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Rank & NameAppointment, UnitDates
Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major (11442 GD(P))CAS, Air Head QuartersDelhi2007-03-31 to 2009-05-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Gurnam Singh Choudhary (11870 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.16 Squadron2005-11-29 to 2010-01-05
Air Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik (12005 GD(P))VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQDelhi2008-01-01 to 2009-05-31
---On Promotion to Air Chief Marshal ---CAS, Air Head QuartersDelhi2009-05-31 to 2011-07-31
Air Marshal Packiam Paul Rajkumar (12018 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Central Air CommandAllahabad2007-12-31 to 2009-06-30 - 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
Air Marshal Pranab Kumar Barbora (12375 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.29 Squadron2006-09-01 to 2010-12-31
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Western Air CommandDelhi2008-01-01 to 2009-05-31
--Same as above--VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQDelhi2009-06-01 to 2010-12-31
Air Marshal Kanwar Dalinderjit Singh (12403 GD(P))AOC-in-C, South Western Air CommandGandhinagar2007-05-01 to 2009-09-30 - Retired
Air Marshal Sadhashivan Radhakrishnan (12408 GD(P))AOC-in-C, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum2008-10-01 to 2009-08-31 - Retired
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))AOC-in-C, Eastern Air CommandShillong2008-01-01 to 2009-12-31 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Nirdosh Vatsyayan Tyagi (12765 GD(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.21 Squadron2005-08-31 to 2011-03-24
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---SASO, South Western Air CommandGandhinagar2008-04-01 to 2009-05-31
--Same as above--DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQDelhi2009-06-01 to 2011-01-31
Air Marshal Keshava Murthy Rama Sundara (12833 AE(L))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--AOP, PSO: Personnel, Air HQDelhi2008-05-01 to 2009-08-31
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum2009-09-01 to 2011-06-30
Air Marshal Suresh Chandra Mukul (12930 F(P))CIDS, Integrated Defence StaffNew Delhi2008-10-01 to 2010-12-31
Air Marshal Paramjit Singh Bhangu (12932 F(P))SASO, Western Air CommandDelhi2008-01-01 to 2009-09-30
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, South Western Air CommandGandhinagar2009-10-01 to 2010-12-31
Air Marshal Venkataraman Ramamurthy Iyer (12939 F(P))AOC-in-C, Training CommandBangalore2008-05-01 to 2010-11-30
Air Marshal Tejbir Singh Randhawa (12947 F(P))DG (Insp & Safety), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQDelhi2009-01-02 to 2010-03-31
Air Marshal Gautam Nayyar (13024 AE(M))AOC-in-C, Maintenance CommandNagpur2007-12-01 to 2009-03-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne (13129 F(P))DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQDelhi2007-03-01 to 2009-05-31
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Western Air CommandDelhi2009-06-01 to 2010-12-31
Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja (13130 F(P))DCIDS (Doctrine, Org, Trg, Integrated Defence StaffNew Delhi2008-03-01 to 2010-11-01
Air Marshal Krishan Kumar Nohwar (13132 F(P))SASO, Training CommandBangalore2008-01-02 to 2009-12-31
Air Marshal Ajay Shrivniwas Karnik (13140 F(P))SASO, Eastern Air CommandShillong2008-05-01 to 2009-09-30
--Same as above--SASO, Western Air CommandDelhi2009-10-01 to 2010-03-31
Air Marshal Gurdip Singh Kochar (13149 F(P))SASO, Central Air CommandAllahabad2008-05-01 to 2009-06-30
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Central Air CommandAllahabad2009-07-01 to 2011-10-31
Air Vice Marshal Jagjit Singh Gandyok (13216 ADM)ACAS (Works), Air Head QuartersDelhi2008-09-01 to 2009-08-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Jyoti Narayan Burma (13219 ADM)AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQDelhi2006-08-01 to 2012-11-30
Air Marshal Naresh Verma (13235 ADM)DG (Works), Air Head QuartersDelhi2009-03-02 to 2012-11-30
Air Vice Marshal Devendra Nath Ganesh (13243 F(P))SAASO, Maintenance CommandNagpur2007-06-04 to 2009-05-31 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Gajinder Pal Singh Dua (13306 AE(L))ACAS (Systems), Air Head QuartersDelhi2007-05-14 to 2009-06-30 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Ram Krishan Ganjoo (13362 MED)Cmdt, Command Hospital, Air ForceBangalore2008-04-21 to 2009-04-30 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Dinesh Chandra Kumaria (13366 F(P))ACAS (Ops, Space), Air Head QuartersDelhi2006-06-01 to 2009-03-11
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---DG (Air Ops), Air Operations, Air HQDelhi2009-03-12 to 2009-06-30
--Same as above--SASO, South Western Air CommandGandhinagar2009-06-01 to 2010-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Anil Chopra (13368 F(P))ACAS (Inspection), Air Head QuartersDelhi2008-02-01 to 2010-06-13
Air Vice Marshal Lalit Kumar Malhotra (13373 F(P))ACAS (Pers - Officers), Air Head QuartersDelhi2007-06-04 to 2009-03-22
--Same as above--SOA, Eastern Air CommandShillong2009-03-23 to 2009-09-30
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---SASO, Eastern Air CommandShillong2009-10-01 to 2010-11-30
Air Vice Marshal Sapan Kumar Karmaker (13379 F(P))SOA, Training CommandBangalore2007-05-05 to 2009-03-22
--Same as above--SDS (Air), National Defence CollegeDelhi2009-03-23 to 2011-07-31
Air Marshal Anjan Kumar Gogoi (13382 F(P))DG (Air Ops), Air Operations, Air HQDelhi2009-06-01 to 2010-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Kughikombil Joseph Mathews (13393 F(P))Cmdt, Air Force AcademyDundigal2008-03-01 to 2009-08-31
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---AOP, PSO: Personnel, Air HQDelhi2009-09-01 to 2010-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Sundaram Sriram (13408 LGS)AOLM, Maintenance CommandNagpur2008-03-03 to 2009-03-31
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---SMSO, Maintenance CommandNagpur2009-04-01 to 2013-02-28
Air Marshal Pramod Vasant Athawale (13472 AE(L))SMSO, Maintenance CommandNagpur2007-12-01 to 2009-03-31
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Maintenance CommandNagpur2009-04-01 to 2011-08-31
Air Vice Marshal Dinesh Mukundan (13508 ADM)SOA, Central Air CommandAllahabad2008-09-01 to 2010-01-14
Air Vice Marshal Virender Nath Kalia (13568 F(P))ACAS (Intelligence), Air Head QuartersDelhi2008-04-01 to 2010-11-30
Air Vice Marshal Keshav Gopal Bewoor (13570 F(P))Cmdt, College of Air WarfareSecunderabad2007-02-01 to 2009-03-22
--Same as above--ACAS (Pers - Officers), Air Head QuartersDelhi2009-03-23 to 2010-08-08
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
--Same as above--Director LCA (Induction), National Flight Test Center, ADABangalore2009-03-01 to 2010-11-30
Air Vice Marshal Simhakutty Varthaman (13606 F(P))ACAS (Plans), Air Head QuartersDelhi2008-04-01 to 2009-06-30
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---SASO, Central Air CommandAllahabad2009-07-01 to 2011-07-31
Air Vice Marshal Baldev Singh (13683 ACCTS)ACAS (Accounts), Air Head QuartersDelhi2007-10-01 to 2009-02-28 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Ratan Bir Singh Kalra (13690 ACCTS)ACAS (Fin Plan), Air Head QuartersDelhi2007-10-01 to 2010-03-31
Air Marshal Joseph Neri (13711 AE(L))DG (Aircraft), Air Head QuartersDelhi2009-04-29 to 2010-01-31
Air Vice Marshal Satya Prakash Rajguru (13765 F(P))ACAS (Training), Air Head QuartersDelhi2007-10-15 to 2010-05-31
Air Vice Marshal Satish Pal Singh (13770 F(P))SOA, Training CommandBangalore2009-03-23 to 2010-01-26
Air Vice Marshal Raj Kumar Vashist (13832 AE(M))SMSO, Central Air CommandAllahabad2007-05-14 to 2009-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Priya Ranjan Sharma (13927 F(P))ACIDS (Jt Ops), Integrated Defence StaffNew Delhi2008-01-01 to 2011-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Rajinder Singh (13980 F(P))SASO, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum2007-10-17 to 2010-02-05
Air Vice Marshal Jasvinder Chauhan (14079 F(P))AOC, Jammu & KashmirUdhampur2008-04-21 to 2010-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Rakesh Kumar Jolly (14083 F(P))CI (Air), Defence Services Staff CollegeWellington2008-07-01 to 2010-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Pradeep Singh (14086 F(P))Cmde Cmdt, No.18 Squadron2006-06-26 to 2011-07-27
--Same as above--AOC, 2 Air Defence Control CentreGandhinagar2008-04-01 to 2010-07-05
Air Vice Marshal Ravi Kant Sharma (14088 F(P))ACIDS (Pers Plans & Force, Integrated Defence StaffNew Delhi2008-05-01 to 2009-06-01
--Same as above--ACAS (Plans), Air Head QuartersDelhi2009-07-01 to 2011-01-31
Air Vice Marshal Prakul Kumar (14093 F(P))DG , Air Force Naval Housing BoardDelhi2008-05-01 to 2010-02-14
Air Vice Marshal Paramjit Singh Gill (14097 F(P))Cmdt, College of Air WarfareSecunderabad2009-03-23 to 2010-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Pramod Kumar Roy (14100 F(P))SOA, Eastern Air CommandShillong2008-09-01 to 2009-03-12
Air Vice Marshal Muthumanikam Matheswaran (14104 F(P))AOC, Maritime Air OperationsBombay2008-05-05 to 2009-05-24
--Same as above--ACAS (Ops, Space), Air Head QuartersDelhi2009-05-25 to 2011-07-31
Air Vice Marshal Bhajan Lal Thakral (14195 AE(M))SMSO, Training CommandBangalore2008-12-01 to 2009-11-30 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Devinder Singh (14284 F(P))ACAS (Ops, Offensive), Air Head QuartersDelhi2007-04-01 to 2010-07-31
Air Vice Marshal Vinod Kumar Narang (14326 AE(L))ACAS (Systems), Air Head QuartersDelhi2009-07-01 to 2010-04-23
Air Vice Marshal Azeez Javeed (14386 ADM)ACAS (Works), Air Head QuartersDelhi2009-09-01 to 2011-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Gurparshad Sharma (14427 MET)ACAS (Meteorology), Air Head QuartersDelhi2008-02-01 to 2011-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Satish Kumar Gagneja (14544 ACCTS)ACAS (Accounts), Air Head QuartersDelhi2009-03-01 to 2011-02-28
Air Vice Marshal Daljit Singh (14553 F(P))ACAS (Air Defence), Air Head QuartersDelhi2009-04-01 to 2010-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Ashok Singhal (14615 AE(L))SMSO, Central Air CommandAllahabad2009-04-01 to 2011-04-17
Air Vice Marshal Arun Kumar Singh (14616 AE(L))ACAS (Weapons), Air Head QuartersDelhi2009-08-17 to 2011-08-31
Air Vice Marshal Manmohan Bahadur (14665 F(P))ACAS (Ops, T&H), Air Head QuartersDelhi2009-03-02 to 2011-05-31
Air Vice Marshal Ravinath Gururaj Burli (14667 F(P))AOC, Maritime Air OperationsBombay2009-05-25 to 2010-11-01
Air Vice Marshal Amit Aneja (14668 F(P))Cmdt, Air Force AcademyDundigal2009-09-01 to 2011-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Ramesh Rai (14669 F(P))SAASO, Maintenance CommandNagpur2009-06-01 to 2010-11-30
Air Vice Marshal Arun Purushottam Garud (14692 F(P))SOA, Eastern Air CommandShillong2009-10-01 to 2010-05-16
Air Vice Marshal Amit Chakraborty (14716 ADM)ACAS (Org & Cer), Air Head QuartersDelhi2009-03-23 to 2012-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Udai Sivram Soman (15015 F(P))AOES, Maintenance CommandNagpur2009-08-06 to 2010-04-04
Air Vice Marshal Virender Mohan Khanna (15071 AE(M))SMSO, Eastern Air CommandShillong2009-08-17 to 2011-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Devinder Singh Khajuria (15073 AE(M))SMSO, Training CommandBangalore2009-12-01 to 2011-09-30
Air Vice Marshal Satyendra Kumar (16283 EDN)ACAS (Education), Air Head QuartersDelhi2009-01-30 to 2013-03-31
Air Marshal Puthiyaveettil Madhusoodanan (29428 MED)DGMS (Air), Air Head QuartersDelhi2008-06-01 to 2010-05-31
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