Senior Officers of the IAF - 2000 by Service Number

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Rank & NameAppointment, UnitDates
Air Chief Marshal Anil Yeshwant Tipnis (5859 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.23 Squadron1994-07-22 to 2002-04-18
--Same as above--CAS, Air Head QuartersDelhi1998-12-31 to 2001-12-31
Air Marshal Prithvi Singh Brar (6007 GD(P))VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQDelhi1999-01-04 to 2000-07-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Vinod Patney (6125 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Central Air CommandAllahabad1999-11-01 to 2000-07-31
--Same as above--VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQDelhi2000-08-01 to 2001-07-31
Air Marshal Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy (6338 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Western Air CommandDelhi1999-11-01 to 2001-07-31
Air Marshal Krishnan Narayan Nair (6346 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Eastern Air CommandShillong1999-01-04 to 2000-11-30 - Retired
Air Marshal Sahab Prasad Verma (6466 MED)DGMS (Air), Air Head QuartersDelhi1997-02-02 to 2000-05-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Vinod Kumar Bhatia (6497 GD(P))AOC-in-C, South Western Air CommandGandhinagar1999-11-01 to 2001-07-31
Air Marshal Jagbir Singh Rai (6507 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Training CommandBangalore1998-01-01 to 2001-03-31
Air Marshal Darshan Singh Basra (6519 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum1999-01-15 to 2000-08-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Vinod Kumar Verma (6528 GD(P))SASO, Central Air CommandAllahabad1999-10-01 to 2000-07-31
--Same as above--Cmde Cmdt, Tactics and Combat Development Establishment2000-06-06 to 2002-04-30
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Central Air CommandAllahabad2000-08-01 to 2002-04-30
Air Marshal Dinesh Chandra Dhyani (6590 A&SD)AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQDelhi1995-11-03 to 2001-06-30
Air Marshal Sriperumbudur Raghavan (6710 EQPT)AOLM, Maintenance CommandNagpur1999-03-22 to 2001-10-31
Air Vice Marshal Suresh Chandra Vohra (6713 EQPT)ACAS (Logistics), Air Head QuartersDelhi1999-03-22 to 2000-07-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Velayudhan Girish Kumar (6747 GD(P))Cmdt, National Defence CollegeDelhi1999-04-16 to 2001-03-31
Air Marshal Philip Rajkumar (6748 GD(P))Proj Dir, National Flight Test Center, ADABangalore1996-09-17 to 2001-08-31
Air Marshal Prakash Sadashivrao Pingale (6755 GD(P))SASO, South Western Air CommandGandhinagar1999-10-01 to 2001-03-31
Air Marshal Manjit Singh Sekhon (6756 GD(P))SASO, Western Air CommandDelhi1999-09-30 to 2000-08-31
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum2000-09-01 to 2002-03-12
Air Marshal Shanti Swaroop Gupta (6805 ENG)AOC-in-C, Maintenance CommandNagpur1997-08-01 to 2002-04-30
Air Marshal Khushindhar Singh Bindra (6863 GD(P))AOP, PSO: Personnel, Air HQDelhi1999-10-01 to 2002-01-31
Air Marshal Proteep Kumar Ghosh (7106 SIGS)SMSO, Maintenance CommandNagpur1999-08-24 to 2000-07-31
--Same as above--DG (Radar & Comm Project), Air Head QuartersDelhi2000-08-01 to 2001-09-30
Air Marshal Satish Govind Inamdar (7189 GD(P))DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQDelhi1999-10-01 to 2000-11-30
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Eastern Air CommandShillong2000-12-01 to 2002-01-20
Air Marshal Syed Shahid Hussain Naqvi (7193 GD(P))SASO, Training CommandBangalore1999-10-01 to 2001-05-29
Air Marshal Teshter Jall Master (7224 GD(P))IG (Insp & Safety), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQDelhi1999-10-01 to 2001-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Kukkehalli Prabhakar Hegde (7253 MED)Cmdt, Command Hospital, Air ForceBangalore1997-06-09 to 2000-03-31
Air Marshal Michael McMahon (7399 GD(P))SASO, Eastern Air CommandShillong1999-10-01 to 2001-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Krishna Chandra Verma (7583 MET)ACAS (Meteorology), Air Head QuartersDelhi1998-11-03 to 2001-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Tej Mohan Asthana (7672 GD(P))ACAS (Pers - Officers), Air Head QuartersDelhi1999-09-01 to 2000-07-31
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---SASO, Central Air CommandAllahabad2000-08-01 to 2000-11-30
--Same as above--DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQDelhi2000-12-01 to 2002-03-17
Air Vice Marshal Sitaramaiah Pingali (7674 GD(P))SASO, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum1998-08-17 to 2000-04-16
Air Marshal Manek Bomanshaw Madon (7681 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.29 Squadron1998-01-01 to 2005-12-31
--Same as above--SASO, Western Air CommandDelhi2000-09-01 to 2002-01-20
Air Vice Marshal Harbinder Singh Sidhu (7682 GD(P))SAASO, Maintenance CommandNagpur2000-06-07 to 2001-11-30
Air Vice Marshal Jogendra Singh Sisodia (7696 GD(P))Cmdt, Air Force AcademyDundigal1998-08-18 to 2000-07-31 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Chandra Kant Krishnatri (7697 GD(P))AOC, Maritime Air OperationsBombay1999-02-11 to 2000-08-31 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Purnendu Kumar Mukherjee (7698 GD(P))ACAS (Inspection), Air Head QuartersDelhi1997-02-03 to 2000-06-06
Air Vice Marshal Adi Rustomji Ghandhi (7722 GD(P))Cmdt, College of Air WarfareSecunderabad1999-09-01 to 2001-03-31
Air Marshal Laljee Kumar Verma (7768 MED)DGMS (Air), Air Head QuartersDelhi2000-06-01 to 2002-08-27
Air Marshal Dinesh Chandra Nigam (7938 SIGS)SMSO, Maintenance CommandNagpur2000-08-01 to 2002-04-30
Air Vice Marshal Pirthi Pal Singh Kahlon (7979 ENG)SMSO, Central Air CommandAllahabad1998-05-29 to 2001-02-28
Air Vice Marshal Koyippillil Balagangadhara Kurup (8020 ENG)SMSO, Training CommandBangalore1998-08-10 to 2000-08-31 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Jagnandan Kumar Pathania (8053 A&SD)SOA, Western Air CommandDelhi1998-08-18 to 2000-07-21
Air Vice Marshal Satish Kumar Ramlal Dham (8097 MED)Cmdt, Command Hospital, Air ForceBangalore2000-06-17 to 2001-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Govind Chandra Singh Rajwar (8103 GD(N))SOA, South Western Air CommandGandhinagar1999-12-01 to 2000-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Shashindra Pal Tyagi (8130 GD(P))ACAS (Ops), Air Operations, Air HQDelhi1999-09-01 to 2000-12-01
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---SASO, Central Air CommandAllahabad2000-12-01 to 2002-05-14
Air Vice Marshal Ashok Kumar Goel (8151 GD(P))CI (Air), Defence Services Staff CollegeWellington2000-01-01 to 2001-03-01
Air Vice Marshal Aditya Vikram Pethia (8384 GD(P))SOA, Eastern Air CommandShillong1999-02-15 to 2000-07-16
--Same as above--DG , Air Force Naval Housing BoardDelhi2000-07-17 to 2001-09-30
Air Vice Marshal Amalendra Nath Sen (8395 GD(P))SOA, Training CommandBangalore1999-09-01 to 2001-07-31
Air Vice Marshal Anil Kumar Trikha (8436 GD(P))AOC, 2 Air Defence Control CentreGandhinagar1999-09-01 to 2000-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Brijendra Mohan Bali (8438 GD(P))ACAS (Inspection), Air Head QuartersDelhi2000-06-07 to 2001-07-31
Air Vice Marshal Ramesh Chandra Mahadik (8570 A&SD)SOA, Central Air CommandAllahabad1999-09-01 to 2000-08-07
--Same as above--SOA, Western Air CommandDelhi2000-08-14 to 2001-06-20
Air Vice Marshal Vancharla Anjaneyulu (8609 ACCTS)ACAS (Accounts), Air Head QuartersDelhi1998-11-03 to 2001-01-31
Air Vice Marshal Manpreet Singh Brar (8715 GD(P))ACAS (Training), Air Head QuartersDelhi1999-02-15 to 2001-08-31
Air Vice Marshal Ranjeet Kumar Gupta (8899 SIGS)ACAS (Systems), Air Head QuartersDelhi1999-03-22 to 2000-03-05
--Same as above--SMSO, Eastern Air CommandShillong2000-03-01 to 2001-09-30
Air Vice Marshal Rameshwar Nath (8913 SIGS)ACAS (Systems), Air Head QuartersDelhi2000-03-06 to 2001-05-10
Air Vice Marshal Bijoy Krishna Pandey (8990 GD(P))Dy Cmdt & CI, National Defence AcademyKhadakvasla1997-12-19 to 2000-02-06
Air Vice Marshal Raghu Rajan (8997 GD(P))SAASO, Maintenance CommandNagpur1999-07-01 to 2000-06-06
--Same as above--SDS (Air), National Defence CollegeDelhi2000-06-07 to 2002-06-04
Air Vice Marshal Subhash Chandra Rastogi (8999 GD(P))ACAS (Plans), Air Head QuartersDelhi2000-01-03 to 2002-09-15
Air Marshal Sunil Kumar Malik (9002 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.17 Squadron1998-10-26 to 2005-07-31
Air Vice Marshal Sunil Kumar Malik (9002 GD(P))ACAS (Intelligence), Air Head QuartersDelhi1999-09-01 to 2002-01-20
Air Vice Marshal Narayan Menon (9005 GD(P))AOC, Jammu & KashmirUdhampur1998-06-01 to 2000-02-01
--Same as above--Addl ACAS (Ops), Air Head QuartersDelhi2000-06-07 to 2000-12-17
--Same as above--ACAS (Ops), Air Operations, Air HQDelhi2000-12-01 to 2002-02-01
Air Vice Marshal Nirmal Thusu (9033 GD(P))SDS (Air), National Defence CollegeDelhi1998-04-01 to 2000-01-06
Air Vice Marshal Gopalasamudram Mahadevan Vishwanathan (9056 GD(P))AOC, Jammu & KashmirUdhampur2000-02-01 to 2002-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Puran Chandra Singh Rautela (9576 SIGS)SMSO, Training CommandBangalore2000-09-04 to 2002-05-31
Air Vice Marshal Ramyar Keki Batha (9588 SIGS)ACAS (Sigs Air), Air Head QuartersDelhi2000-12-01 to 2002-08-31
Air Vice Marshal Satish Kumar Jain (9716 GD(P))Addl ACAS (Ops), Air Head QuartersDelhi1999-09-01 to 2000-06-06
--Same as above--AOC, Jammu & KashmirUdhampur2000-06-07 to 2000-12-17
--Same as above--Addl ACAS (Ops), Air Head QuartersDelhi2000-12-18 to 2002-01-10
Air Vice Marshal Puzhankara Ambalavattam Hari Mohan (9723 GD(P))SASO, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum2000-04-17 to 2001-10-17
Air Vice Marshal Subhash Bhojwani (9734 GD(P))Cmdt, Air Force AcademyDundigal2000-08-01 to 2002-06-05
Air Vice Marshal Harpal Singh Ahluwalia (9821 GD(P))AOC, Maritime Air OperationsBombay2000-09-01 to 2002-06-09
Air Vice Marshal Arunachalam Saibaba (9996 A&SD)ACAS (Works), Air Head QuartersDelhi1999-09-01 to 2003-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Apurba Kumar Bhattacharyya (10008 A&SD)SOA, Central Air CommandAllahabad2000-08-14 to 2001-11-30
Air Vice Marshal Mukut Prasad Sanyal (10017 EQPT)ACAS (Logistics), Air Head QuartersDelhi2000-08-01 to 2003-11-30
Air Vice Marshal Babu Ajit Kumar Shetty (10110 GD(P))AOC, 1 Air Defence Control CentreDelhi2000-09-01 to 2002-08-31
Air Vice Marshal Jagdarshan Singh Sandhu (10139 GD(P))SOA, Eastern Air CommandShillong2000-07-17 to 2002-08-31
Air Vice Marshal Ajit Bhavnani (10440 GD(P))ACAS (Pers - Officers), Air Head QuartersDelhi2000-08-01 to 2002-10-31
Air Marshal Allandur Sulochanan Gurunathan (10443 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.16 Squadron1998-03-16 to 2004-03-31

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