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Senior Officers of the IAF - 1991 by Appointment1948 | 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 | ||||||
| Appointment, Unit | Rank & Name | Dates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAS, Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Chief Marshal Surendra Kumar Mehra (4197 GD(P)) | 1988-08-01 to 1991-07-31 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri (4236 GD(P)) | 1991-07-31 to 1993-07-31 | |||
| 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 Parduman Kumar Jain (4366 A&SD) | 1988-01-28 to 1991-01-31 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Naresh Kumar (5057 GD(P)) | 1991-04-11 to 1991-12-23 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Central Air Command | Allahabad | Air Marshal Swaroop Krishna Kaul (4721 GD(P)) | 1991-02-11 to 1992-04-30 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | Air Marshal Man Mohan Sinha (4408 GD(P)) | 1988-02-08 to 1991-01-31 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Shillong | Air Marshal Rajendra Kumar Dhawan (4736 GD(P)) | 1991-02-11 to 1991-10-05 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | Air Marshal Brijesh Dhar Jayal (4972 GD(P)) | 1991-10-07 to 1992-03-30 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | Air Marshal Sibaprasad Chakrabarti (4528 ARMT) | 1989-05-01 to 1991-01-31 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Nagpur | Air Marshal Indrakanty Gopala Krishna (5398 ENG) | 1991-02-01 to 1993-06-30 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Southern Air Command | Trivandrum | Air Marshal Suresh Chand (4585 GD(P)) | 1989-11-07 to 1991-03-31 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Trivandrum | Air Marshal Sukh Dev Mohan (4789 GD(P)) | 1991-05-13 to 1992-04-30 | |||
| AOC-in-C, South Western Air Command | Jodhpur | Air Marshal Partha Kumar Dey (4404 GD(P)) | 1988-08-01 to 1992-03-31 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Training Command | Bangalore | Air Marshal Jagdish Kumar Seth (4403 GD(P)) | 1987-12-01 to 1991-09-30 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Bangalore | Air Marshal Rajendra Kumar Dhawan (4736 GD(P)) | 1991-10-07 to 1993-05-31 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Western Air Command | Delhi | Air Marshal Pirthi Singh (4480 GD(P)) | 1988-08-01 to 1992-04-30 | |||
| AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Amal Kumar Mukhopadhyay (5237 ENG) | 1991-03-05 to 1994-01-31 | |||
| AOP, PSO: Personnel, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Pondicherry Jayarao Jayakumar (5037 GD(P)) | 1990-10-01 to 1991-10-13 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Naresh Kumar (5057 GD(P)) | 1991-10-14 to 1992-04-30 | |||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.16 Squadron | Air Marshal Amarjit Singh Sethi (5682 GD(P)) | 1991-10-11 to 1997-01-11 | ||||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.29 Squadron | Air Marshal Prabhat Kumar Varma (4822 GD(P)) | 1987-09-14 to 1997-12-31 | ||||
| Cmdt, National Defence Academy | Khadakvasla | Air Marshal Didar Singh Sabhikhi (4393 GD(N)) | 1988-06-29 to 1991-08-31 - Retired | |||
| DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Brijesh Dhar Jayal (4972 GD(P)) | 1990-04-02 to 1991-10-06 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Trilochan Singh (5043 GD(P)) | 1991-10-07 to 1993-04-30 | |||
| DG (Radar & Comm Project), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Marshal Abraham Mathews (4547 SIGS) | 1988-08-01 to 1991-01-31 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Machanda Chinapa Uthaya (5627 SIGS) | 1991-02-01 to 1994-01-31 | |||
| DGMS (Air), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Marshal Pinnapakkam Masilamani Sundaram (4857 MED) | 1990-01-01 to 1991-11-30 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Manjit Singh Boparai (21663 MED) | 1991-12-01 to 1993-06-30 | |||
| IG (Insp & Safety), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Denzil Joseph Keelor (4805 GD(P)) | 1989-07-03 to 1991-03-26 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Trilochan Singh (5043 GD(P)) | 1991-05-27 to 1991-10-13 | |||
| IG (Insp & Safety), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Keith David Kingsley Lewis (5109 GD(P)) | 1991-10-14 to 1993-09-30 | |||
| SASO, Central Air Command | Allahabad | Air Marshal Swaroop Krishna Kaul (4721 GD(P)) | 1990-02-26 to 1991-02-10 | |||
| --------do--------- | Allahabad | Air Marshal Dushyant Singh (5048 GD(P)) | 1991-04-25 to 1992-04-30 | |||
| SASO, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | Air Marshal Sukh Dev Mohan (4789 GD(P)) | 1989-07-03 to 1991-05-11 | |||
| --------do--------- | Shillong | Air Marshal Ranjit Singh Bedi (5120 GD(P)) | 1991-05-27 to 1992-05-10 | |||
| SASO, South Western Air Command | Jodhpur | Air Marshal Palamadai Muthuswamy Ramachandran (4973 GD(P)) | 1990-03-05 to 1991-10-13 | |||
| SASO, Training Command | Bangalore | Air Marshal Ravinder Nath Bharadwaj (5001 GD(P)) | 1990-06-25 to 1992-04-30 | |||
| SASO, Western Air Command | Delhi | Air Marshal Rajendra Kumar Dhawan (4736 GD(P)) | 1990-04-02 to 1991-02-08 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Pondicherry Jayarao Jayakumar (5037 GD(P)) | 1991-10-14 to 1992-04-30 | |||
| SASO, Western Air Command | Delhi | Air Marshal Keith David Kingsley Lewis (5109 GD(P)) | 1991-04-25 to 1991-10-11 | |||
| SMSO, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | Air Marshal Indrakanty Gopala Krishna (5398 ENG) | 1991-01-01 to 1991-01-31 | |||
| --------do--------- | Nagpur | Air Marshal Rajamani Ramamurthy (5614 ENG) | 1991-04-15 to 1993-06-30 | |||
| VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri (4236 GD(P)) | 1988-03-01 to 1991-07-31 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Palamadai Muthuswamy Ramachandran (4973 GD(P)) | 1991-10-14 to 1993-02-28 | |||
| ACAS (Inspection), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Pratap Rao (5188 GD(P)) | 1990-10-15 to 1992-04-30 | |||
| ACAS (Ops), Air Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Trilochan Singh (5043 GD(P)) | 1990-04-01 to 1991-06-22 | |||
| ACAS (Plans), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Sindhaghatta Subbaramu (5371 GD(P)) | 1990-07-25 to 1993-02-16 | |||
| ACAS (Systems), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Krishan Bhatheja (5958 SIGS) | 1991-02-01 to 1992-04-30 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Charanjit Lal Mago (6309 ENG) | 1990-11-01 to 1991-01-31 | |||
| Addl ACAS (Ops), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Dinanath Ramchander Nadkarni (5587 GD(P)) | 1990-10-16 to 1991-06-02 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Chandra Sekhar Doraiswamy (5601 GD(P)) | 1991-06-03 to 1993-03-31 | |||
| AOC, Jammu & Kashmir | Udhampur | Air Vice Marshal Naresh Kumar (5057 GD(P)) | 1989-07-03 to 1991-04-09 | |||
| --------do--------- | Udhampur | Air Vice Marshal Harjit Singh Ghuman (5692 GD(P)) | 1991-05-13 to 1993-04-30 | |||
| AOC, Maritime Air Operations | Bombay | Air Vice Marshal Thupakulu Narasimhulu Bhavani Shankar (5060 GD(P)) | 1989-02-01 to 1991-10-31 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Bombay | Air Vice Marshal Bharat Kumar (5787 GD(P)) | 1991-11-01 to 1993-06-18 | |||
| AOLM, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | Air Vice Marshal Subharatnam Kasinath (5467 EQPT) | 1988-01-15 to 1991-04-30 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Nagpur | Air Vice Marshal Bal Krishan Challu (5647 EQPT) | 1991-06-03 to 1991-10-31 | |||
| AOLM, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | Air Vice Marshal Kilara Vamanet Iya (5813 EQPT) | 1991-11-01 to 1992-11-30 | |||
| CI (Air), Defence Services Staff College | Wellington | Air Vice Marshal Kodendera Cariappa Cariappa (5376 GD(P)) | 1990-07-01 to 1992-05-30 | |||
| Cmdt, Air Force Academy | Dundigal | Air Vice Marshal Manjunath Sadanand (4994 GD(P)) | 1990-03-05 to 1991-11-30 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Dundigal | Air Vice Marshal Puthettu Kurien Mani (5666 GD(P)) | 1991-12-02 to 1993-09-30 | |||
| Cmdt, Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Ajit Singh Lamba (4877 GD(P)) | 1987-03-01 to 1991-04-28 | |||
| Cmdt, College of Air Warfare | Secunderabad | Air Vice Marshal Dushyant Singh (5048 GD(P)) | 1989-07-03 to 1991-03-08 | |||
| --------do--------- | Secunderabad | Air Vice Marshal Viney Kapila (5596 GD(P)) | 1991-03-11 to 1992-05-31 | |||
| Cmdt, College of Defence Management | Secunderabad | Air Vice Marshal Sadanand Kulkarni (5292 GD(N)) | 1989-03-01 to 1991-04-07 | |||
| Cmdt, Command Hospital, Air Force | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Dev Prasad Sarker (5491 MED) | 1990-05-16 to 1991-11-10 | |||
| DG , Air Force Naval Housing Board | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Amrit Mohan Mehta (5051 GD(P)) | 1989-04-01 to 1992-03-31 | |||
| Director (Accounts), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Sabnavis Tirumal Rao (5530 ACCTS) | 1989-11-01 to 1991-11-30 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Suresh Shankar Balse (5741 ACCTS) | 1991-12-23 to 1993-04-30 | |||
| Director (Education), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Subramaniam Rathnam (5921 EDN) | 1990-01-01 to 1992-03-31 | |||
| Director (Fin Plan), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Manmohan Waman Desai (5524 ACCTS) | 1989-09-01 to 1991-07-31 - Retired | |||
| Director (Intelligence), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen (5370 GD(P)) | 1990-10-01 to 1993-02-28 | |||
| Director (Meteorology), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Narayanaswamy Natarajan (6183 EQPT) | 1989-09-01 to 1994-11-30 | |||
| Director (PO), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Janak Kumar (5122 GD(P)) | 1990-05-18 to 1991-11-21 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Sharadkumar Ramakrishna Deshpande (5694 GD(P)) | 1991-11-22 to 1993-10-31 | |||
| Director (Sigs Air), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Ram Prakash Mishra (5628 SIGS) | 1990-12-01 to 1994-07-31 | |||
| Director (Training), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Sherwin Derek Leslie Tully (5270 GD(P)) | 1990-02-01 to 1992-05-24 | |||
| Dy Cmdt & CI, National Defence Academy | Khadakvasla | Air Vice Marshal Kamal Khanna (5795 GD(P)) | 1991-12-06 to 1993-11-12 | |||
| SAASO, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | Air Vice Marshal Janak Kapur (5585 GD(P)) | 1990-11-01 to 1993-10-16 | |||
| SASO, Central Air Command | Allahabad | Air Vice Marshal Dushyant Singh (5048 GD(P)) | 1991-03-11 to 1991-04-24 | |||
| SASO, Southern Air Command | Trivandrum | Air Vice Marshal Verinder Puri (5199 GD(P)) | 1989-03-01 to 1992-05-12 | |||
| SASO, Western Air Command | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Keith David Kingsley Lewis (5109 GD(P)) | 1991-03-25 to 1991-04-24 | |||
| SDS (Air), National Defence College | Delhi | --Same as above-- | 1989-07-03 to 1991-03-24 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Surinder Pal Dhawan (5298 GD(N)) | 1991-03-25 to 1992-05-31 | |||
| SMSO, Central Air Command | Allahabad | Air Vice Marshal Manjit Singh Mann (5838 ARMT) | 1990-01-01 to 1992-11-30 | |||
| SMSO, Training Command | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Machanda Chinapa Uthaya (5627 SIGS) | 1989-10-03 to 1991-01-31 | |||
| SOA, Central Air Command | Allahabad | Air Vice Marshal Surinder Pal Dhawan (5298 GD(N)) | 1989-07-17 to 1991-03-20 | |||
| --------do--------- | Allahabad | Air Vice Marshal Shiv Nath Rathour (5580 GD(N)) | 1991-03-25 to 1992-06-25 | |||
| SOA, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | Air Vice Marshal Dharam Pal Singh (5503 A&SD) | 1990-06-05 to 1992-09-30 | |||
| SOA, Training Command | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Sharadchandra Naresh Deshpande (5452 GD(N)) | 1990-12-01 to 1993-07-31 | |||
| SOA, Western Air Command | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Ranjit Singh Bedi (5120 GD(P)) | 1988-11-01 to 1991-05-27 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Sadanand Kulkarni (5292 GD(N)) | 1991-04-08 to 1992-05-31 | |||
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