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Senior Officers of the IAF - 1996 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 | ||||
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| Air Chief Marshal Anil Yeshwant Tipnis (5859 GD(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.23 Squadron | 1994-07-22 to 2002-04-18 | ||||
| Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen (5370 GD(P)) | CAS, Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1995-12-31 to 1998-12-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Dinanath Ramchander Nadkarni (5587 GD(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.14 Squadron | 1987-07-15 to 1997-09-08 | ||||
| Air Marshal Prabhat Kumar Varma (4822 GD(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.29 Squadron | 1987-09-14 to 1997-12-31 | ||||
| Air Marshal Amarjit Singh Sethi (5682 GD(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.16 Squadron | 1991-10-11 to 1997-01-11 | ||||
| Air Marshal Sharadkumar Ramakrishna Deshpande (5694 GD(P)) | DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQ | Delhi | 1994-03-01 to 1996-01-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Kodendera Cariappa Cariappa (5376 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, South Western Air Command | Jodhpur | 1994-06-06 to 1996-01-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Marshal Ramesh Chandra Bajpai (5967 SIGS) | AOC-in-C, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 1995-01-01 to 1996-10-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Marshal Janak Kapur (5585 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | 1995-02-01 to 1996-03-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Marshal Amarjit Singh Sethi (5682 GD(P)) | Cmdt, National Defence Academy | Khadakvasla | 1995-03-25 to 1996-01-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Marshal Prithvi Singh Brar (6007 GD(P)) | SASO, South Western Air Command | Jodhpur | 1995-04-01 to 1996-03-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Bharat Kumar (5787 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Southern Air Command | Trivandrum | 1995-05-01 to 1997-04-30 | |||
| Air Marshal Dev Nath Rathore (5780 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Central Air Command | Allahabad | 1995-06-01 to 1996-06-30 - Retired | |||
| Air Marshal Krishna Bihari Singh (5865 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Training Command | Bangalore | 1995-07-01 to 1997-12-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Anil Yeshwant Tipnis (5859 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Western Air Command | Delhi | 1995-08-01 to 1997-03-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Kuldip Rai (6051 MED) | DGMS (Air), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1995-08-01 to 1997-01-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Man Mohan Singh Vasudeva (6128 GD(P)) | SASO, Central Air Command | Allahabad | 1995-10-16 to 1996-07-15 | |||
| Air Marshal Ghanshyam Gururani (6387 ENG) | AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQ | Delhi | 1995-11-01 to 1996-10-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Dinesh Chandra Dhyani (6590 A&SD) | AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQ | Delhi | 1995-11-03 to 2001-06-30 | |||
| Air Marshal Pran Nath Bajaj (6392 ENG) | SMSO, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 1995-11-14 to 1997-05-22 | |||
| Air Marshal Janak Kapur (5585 GD(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.17 Squadron | 1995-12-20 to 1998-10-25 | ||||
| Air Marshal Krishnan Narayan Nair (6346 GD(P)) | SASO, Training Command | Bangalore | 1996-01-01 to 1997-04-30 | |||
| Air Marshal Trevor Raymond Joseph Osman (6005 GD(P)) | VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | 1996-01-01 to 1997-03-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Sharadkumar Ramakrishna Deshpande (5694 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, South Western Air Command | Jodhpur | 1996-02-01 to 1997-11-30 | |||
| Air Marshal Jagbir Singh Rai (6507 GD(P)) | Cmdt, National Defence Academy | Khadakvasla | 1996-02-01 to 1997-01-09 | |||
| Air Marshal Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy (6338 GD(P)) | DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQ | Delhi | 1996-02-01 to 1996-07-23 | |||
| Air Marshal Vinod Kumar Bhatia (6497 GD(P)) | IG (Insp & Safety), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQ | Delhi | 1996-02-01 to 1996-06-30 | |||
| Air Marshal Vinod Patney (6125 GD(P)) | SASO, Western Air Command | Delhi | 1996-02-29 to 1996-06-30 | |||
| Air Marshal Prithvi Singh Brar (6007 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | 1996-04-01 to 1999-01-03 | |||
| Air Marshal Darshan Singh Basra (6519 GD(P)) | SASO, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | 1996-04-01 to 1998-02-28 | |||
| Air Marshal Vinod Kumar Verma (6528 GD(P)) | AOP, PSO: Personnel, Air HQ | Delhi | 1996-04-11 to 1999-09-30 | |||
| Air Marshal Vinod Patney (6125 GD(P)) | AOC-in-C, Central Air Command | Allahabad | 1996-07-01 to 1997-03-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Vinod Kumar Bhatia (6497 GD(P)) | SASO, Western Air Command | Delhi | 1996-07-01 to 1997-12-21 | |||
| Air Marshal Velayudhan Girish Kumar (6747 GD(P)) | SASO, Central Air Command | Allahabad | 1996-07-17 to 1997-06-01 | |||
| Air Marshal Man Mohan Singh Vasudeva (6128 GD(P)) | DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQ | Delhi | 1996-07-24 to 1997-08-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Philip Rajkumar (6748 GD(P)) | Proj Dir, National Flight Test Center, ADA | Bangalore | 1996-09-17 to 2001-08-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Prakash Sadashivrao Pingale (6755 GD(P)) | IG (Insp & Safety), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQ | Delhi | 1996-10-16 to 1999-09-30 | |||
| Air Marshal Ghanshyam Gururani (6387 ENG) | AOC-in-C, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 1996-11-01 to 1997-07-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Shanti Swaroop Gupta (6805 ENG) | AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQ | Delhi | 1996-11-01 to 1997-07-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Harjit Singh Ghuman (5692 GD(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.6 Squadron | 1988-10-08 to 1997-09-01 | ||||
| Air Vice Marshal Kapil Kak (6784 GD(N)) | CI (Air), Defence Services Staff College | Wellington | 1993-06-01 to 1996-09-30 - Retired | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy (6338 GD(P)) | ACAS (Plans), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1993-07-12 to 1996-01-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Lalgudi Srinivasan Vaidyanathan (7781 EDN) | ACAS (Education), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1993-10-01 to 1996-10-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Tushar Sen (6006 GD(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.1 Squadron | 1993-10-01 to 1999-03-30 | ||||
| Air Vice Marshal Ved Prakash Kala (6340 GD(P)) | SAASO, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 1993-10-25 to 1996-01-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Jagbir Singh Rai (6507 GD(P)) | SASO, Southern Air Command | Trivandrum | 1993-11-01 to 1996-01-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Ranjit Kumar Malhotra (6513 GD(P)) | Director (Training), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1994-01-04 to 1997-01-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Vinod Kumar Bhatia (6497 GD(P)) | ACAS (Ops), Air Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | 1994-06-01 to 1996-01-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Vijayendra Pal Singh Kushwaha (6855 AE(L)) | Director (Sigs Air), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1994-08-01 to 1996-07-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Philip Rajkumar (6748 GD(P)) | Proj Dir, National Flight Test Center, ADA | Bangalore | 1994-09-19 to 1996-09-16 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Manjit Singh Sekhon (6756 GD(P)) | Addl ACAS (Ops), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1994-10-03 to 1996-01-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Krishna Chandra Verma (7583 MET) | Director (Meteorology), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1994-12-01 to 1998-11-02 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Arun Kumar Saraswat (6563 AE(M)) | SMSO, Central Air Command | Allahabad | 1994-12-01 to 1996-07-21 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Syed Shahid Hussain Naqvi (7193 GD(P)) | Cmdt, College of Air Warfare | Secunderabad | 1994-12-31 to 1997-08-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Sriperumbudur Raghavan (6710 EQPT) | ACAS (Logistics), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1995-01-02 to 1999-03-21 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Vinod Kumar Verma (6528 GD(P)) | Director (PO), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1995-03-06 to 1996-02-26 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Khushindhar Singh Bindra (6863 GD(P)) | SOA, Western Air Command | Delhi | 1995-03-06 to 1996-06-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Prakash Sadashivrao Pingale (6755 GD(P)) | ACAS (Inspection), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1995-03-27 to 1996-10-15 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Teshter Jall Master (7224 GD(P)) | Cmdt, College of Defence Management | Secunderabad | 1995-04-18 to 1997-06-07 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Manjit Singh Dhillon (7021 GD(P)) | SOA, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | 1995-05-01 to 1996-01-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Suresh Chandra Vohra (6713 EQPT) | AOLM, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 1995-07-10 to 1999-03-21 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Kuldip Singh Mehta (7100 AE(L)) | SMSO, Training Command | Bangalore | 1995-07-11 to 1997-05-24 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Srinivas Anand Bhaskar Naidu (7230 GD(P)) | SOA, Training Command | Bangalore | 1995-08-01 to 1998-01-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Tapash Kumar Mitra (23432 MED) | Cmdt, Command Hospital, Air Force | Bangalore | 1995-09-01 to 1997-06-08 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Sahab Prasad Verma (6466 MED) | PMO, Western Air Command | Delhi | 1995-09-01 to 1997-01-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Jeffrey D'Souza (7432 GD(P)) | SDS (Air), National Defence College | Delhi | 1995-09-01 to 1998-03-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Suresh Kumar Sonpar (6126 GD(P)) | AOC, Maritime Air Operations | Bombay | 1995-09-25 to 1996-06-30 - Retired | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Bipin Chandran Kurup (7505 A&SD) | SOA, Central Air Command | Allahabad | 1995-11-14 to 1996-11-30 - Retired | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Manek Bomanshaw Madon (7681 GD(P)) | Cmdt, Air Force Academy | Dundigal | 1995-12-21 to 1998-08-17 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Milind Shankar (6130 GD(P)) | AOC, 1 Air Defence Control Centre | Delhi | 1996-01-01 to 1997-07-01 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Manjit Singh Sekhon (6756 GD(P)) | AOC, 2 Air Defence Control Centre | Gandhinagar | 1996-01-01 to 1996-12-01 | |||
| --Same as above-- | AOC, Jammu & Kashmir | Udhampur | 1996-01-01 to 1997-12-01 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Vinod Kumar Verma (6528 GD(P)) | AOP, PSO: Personnel, Air HQ | Delhi | 1996-01-01 to 1996-04-10 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Santanam Rangaswami (6703 A&SD) | Director (Works), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1996-01-01 to 1997-12-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Manjit Singh Dhillon (7021 GD(P)) | SAASO, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 1996-02-01 to 1997-01-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Ved Prakash Kala (6340 GD(P)) | SASO, Southern Air Command | Trivandrum | 1996-02-01 to 1997-04-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Harbans Perminder Singh (7485 GD(N)) | SOA, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | 1996-02-01 to 1998-07-09 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Sitaramaiah Pingali (7674 GD(P)) | Director (PO), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1996-03-01 to 1998-08-16 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Jogendra Singh Sisodia (7696 GD(P)) | ACAS (Plans), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1996-03-29 to 1998-08-16 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Chandra Kant Krishnatri (7697 GD(P)) | Addl ACAS (Ops), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1996-04-11 to 1996-09-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Michael McMahon (7399 GD(P)) | ACAS (Ops), Air Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | 1996-06-01 to 1999-01-01 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Govind Chandra Singh Rajwar (8103 GD(N)) | SOA, Western Air Command | Delhi | 1996-07-01 to 1998-08-17 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Awatar Krishan Zadoo (7922 AE(L)) | SMSO, Central Air Command | Allahabad | 1996-07-22 to 1998-05-28 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Kurumthodathil Cherian Phillipose (7702 GD(P)) | AOC, Maritime Air Operations | Bombay | 1996-07-30 to 1999-02-10 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Adi Rustomji Ghandhi (7722 GD(P)) | Addl ACAS (Ops), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 1996-10-01 to 1998-08-16 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Satish Govind Inamdar (7189 GD(P)) | CI (Air), Defence Services Staff College | Wellington | 1996-10-01 to 1998-06-30 | |||
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