22 to 1988-01-10 | |||
| SMSO, Western Air Command | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Shashikumar Samuel Ramdas (4930 ENG) | 1986-01-01 to 1989-05-08 | |||
| SOA, Central Air Command | Allahabad | Air Vice Marshal Manish Kumar Rudra (4358 GD(P)) | 1984-11-26 to 1987-02-15 | |||
| SOA, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | Air Vice Marshal Purushottam Laxmikant Purohit (4581 GD(P)) | 1985-01-01 to 1986-08-17 | |||
| --------do--------- | Shillong | Air Vice Marshal Sudarshan Lal Dutta (4764 GD(N)) | 1986-08-18 to 1988-10-31 | |||
| SOA, Training Command | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Didar Singh Sabhikhi (4393 GD(N)) | 1985-09-01 to 1988-02-28 | |||
| SOA, Western Air Command | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Debabrata Choudhury (4759 GD(P)) | 1986-05-01 to 1988-10-31 | |||
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