Senior Officers of the IAF - 2007 by Service Number

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Rank & NameAppointment, UnitDates
Air Chief Marshal Shashindra Pal Tyagi (8130 GD(P))CAS, Air Head QuartersDelhi2004-12-31 to 2007-03-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Avdesh Kumar Singh (11005 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Western Air CommandDelhi2005-01-01 to 2007-01-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Fali Homi Major (11442 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Eastern Air CommandShillong2005-09-05 to 2007-03-30
---On Promotion to Air Chief Marshal ---CAS, Air Head QuartersDelhi2007-03-31 to 2009-05-31
Air Marshal Pramod Kumar Mehra (11581 GD(P))AOC-in-C, South Western Air CommandGandhinagar2006-03-01 to 2007-04-30 - Retired
Air Marshal Bhushan Nilkanth Gokhale (11630 GD(P))VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQDelhi2006-11-01 to 2007-12-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Padamjit Singh Ahluwalia (11631 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum2006-09-01 to 2007-01-31
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Western Air CommandDelhi2007-02-01 to 2007-12-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Arvind Kumar Nagalia (11633 GD(P))DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQDelhi2005-08-24 to 2007-02-28 - Retired
Air Marshal Vinod Kumar Verma (11638 GD(P))DG (Insp & Safety), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQDelhi2006-09-01 to 2008-09-30
Air Marshal Ajit Vishwanath Vaidya (11848 GD(P))DCIDS (Policy, Plans, For, Integrated Defence StaffNew Delhi2006-04-01 to 2008-02-29
Air Marshal Gurnam Singh Choudhary (11870 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.16 Squadron2005-11-29 to 2010-01-05
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Training CommandBangalore2006-11-01 to 2008-04-30
Air Marshal Jayant Satchidanand Apte (11900 AE(L))SMSO, Maintenance CommandNagpur2005-06-13 to 2007-04-02
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Maintenance CommandNagpur2007-04-02 to 2007-11-30 - Retired
Air Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik (12005 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Central Air CommandAllahabad2006-11-01 to 2007-12-31
Air Marshal Packiam Paul Rajkumar (12018 GD(P))C-in-C, Andaman and Nicobar CommandPort Blair2006-12-02 to 2007-12-31
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Central Air CommandAllahabad2007-12-31 to 2009-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Anup Kumar Shyam (12065 GD(P))SAASO, Maintenance CommandNagpur2004-02-01 to 2007-02-28 - Retired
Air Marshal Kirti Shekhar Chaturvedi (12100 AE(L))AOC-in-C, Maintenance CommandNagpur2005-05-16 to 2007-03-31 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Arun Kumar Tiwary (12194 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.47 Squadron2005-11-08 to 2009-02-05
Air Vice Marshal Satish Kumar Sofat (12207 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.27 Squadron2001-09-14 to 2009-02-22
--Same as above--SOA, Western Air CommandDelhi2004-10-01 to 2007-04-30 - Retired
Air Marshal Yashwant Rao Rane (12210 GD(P))AOP, PSO: Personnel, Air HQDelhi2005-09-01 to 2007-01-31
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum2007-02-01 to 2008-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Saravjit Singh Hothi (12215 GD(P))ADG (A), HQ NCCDelhi2007-01-01 to 2007-10-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Jai Krishan Gupta (12308 MED)DGHS, Armed Forces Medical SciencesDelhi2006-06-01 to 2007-03-31
--Same as above--DGMS (Air), Air Head QuartersDelhi2007-04-01 to 2008-05-31
Air Marshal Pranab Kumar Barbora (12375 GD(P))SASO, Eastern Air CommandShillong2005-09-01 to 2007-03-31
--Same as above--Cmde Cmdt, No.29 Squadron2006-09-01 to 2010-12-31
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Eastern Air CommandShillong2007-04-01 to 2007-12-31
Air Marshal Kanwar Dalinderjit Singh (12403 GD(P))SASO, Central Air CommandAllahabad2006-03-01 to 2007-04-30
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, South Western Air CommandGandhinagar2007-05-01 to 2009-09-30
Air Marshal Sadhashivan Radhakrishnan (12408 GD(P))SASO, Training CommandBangalore2006-03-04 to 2007-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Pravesh Kumar (12411 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.44 Squadron2005-08-10 to 2009-06-01
Air Marshal Shiv Kumar Bhan (12510 GD(P))SASO, Western Air CommandDelhi2006-11-01 to 2007-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Trichinapoly Subramanyam Raghu Raman (12664 MED)Cmdt, Command Hospital, Air ForceBangalore2006-01-01 to 2008-04-08
Air Vice Marshal Narayanan Vijayakumar (12725 ACCTS)ACAS (Fin Plan), Air Head QuartersDelhi2004-06-01 to 2007-09-30 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Vivek Kumar Chopra (12752 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.23 Squadron2005-09-09 to 2008-11-18
--Same as above--ACAS (Inspection), Air Head QuartersDelhi2005-09-12 to 2008-01-31
Air Vice Marshal Satish Kumar Gahlaut (12764 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.17 Squadron2006-04-10 to 2007-09-30 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Nirdosh Vatsyayan Tyagi (12765 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.21 Squadron2005-08-31 to 2011-03-24
--Same as above--ACAS (Plans), Air Head QuartersDelhi2006-06-05 to 2008-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Vijay Shanker Kapani (12766 GD(P))SASO, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum2006-12-18 to 2007-10-14 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Keshava Murthy Rama Sundara (12833 AE(L))ACAS (Systems), Air Head QuartersDelhi2005-06-08 to 2007-04-29
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---SMSO, Maintenance CommandNagpur2007-05-01 to 2007-11-26
--Same as above--AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQDelhi2007-12-04 to 2010-01-31
Air Marshal Sumit Mukerji (12925 F(P))Cmde Cmdt, Tactics and Combat Development Establishment2005-08-27 to 2011-06-30
--Same as above--SASO, Central Air CommandAllahabad2007-05-01 to 2008-04-30
Air Marshal Suresh Chandra Mukul (12930 F(P))SASO, South Western Air CommandGandhinagar2006-11-01 to 2008-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Paramjit Singh Bhangu (12932 F(P))ACAS (Pers - Officers), Air Head QuartersDelhi2006-03-01 to 2007-06-03
Air Vice Marshal Venkataraman Ramamurthy Iyer (12939 F(P))Cmdt, College of Air WarfareSecunderabad2004-11-01 to 2007-01-31
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---AOP, PSO: Personnel, Air HQDelhi2007-02-01 to 2008-04-30
Air Marshal Tejbir Singh Randhawa (12947 F(P))Cmdt, National Defence AcademyKhadakvasla2006-12-01 to 2008-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Ajit Prasad Tyagi (13010 MET)ACAS (Meteorology), Air Head QuartersDelhi2004-10-11 to 2008-01-31
Air Marshal Gautam Nayyar (13024 AE(M))AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQDelhi2007-01-01 to 2007-11-30
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Maintenance CommandNagpur2007-12-01 to 2009-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Vijay Kumar Dayalu (13096 ADM)ACAS (Works), Air Head QuartersDelhi2006-08-07 to 2008-08-31
Air Vice Marshal Jalbir Singh Boparai (13108 LGS)AOLM, Maintenance CommandNagpur2006-01-02 to 2008-03-02
Air Vice Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne (13129 F(P))ACAS (Intelligence), Air Head QuartersDelhi2004-10-25 to 2007-04-01
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQDelhi2007-03-01 to 2009-05-31
Air Vice Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja (13130 F(P))Cmdt, Air Force AcademyDundigal2005-09-01 to 2008-02-29
Air Vice Marshal Ajay Shrivniwas Karnik (13140 F(P))AOC, Maritime Air OperationsBombay2006-12-18 to 2008-04-30
Air Vice Marshal Gurdip Singh Kochar (13149 F(P))SDS (Air), National Defence CollegeDelhi2004-12-01 to 2007-04-01
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---SASO, Eastern Air CommandShillong2007-04-01 to 2008-04-30
Air Vice Marshal Jagjit Singh Gandyok (13216 ADM)SOA, Eastern Air CommandShillong2005-05-24 to 2008-08-22
Air Marshal Jyoti Narayan Burma (13219 ADM)AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQDelhi2006-08-01 to 2012-11-30
Air Vice Marshal Naresh Verma (13235 ADM)SOA, Central Air CommandAllahabad2004-04-05 to 2007-04-18
Air Vice Marshal Devendra Nath Ganesh (13243 F(P))SAASO, Maintenance CommandNagpur2007-06-04 to 2009-05-31
Air Vice Marshal Bidanda Chengapa Nanjappa (13246 F(P))SOA, Training CommandBangalore2006-03-04 to 2007-04-30
Air Vice Marshal Vikas Krishna Rao Yajurvedi (13248 F(P))ACAS (Training), Air Head QuartersDelhi2006-02-01 to 2007-10-14
Air Vice Marshal Navin Verma (13282 AE(L))SMSO, Training CommandBangalore2006-08-01 to 2008-11-30
Air Vice Marshal Rajiv Sharma (13299 AE(L))Cmdt, Military Institute of TechnologyPune2006-10-03 to 2008-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Gajinder Pal Singh Dua (13306 AE(L))SMSO, Central Air CommandAllahabad2005-10-03 to 2007-05-13
--Same as above--ACAS (Systems), Air Head QuartersDelhi2007-05-14 to 2009-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Dinesh Chandra Kumaria (13366 F(P))ACAS (Ops, Space), Air Head QuartersDelhi2006-06-01 to 2009-03-11
Air Vice Marshal Anil Chopra (13368 F(P))AOC, Jammu & KashmirUdhampur2006-09-01 to 2008-01-31
Air Vice Marshal Jasbir Singh Panesar (13370 F(P))SAASO, Maintenance CommandNagpur2007-03-26 to 2007-06-03
Air Vice Marshal Lalit Kumar Malhotra (13373 F(P))ACAS (Pers - Officers), Air Head QuartersDelhi2007-06-04 to 2009-03-22
Air Vice Marshal Rajender Khurana (13377 F(P))SOA, Central Air CommandAllahabad2007-05-01 to 2008-07-31
Air Vice Marshal Sapan Kumar Karmaker (13379 F(P))SOA, Training CommandBangalore2007-05-05 to 2009-03-22
Air Vice Marshal Sundaram Sriram (13408 LGS)ACAS (Logistics), Air Head QuartersDelhi2006-09-01 to 2008-03-02
Air Marshal Pramod Vasant Athawale (13472 AE(L))SMSO, Maintenance CommandNagpur2007-12-01 to 2009-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Anil Kumar Khosla (13534 AE(L))SMSO, Western Air CommandDelhi2006-08-01 to 2008-10-31
Air Vice Marshal Virender Nath Kalia (13568 F(P))CI (Air), Defence Services Staff CollegeWellington2006-07-01 to 2008-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Keshav Gopal Bewoor (13570 F(P))Cmdt, College of Air WarfareSecunderabad2007-02-01 to 2009-03-22
Air Vice Marshal Atul Saikia (13585 F(P))Cmdt, College of Defence ManagementSecunderabad2007-04-03 to 2009-04-22
Air Vice Marshal Shankar Mani (13596 F(P))SDS (Air), National Defence CollegeDelhi2007-04-02 to 2009-03-22
Air Vice Marshal Simhakutty Varthaman (13606 F(P))ACAS (Intelligence), Air Head QuartersDelhi2007-04-02 to 2008-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Baldev Singh (13683 ACCTS)ACAS (Accounts), Air Head QuartersDelhi2007-10-01 to 2009-02-28
Air Vice Marshal Ratan Bir Singh Kalra (13690 ACCTS)ACAS (Accounts), Air Head QuartersDelhi2006-04-01 to 2007-09-30
--Same as above--ACAS (Fin Plan), Air Head QuartersDelhi2007-10-01 to 2010-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Satya Prakash Rajguru (13765 F(P))ACAS (Training), Air Head QuartersDelhi2007-10-15 to 2010-05-31
Air Vice Marshal Raj Kumar Vashist (13832 AE(M))SMSO, Central Air CommandAllahabad2007-05-14 to 2009-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Rajinder Singh (13980 F(P))SASO, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum2007-10-17 to 2010-02-05
Air Vice Marshal Pradeep Singh (14086 F(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.18 Squadron2006-06-26 to 2011-07-27
Air Vice Marshal Devinder Singh (14284 F(P))ACAS (Ops, Offensive), Air Head QuartersDelhi2007-04-01 to 2010-07-31
Air Marshal Harinder Kumar Maini (28383 MED)DGMS (Air), Air Head QuartersDelhi2005-12-01 to 2007-03-31 - Retired

Note: All the data available here is publicly available in the Gazette of India, published by the Indian Government, or from public domain sources, press releases about Awards and Right-To-Information (RTI) Requests. Additionally data shared by veterans is added to the page with permission. No data with respect to serving officers below the rank of AVM is displayed. Information in Gazette of India and Award citations and photographs as released by the Indian Air Force are the only details displayed.