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Senior Officers of the IAF - 2004 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 Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy (6338 GD(P)) | 2001-12-31 to 2004-12-31 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Chief Marshal Shashindra Pal Tyagi (8130 GD(P)) | 2004-12-31 to 2007-03-31 | |||
| AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Harendrajit Singh Garkal (11780 A&SD) | 2004-03-22 to 2006-07-31 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Central Air Command | Allahabad | Air Marshal Brijendra Mohan Bali (8438 GD(P)) | 2003-02-01 to 2004-03-31 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Allahabad | Air Marshal Raghu Rajan (8997 GD(P)) | 2004-04-01 to 2005-04-30 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | Air Marshal Manek Bomanshaw Madon (7681 GD(P)) | 2002-01-21 to 2004-10-31 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Shillong | Air Marshal Avinash Deodata Joshi (10886 GD(P)) | 2004-11-01 to 2005-08-21 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | Air Marshal Dinesh Chandra Nigam (7938 AE(L)) | 2002-05-01 to 2004-04-30 | |||
| --------do--------- | Nagpur | Air Marshal Vijay Adhyutrao Patkar (8632 AE(L)) | 2004-07-06 to 2005-04-30 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Southern Air Command | Trivandrum | Air Marshal Sunil Kumar Malik (9002 GD(P)) | 2004-01-02 to 2004-09-30 | |||
| --------do--------- | Trivandrum | Air Marshal Sharad Yeshwant Savur (10525 GD(P)) | 2004-08-01 to 2006-08-31 | |||
| AOC-in-C, South Western Air Command | Gandhinagar | Air Marshal Adi Rustomji Ghandhi (7722 GD(P)) | 2003-11-17 to 2004-06-30 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Gandhinagar | Air Marshal Satish Kumar Jain (9716 GD(P)) | 2004-07-12 to 2006-02-28 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Training Command | Bangalore | Air Marshal Bijoy Krishna Pandey (8990 GD(P)) | 2003-02-14 to 2004-05-31 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Bangalore | Air Marshal Subhash Bhojwani (9734 GD(P)) | 2004-07-12 to 2006-01-31 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Western Air Command | Delhi | Air Marshal Shashindra Pal Tyagi (8130 GD(P)) | 2003-11-17 to 2004-12-31 | |||
| AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Vijay Adhyutrao Patkar (8632 AE(L)) | 2001-11-01 to 2004-06-30 | |||
| AOP, PSO: Personnel, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Narayan Menon (9005 GD(P)) | 2002-02-01 to 2004-09-30 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Arvind Kumar Nagalia (11633 GD(P)) | 2004-10-01 to 2005-08-30 | |||
| C-in-C, Strategic Forces Command | Delhi | Air Marshal Tej Mohan Asthana (7672 GD(P)) | 2003-01-10 to 2004-06-30 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Ajit Bhavnani (10440 GD(P)) | 2004-07-12 to 2005-08-18 | |||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.1 Squadron | Air Marshal Padamjit Singh Ahluwalia (11631 GD(P)) | 2003-01-01 to 2007-12-31 | ||||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.14 Squadron | Air Marshal Michael McMahon (7399 GD(P)) | 1997-09-08 to 2004-09-30 - Retired | ||||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.16 Squadron | Air Marshal Allandur Sulochanan Gurunathan (10443 GD(P)) | 1998-03-16 to 2004-03-31 - Retired | ||||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.17 Squadron | Air Marshal Sunil Kumar Malik (9002 GD(P)) | 1998-10-26 to 2005-07-31 | ||||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.18 Squadron | Air Marshal Raghu Rajan (8997 GD(P)) | 2001-03-01 to 2006-06-25 | ||||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.29 Squadron | Air Marshal Manek Bomanshaw Madon (7681 GD(P)) | 1998-01-01 to 2005-12-31 | ||||
| DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Raghu Rajan (8997 GD(P)) | 2002-06-05 to 2004-03-31 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Jaspal Singh Gujral (11300 GD(P)) | 2004-04-01 to 2005-04-30 | |||
| DCIDS (Ops), Integrated Defence Staff | New Delhi | Air Marshal Fali Homi Major (11442 GD(P)) | 2004-01-01 to 2005-09-04 | |||
| DG (Insp & Safety), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Avdesh Kumar Singh (11005 GD(P)) | 2004-04-01 to 2004-09-30 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Padamjit Singh Ahluwalia (11631 GD(P)) | 2004-10-01 to 2006-08-31 | |||
| DGMS (Air), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Marshal Padmavathy Bandhopadhyay (11528 MED) | 2004-10-01 to 2005-11-30 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Parimal Kumar Sarkar (26480 MED) | 2003-11-26 to 2004-09-30 - Retired | |||
| IG (Insp & Safety), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Avdesh Kumar Singh (11005 GD(P)) | 2004-01-17 to 2004-03-31 | |||
| SASO, Central Air Command | Allahabad | Air Marshal Ajit Bhavnani (10440 GD(P)) | 2003-02-01 to 2004-07-03 | |||
| --------do--------- | Allahabad | Air Marshal Pramod Kumar Mehra (11581 GD(P)) | 2004-10-11 to 2006-02-23 | |||
| SASO, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | Air Marshal Sharad Yeshwant Savur (10525 GD(P)) | 2003-02-01 to 2004-07-31 | |||
| --------do--------- | Shillong | Air Marshal Ajit Vishwanath Vaidya (11848 GD(P)) | 2004-10-15 to 2005-08-31 | |||
| SASO, South Western Air Command | Gandhinagar | Air Marshal Avinash Deodata Joshi (10886 GD(P)) | 2004-01-01 to 2004-10-31 | |||
| --------do--------- | Gandhinagar | Air Marshal Gurnam Singh Choudhary (11870 GD(P)) | 2004-11-01 to 2006-10-31 | |||
| SASO, Training Command | Bangalore | Air Marshal Satish Kumar Jain (9716 GD(P)) | 2003-02-15 to 2004-07-11 | |||
| --------do--------- | Bangalore | Air Marshal Bhushan Nilkanth Gokhale (11630 GD(P)) | 2004-10-10 to 2006-01-31 | |||
| SASO, Western Air Command | Delhi | Air Marshal Subhash Bhojwani (9734 GD(P)) | 2002-06-06 to 2004-07-11 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Avdesh Kumar Singh (11005 GD(P)) | 2004-10-11 to 2005-01-18 | |||
| SMSO, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | Air Marshal Prakashchandra Khandubhai Desai (10078 AE(M)) | 2002-06-12 to 2004-11-30 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Nagpur | Air Marshal Balatikalandra Uthaiah Chengappa (12112 AE(L)) | 2004-12-01 to 2005-06-12 | |||
| VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Michael McMahon (7399 GD(P)) | 2003-02-01 to 2004-09-30 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Sunil Kumar Malik (9002 GD(P)) | 2004-10-01 to 2005-07-31 | |||
| ACAS (Accounts), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Gautam Sengupta (12743 ACCTS) | 2004-06-01 to 2006-03-31 | |||
| ACAS (Education), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Tejinder Pal Singh Chatwal (11290 GD(P)) | 2003-10-01 to 2004-12-31 - Retired | |||
| ACAS (Fin Plan), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Kervashe Ramesh Karnik (12147 ACCTS) | 2002-06-14 to 2004-05-31 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Narayanan Vijayakumar (12725 ACCTS) | 2004-06-01 to 2007-09-30 | |||
| ACAS (Inspection), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Pranab Kumar Barbora (12375 GD(P)) | 2004-11-01 to 2005-08-31 | |||
| ACAS (Intelligence), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Pramod Kumar Mehra (11581 GD(P)) | 2003-03-01 to 2004-09-30 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne (13129 F(P)) | 2004-10-01 to 2007-02-28 | |||
| ACAS (Meteorology), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Ajit Prasad Tyagi (13010 MET) | 2004-10-11 to 2008-01-31 | |||
| ACAS (Ops), Air Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Bhushan Nilkanth Gokhale (11630 GD(P)) | 2002-02-01 to 2004-10-09 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Suresh Chandra Mukul (12930 F(P)) | 2004-12-01 to 2006-10-31 | |||
| ACAS (Ops, C &D), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Suresh Chandra Malhan (11579 GD(P)) | 2003-10-10 to 2004-12-22 | |||
| ACAS (Pers - Officers), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Kanwar Dalinderjit Singh (12403 GD(P)) | 2004-01-12 to 2006-02-28 | |||
| ACAS (Plans), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Arvind Kumar Nagalia (11633 GD(P)) | 2002-09-16 to 2004-09-30 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Krishan Kumar Nohwar (13132 F(P)) | 2004-11-01 to 2005-06-04 | |||
| ACAS (Training), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Avdesh Kumar Singh (11005 GD(P)) | 2001-09-03 to 2004-01-11 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Murali Sundaram (12369 GD(P)) | 2004-01-12 to 2006-01-31 | |||
| ACIDS (Jt Ops), Integrated Defence Staff | New Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Jaspal Singh Gujral (11300 GD(P)) | 2001-12-26 to 2004-03-31 | |||
| ACIDS (Pers Plans & Force, Integrated Defence Staff | New Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Vivek Kumar Chopra (12752 GD(P)) | 2004-11-01 to 2005-09-01 | |||
| ADG, Armed Forces Medical Sciences | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal 0 (11528 MED) | 2002-11-25 to 2004-09-30 | |||
| AOC, Advance HQ, Western Air Command | Chandimandir | Air Vice Marshal Charanjit Singh Gill (11645 GD(P)) | 2004-12-01 to 2005-04-30 | |||
| --------do--------- | Chandimandir | Air Vice Marshal Satish Kumar Sofat (12207 GD(P)) | 2003-10-01 to 2004-09-30 | |||
| AOC, Air Force Central Medical Establishment | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Jai Krishan Gupta (12308 MED) | 2004-12-01 to 2005-02-15 | |||
| AOC, Jammu & Kashmir | Udhampur | Air Vice Marshal Ravindra Dattatreya Limaye (10464 GD(P)) | 2003-01-14 to 2004-05-31 - Retired | |||
| AOC, Maritime Air Operations | Bombay | Air Vice Marshal Padamjit Singh Ahluwalia (11631 GD(P)) | 2002-06-10 to 2004-02-13 | |||
| --------do--------- | Bombay | Air Vice Marshal Saravjit Singh Hothi (12215 GD(P)) | 2004-04-01 to 2006-12-17 | |||
| AOLM, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | Air Vice Marshal Gordon Peter Douglas D'Souza (10984 GD(P)) | 2001-11-01 to 2004-10-30 | |||
| --------do--------- | Nagpur | Air Vice Marshal Sunil Kumar Sinha (12355 EQPT) | 2004-11-01 to 2005-12-31 | |||
| CI (Air), Defence Services Staff College | Wellington | Air Vice Marshal Allandur Sulochanan Gurunathan (10443 GD(P)) | 2001-03-01 to 2004-03-31 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Wellington | Air Vice Marshal Gurcharan Singh Bhogal (12504 GD(P)) | 2004-04-01 to 2006-06-30 | |||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.22 Squadron | Air Vice Marshal Ravindra Dattatreya Limaye (10464 GD(P)) | 2002-12-01 to 2004-05-31 - Retired | ||||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.27 Squadron | Air Vice Marshal Satish Kumar Sofat (12207 GD(P)) | 2001-09-14 to 2009-02-22 | ||||
| Cmdt, Air Force Academy | Dundigal | Air Vice Marshal Vinod Kumar Verma (11638 GD(P)) | 2002-07-01 to 2004-01-11 | |||
| --------do--------- | Dundigal | Air Vice Marshal Yashwant Rao Rane (12210 GD(P)) | 2004-01-12 to 2005-08-31 | |||
| Cmdt, College of Air Warfare | Secunderabad | Air Vice Marshal Donovan Eric Jonas (10131 GD(P)) | 2001-04-01 to 2004-04-30 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Secunderabad | Air Vice Marshal Venkataraman Ramamurthy Iyer (12939 F(P)) | 2004-11-01 to 2007-01-31 | |||
| Cmdt, Command Hospital, Air Force | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Jayanta Kumar De (12250 MED) | 2004-02-16 to 2005-02-28 | |||
| Dy Cmdt & CI, National Defence Academy | Khadakvasla | Air Vice Marshal Packiam Paul Rajkumar (12018 GD(P)) | 2002-10-10 to 2004-12-31 | |||
| PMO, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | Air Vice Marshal Trichinapoly Subramanyam Raghu Raman (12664 MED) | 2004-10-01 to 2005-12-01 | |||
| SAASO, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | Air Vice Marshal Harish Masand (11272 GD(P)) | 2001-12-26 to 2004-01-31 | |||
| --------do--------- | Nagpur | Air Vice Marshal Anup Kumar Shyam (12065 GD(P)) | 2004-02-01 to 2007-02-28 | |||
| SASO, Southern Air Command | Trivandrum | Air Vice Marshal Charanjit Singh Gill (11645 GD(P)) | 2003-01-01 to 2004-11-21 | |||
| --------do--------- | Trivandrum | Air Vice Marshal Ajay Shrivniwas Karnik (13140 F(P)) | 2004-12-01 to 2006-12-17 | |||
| SDS (Air), National Defence College | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Arun Kumar Tiwary (12194 GD(P)) | 2002-08-01 to 2004-11-30 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Gurdip Singh Kochar (13149 F(P)) | 2004-12-01 to 2007-04-01 | |||
| SMSO, Central Air Command | Allahabad | Air Vice Marshal Balatikalandra Uthaiah Chengappa (12112 AE(L)) | 2003-01-06 to 2005-02-06 | |||
| SMSO, Training Command | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Ambrish Kumar (11547 AE(L)) | 2004-11-22 to 2006-07-31 | |||
| --------do--------- | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Kirti Shekhar Chaturvedi (12100 AE(L)) | 2002-06-12 to 2004-10-28 | |||
| SOA, Central Air Command | Allahabad | Air Vice Marshal Naresh Verma (13235 ADM) | 2004-04-05 to 2007-04-18 | |||
| SOA, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | Air Vice Marshal Harendrajit Singh Garkal (11780 A&SD) | 2002-12-02 to 2004-03-20 | |||
| --------do--------- | Shillong | Air Vice Marshal Jyoti Narayan Burma (13219 ADM) | 2004-04-01 to 2005-05-23 | |||
| SOA, Training Command | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Sadhashivan Radhakrishnan (12408 GD(P)) | 2003-11-03 to 2006-03-03 | |||
| SOA, Western Air Command | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Satish Kumar Sofat (12207 GD(P)) | 2004-10-01 to 2007-04-30 | |||
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