Senior Officers of the IAF - 2012 by Service Number

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Rank & NameAppointment, UnitDates
Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne (13129 F(P))CAS, Air Head QuartersDelhi2011-07-31 to 2013-12-31
Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja (13130 F(P))AOC-in-C, Training CommandBangalore2010-12-01 to 2012-02-29 - Retired
Air Marshal Krishan Kumar Nohwar (13132 F(P))VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQDelhi2011-08-01 to 2012-05-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Jyoti Narayan Burma (13219 ADM)AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQDelhi2006-08-01 to 2012-11-30 - Retired
Air Marshal Naresh Verma (13235 ADM)DG (Works), Air Head QuartersDelhi2009-03-02 to 2012-11-30
--Same as above--AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQDelhi2012-12-01 to 2013-01-31
Air Marshal Dinesh Chandra Kumaria (13366 F(P))AOC-in-C, Western Air CommandDelhi2011-01-01 to 2012-05-31
--Same as above--VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQDelhi2012-06-01 to 2013-06-30
Air Marshal Anil Chopra (13368 F(P))AOP, PSO: Personnel, Air HQDelhi2011-01-01 to 2012-12-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Lalit Kumar Malhotra (13373 F(P))DCIDS (Ops), Integrated Defence StaffNew Delhi2010-11-01 to 2012-04-30 - Retired
Air Marshal Anjan Kumar Gogoi (13382 F(P))AOC-in-C, South Western Air CommandGandhinagar2011-01-01 to 2013-02-28
Air Marshal Kughikombil Joseph Mathews (13393 F(P))C-in-C, Strategic Forces CommandDelhi2011-01-01 to 2012-10-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Sundaram Sriram (13408 LGS)SMSO, Maintenance CommandNagpur2009-04-01 to 2013-02-28
Air Marshal Simhakutty Varthaman (13606 F(P))AOC-in-C, Eastern Air CommandShillong2011-08-01 to 2012-11-30 - Retired
Air Marshal Satish Pal Singh (13770 F(P))AOC-in-C, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum2011-07-01 to 2012-07-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Raj Kumar Vashist (13832 AE(M))AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQDelhi2011-10-01 to 2012-03-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Dhananjay Parashuram Joshi (13905 MED)DGMS (Air), Air Head QuartersDelhi2011-08-01 to 2012-06-30
--Same as above--Cmde Cmdt, Institution of Aviation Medicine2011-08-19 to 2014-10-31
--Same as above--DG, Armed Forces Medical SciencesDelhi2012-07-01 to 2014-10-31
Air Marshal Arup Raha (13910 F(P))AOC-in-C, Central Air CommandAllahabad2011-11-01 to 2012-05-31
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Western Air CommandDelhi2012-06-01 to 2013-06-30
Air Marshal Priya Ranjan Sharma (13927 F(P))Cmdt, Air Force AcademyDundigal2011-04-01 to 2012-12-31
Air Marshal Gurdarshan Singh Joneja (13958 MED)Cmdt, Armed Forces Medical CollegePune2011-05-01 to 2012-11-30 - Retired
Air Marshal Rajinder Singh (13980 F(P))SASO, Training CommandBangalore2010-12-01 to 2012-02-29
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Training CommandBangalore2012-03-01 to 2013-06-30
Air Marshal Jasvinder Chauhan (14079 F(P))SASO, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum2011-01-01 to 2012-05-30
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Central Air CommandAllahabad2012-06-01 to 2014-07-31
Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Jolly (14083 F(P))SASO, South Western Air CommandGandhinagar2011-01-01 to 2012-06-05
--Same as above--SASO, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum2012-06-08 to 2012-07-31
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum2012-08-01 to 2013-12-31
Air Marshal Ravi Kant Sharma (14088 F(P))DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQDelhi2011-02-01 to 2012-11-30
--Same as above--AOC-in-C, Eastern Air CommandShillong2012-12-01 to 2013-12-31
Air Marshal Paramjit Singh Gill (14097 F(P))SASO, Central Air CommandAllahabad2011-08-01 to 2012-06-04
--Same as above--SASO, Western Air CommandDelhi2012-06-08 to 2013-06-30
Air Marshal Pramod Kumar Roy (14100 F(P))Cmdt, National Defence CollegeDelhi2011-01-21 to 2012-11-01
--Same as above--C-in-C, Andaman and Nicobar CommandPort Blair2012-11-02 to 2014-05-31
Air Marshal Muthumanikam Matheswaran (14104 F(P))SASO, Eastern Air CommandShillong2011-08-01 to 2012-04-30
--Same as above--DCIDS (Policy, Plans, For, Integrated Defence StaffNew Delhi2012-04-01 to 2014-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Bipin Chandra Pant (14423 MET)ACAS (Meteorology), Air Head QuartersDelhi2011-07-01 to 2012-12-31 - Retired
Air Marshal Anil Kumar Behl (14446 MED)DGMS (Air), Air Head QuartersDelhi2012-07-01 to 2014-09-30
Air Marshal Daljit Singh (14553 F(P))DG (Air Ops), Air Operations, Air HQDelhi2011-01-01 to 2013-01-31
Air Marshal Jagdish Chandra (14613 AE(L))AOC-in-C, Maintenance CommandNagpur2011-09-01 to 2013-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Manmohan Bahadur (14665 F(P))ACIDS (Pers Plans & Force, Integrated Defence StaffNew Delhi2011-06-01 to 2013-05-31
Air Marshal Ravinath Gururaj Burli (14667 F(P))SASO, Eastern Air CommandShillong2012-05-01 to 2012-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Amit Aneja (14668 F(P))ACAS (Training), Air Head QuartersDelhi2011-04-04 to 2013-02-28
Air Vice Marshal Ramesh Rai (14669 F(P))CI (Air), Defence Services Staff CollegeWellington2011-01-01 to 2012-06-30
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---SASO, Central Air CommandAllahabad2012-06-05 to 2014-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Subramanyam Sukumar (14672 F(P))ACAS (Pers - Officers), Air Head QuartersDelhi2010-08-09 to 2012-08-30
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---ACAS (Pers - Officers), Air Head QuartersDelhi2012-08-21 to 2012-11-30
--Same as above--DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQDelhi2012-12-01 to 2014-02-28
Air Marshal Suneet Shripad Soman (14681 F(P))SASO, Western Air CommandDelhi2011-11-02 to 2012-06-07
--Same as above--SASO, South Western Air CommandGandhinagar2012-06-06 to 2013-06-30
Air Marshal Arun Purushottam Garud (14692 F(P))DG (Insp & Safety), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQDelhi2011-12-01 to 2012-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Amit Chakraborty (14716 ADM)ACAS (Org & Cer), Air Head QuartersDelhi2009-03-23 to 2012-06-30 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Jagjeet Singh (14814 AE(L))SMSO, Central Air CommandAllahabad2011-04-18 to 2012-03-31
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---DG (Aircraft), Air Head QuartersDelhi2012-04-01 to 2013-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Ajay Masson (14926 ADM)ACAS (Pro & Dis), Air Head QuartersDelhi2011-05-01 to 2012-09-30 - Retired
Air Vice Marshal Herikudru Babu Rajaram (14939 ADM)ACAS (Works), Air Head QuartersDelhi2011-07-01 to 2012-11-30
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---DG (Works), Air Head QuartersDelhi2012-12-01 to 2013-01-31
Air Vice Marshal Chittur Venkiteswaran Subramaniam (14982 ACCTS)ACAS (Accounts), Air Head QuartersDelhi2011-03-01 to 2012-09-16
--Same as above--ACAS (Accts & AV), Air Head QuartersDelhi2012-09-17 to 2012-11-30 - Retired
Air Marshal Pochana Prasad Reddy (15008 F(P))SASO, Training CommandBangalore2012-03-01 to 2012-12-31
Air Marshal Packiriswamy Kanakaraj (15066 AE(M))DG (Aircraft), Air Head QuartersDelhi2011-10-01 to 2012-03-31
--Same as above--AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQDelhi2012-04-01 to 2013-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Virender Mohan Khanna (15071 AE(M))ACAS (Eng T&H), Air Head QuartersDelhi2011-04-01 to 2013-06-30
Air Marshal Devinder Singh Khajuria (15073 AE(M))DG (Systems), Air Head QuartersDelhi2011-10-01 to 2013-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Dattatray Keshao Pande (15081 AE(L))AOES, Maintenance CommandNagpur2010-04-05 to 2013-02-28
Air Vice Marshal Prashant Purushottam Khandekar (15095 AE(L))ACAS (Maint Plans), Air Head QuartersDelhi2011-05-01 to 2012-04-30
--Same as above--Cmdt, Military Institute of TechnologyPune2012-04-23 to 2014-05-02
Air Vice Marshal Sanderraman Neelakantan (15184 F(P))CI (Air), Defence Services Staff CollegeWellington2012-07-01 to 2014-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Karath Padmadass Nair (15195 F(P))SOA, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum2010-04-05 to 2012-02-20
--Same as above--DG , Air Force Naval Housing BoardDelhi2012-02-21 to 2013-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Kulwant Singh Gill (15220 F(P))SOA, Eastern Air CommandShillong2010-05-17 to 2012-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Ajit Shankarrao Bhonsle (15327 F(N))Dy Cmdt & CI, National Defence AcademyKhadakvasla2010-01-01 to 2012-01-31
--Same as above--SOA, South Western Air CommandGandhinagar2012-03-01 to 2012-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa (15405 F(P))ACAS (Intelligence), Air Head QuartersDelhi2010-12-01 to 2012-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Arvind Verma (15410 F(P))SDS (Air), National Defence CollegeDelhi2011-07-31 to 2012-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Gurinder Pal Singh (15417 F(P))ADG (A), HQ NCCDelhi2010-01-01 to 2012-02-21
--Same as above--SOA, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum2012-02-21 to 2013-05-12
Air Vice Marshal Radhey Mohan Tiwari (15453 AE(L))ACAS (Systems), Air Head QuartersDelhi2012-04-16 to 2013-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Divakar Paul Upot (15544 F(P))Cmdt, College of Air WarfareSecunderabad2011-05-03 to 2014-11-30
Air Vice Marshal Kiran Prabhakar Palsule (15593 ADM)ACAS (Org & Cer), Air Head QuartersDelhi2012-07-02 to 2013-09-30
Air Vice Marshal Narendra Bahadur Singh (15635 AE(L))SMSO, South Western Air CommandGandhinagar2011-04-18 to 2012-12-01
Air Vice Marshal Mahesh Kumar Malik (15743 ADM)SOA, Training CommandBangalore2011-07-01 to 2013-01-31
Air Vice Marshal Sukhchain Singh (15808 AE(L))ACAS (Eng B), Air Head QuartersDelhi2011-04-18 to 2013-02-28
Air Vice Marshal Madhavarao Manjunath Rao Pawar (15833 AE(M))ACAS (Weapons), Air Head QuartersDelhi2011-09-01 to 2012-05-23
Air Vice Marshal Anil Khosla (15871 F(P))AOC, Maritime Air OperationsBombay2010-12-01 to 2013-09-30
Air Vice Marshal Chandrashekharan Hari Kumar (15881 F(P))ACAS (Ops, Offensive), Air Head QuartersDelhi2010-12-31 to 2013-12-31
---On Promotion to Air Marshal ---Cmde Cmdt, Tactics and Combat Development Establishment2011-07-25 to 2016-07-24
Air Vice Marshal Arunava Sengupta (15916 ADM)ACAS (Works), Air Head QuartersDelhi2012-12-18 to 2015-07-31
Air Vice Marshal Hemant Sharma (15941 AE(L))ACAS (Systems), Air Head QuartersDelhi2011-09-01 to 2012-03-30
--Same as above--SMSO, Central Air CommandAllahabad2012-04-01 to 2014-05-02
Air Vice Marshal Surya Narayana Murti (15945 AE(L))SMSO, Training CommandBangalore2011-10-01 to 2013-07-14
Air Vice Marshal Anoop Kumar Ghosh (15965 AE(M))SMSO, Eastern Air CommandShillong2012-05-01 to 2014-09-30
Air Vice Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria (16026 F(P))ACAS (Projects), Air Head QuartersDelhi2011-04-28 to 2014-07-31
Air Vice Marshal Nalin Kumar Tandon (16030 F(P))PDPO-1, Air Head QuartersDelhi2012-06-01 to 2012-12-16
--Same as above--ACAS (Pers - Officers), Air Head QuartersDelhi2012-12-17 to 2016-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Shyam Bihari Prasad Sinha (16053 F(P))ACAS (Plans), Air Head QuartersDelhi2011-02-01 to 2014-04-30
Air Vice Marshal Sauri Kant Parhi (16111 ADM)ACAS (Pro & Dis), Air Head QuartersDelhi2012-10-01 to 2014-01-31
Air Vice Marshal Upkarjit Singh (16204 F(P))ACAS (Ops, Space), Air Head QuartersDelhi2012-07-02 to 2014-07-06
Air Vice Marshal Balakrishnan Suresh (16206 F(P))ACAS (Air Defence), Air Head QuartersDelhi2011-01-01 to 2014-10-31
Air Vice Marshal Jasjit Singh Kler (16225 F(P))SAASO, Maintenance CommandNagpur2010-12-01 to 2013-03-24
Air Vice Marshal Devendra Singh Rawat (16242 F(P))ADC, Southern Air CommandTrivandrum2012-06-14 to 2013-05-31
Air Vice Marshal Satyendra Kumar (16283 EDN)ACAS (Education), Air Head QuartersDelhi2009-01-30 to 2013-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Brinder Kumar Sood (16319 AE(L))Cmdt, Software Development InstituteBangalore2012-01-01 to 2013-04-21
Air Vice Marshal Raghunath Nambiar (16378 F(P))Cmdt, Aircraft and Systems Testing EstablishmentBangalore2011-12-28 to 2014-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Pandurang Narayana Pradhan (16403 F(P))ACAS (Ops, T&H), Air Head QuartersDelhi2011-06-23 to 2013-01-31
Air Vice Marshal Harinder Jeet Walia (16418 F(N))AOC, Advance HQ, Eastern Air CommandCalcutta2012-07-02 to 2014-12-31
Air Vice Marshal Ashok Kumar Sharma (16460 ACCTS)ACAS (Accts & AV), Air Head QuartersDelhi2012-12-01 to 2016-06-30
Air Vice Marshal Navkaranjit Singh Dhillon (16580 F(P))ACAS (Inspection), Air Head QuartersDelhi2011-05-02 to 2014-03-02
Air Vice Marshal Arjun Subramaniam (16592 F(P))ACAS (Ops, Space), Air Head QuartersDelhi2011-08-01 to 2012-07-01
--Same as above--AOC, Advance HQ, South Western Air CommandPune2012-06-01 to 2015-04-30
Air Vice Marshal Vidhya Sagar Bharti (16611 F(P))Dy Cmdt, Air Force AcademyDundigal2011-08-01 to 2013-03-31
Air Vice Marshal Rajesh Kumar (16770 F(P))Director (PMT ADA), Air Head QuartersBangalore2012-06-25 to 2016-01-04
Air Vice Marshal Aravindra Singh Butola (16789 F(P))SOA, Central Air CommandAllahabad2012-10-15 to 2014-05-04
Air Vice Marshal Amit Tiwari (16806 F(P))ADC, Central Air CommandAllahabad2012-10-15 to 2014-11-16
Air Vice Marshal Rajvir Bhalwar (32372 MED)Cmdt, Command Hospital, Air ForceBangalore2012-07-09 to 2013-12-05
Air Vice Marshal T Nagaraja (32373 MED)PMO, Maintenance CommandNagpur2012-09-03 to 2013-11-30

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