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| Appointment, Unit | Rank & Name | Dates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAS, Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha (13910 F(P)) | 2013-12-31 to 2016-12-31 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa (15405 F(P)) | 2016-12-31 to 2019-09-30 | |||
| ADC, Southern Air Command | Trivandrum | Air Marshal Navkaranjit Singh Dhillon (16580 F(P)) | 2016-06-05 to 2016-07-31 | |||
| AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Mahesh Kumar Malik (15743 ADM) | 2016-08-01 to 2017-07-31 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Bipin Bihari Prasad Sinha (15748 ADM) | 2015-05-01 to 2016-07-31 - Retired | |||
| AOC-in-C, Central Air Command | Allahabad | Air Marshal Shyam Bihari Prasad Sinha (16053 F(P)) | 2016-01-01 to 2018-12-31 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | Air Marshal Chandrashekharan Hari Kumar (15881 F(P)) | 2015-09-01 to 2016-12-31 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | Air Marshal Jagjeet Singh (14814 AE(L)) | 2014-12-01 to 2016-03-31 | |||
| --------do--------- | Nagpur | Air Marshal Pankaj Aneja (15975 AE(M)) | 2016-04-01 to 2017-05-31 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Southern Air Command | Trivandrum | Air Marshal Sanderraman Neelakantan (15184 F(P)) | 2016-08-01 to 2017-02-28 | |||
| --------do--------- | Trivandrum | Air Marshal Jasbir Singh Walia (15684 F(P)) | 2015-06-01 to 2016-07-31 | |||
| AOC-in-C, South Western Air Command | Gandhinagar | Air Marshal Ravinder Kumar Dhir (15678 F(P)) | 2015-06-01 to 2018-09-30 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Training Command | Bangalore | Air Marshal Sridharan Panicker Radha Krishnan Nair (16040 F(P)) | 2015-09-01 to 2018-07-31 | |||
| AOC-in-C, Western Air Command | Delhi | Air Marshal Shirish Baban Deo (15681 F(P)) | 2015-09-01 to 2016-12-31 | |||
| AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Virender Mohan Khanna (15071 AE(M)) | 2015-11-01 to 2016-04-30 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Prashant Purushottam Khandekar (15095 AE(L)) | 2016-05-01 to 2016-12-31 - Retired | |||
| AOP, PSO: Personnel, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Sanderraman Neelakantan (15184 F(P)) | 2015-02-02 to 2016-07-31 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Balakrishnan Suresh (16206 F(P)) | 2016-08-01 to 2018-07-31 | |||
| C-in-C, Strategic Forces Command | Delhi | Air Marshal Jasbir Singh Walia (15684 F(P)) | 2016-08-01 to 2019-03-31 | |||
| CIDS, Integrated Defence Staff | New Delhi | Air Marshal Pochana Prasad Reddy (15008 F(P)) | 2014-07-01 to 2016-02-29 - Retired | |||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.1 Squadron | Air Marshal Sanderraman Neelakantan (15184 F(P)) | 2014-12-15 to 2017-02-28 | ||||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.15 Squadron | Air Marshal Shirish Baban Deo (15681 F(P)) | 2013-05-21 to 2018-09-30 | ||||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.2 Squadron | Air Marshal Amit Dev (16972 F(P)) | 2015-08-14 to 2020-08-13 | ||||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.23 Squadron | Air Marshal Kuldeep Sharma (16541 AE(M)) | 2016-07-25 to 2019-01-31 | ||||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.28 Squadron | Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari (16978 F(P)) | 2015-07-31 to 2020-07-31 | ||||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.3 Squadron | Air Marshal Rajesh Kumar (16770 F(P)) | 2015-08-14 to 2021-08-31 | ||||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.5 Squadron | Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria (16026 F(P)) | 2014-12-22 to 2021-09-30 | ||||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.51 Squadron | Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora (16557 F(P)) | 2015-02-20 to 2021-06-30 | ||||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.6 Squadron | Air Marshal Jasbir Singh Walia (15684 F(P)) | 2013-08-27 to 2019-03-31 | ||||
| Cmde Cmdt, Flying Instructors School | Air Marshal Rajiv Dayal Mathur (16772 F(P)) | 2015-07-31 to 2021-07-31 | ||||
| Cmde Cmdt, Institution of Aviation Medicine | Air Marshal Rajan Chaudhry (34056 MED) | 2014-11-01 to 2016-06-30 - Retired | ||||
| --------do--------- | Air Marshal Pawan Kapoor (35311 MED) | 2016-07-01 to 2017-12-31 | ||||
| Cmde Cmdt, Tactics and Combat Development Establishment | Air Marshal Chandrashekharan Hari Kumar (15881 F(P)) | 2011-07-25 to 2016-07-24 | ||||
| --------do--------- | Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (17335 F(P)) | 2016-07-25 to 2021-11-30 | ||||
| Cmdt, Air Force Academy | Dundigal | Air Marshal Gurinder Pal Singh (15417 F(P)) | 2014-07-01 to 2016-11-30 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Dundigal | Air Marshal Amit Tiwari (16806 F(P)) | 2016-12-01 to 2018-09-03 | |||
| Cmdt, Armed Forces Medical College | Pune | Air Marshal Chambala Karai Ranjan (16015 MED) | 2016-10-01 to 2018-09-30 | |||
| Cmdt, National Defence Academy | Khadakvasla | Air Marshal Jasjit Singh Kler (16225 F(P)) | 2016-06-20 to 2018-03-31 | |||
| DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria (16026 F(P)) | 2016-01-01 to 2017-02-28 | |||
| DCIDS (Doctrine, Org, Trg, Integrated Defence Staff | New Delhi | Air Marshal Ajit Shankarrao Bhonsle (15327 F(N)) | 2014-05-04 to 2016-02-28 | |||
| DCIDS (Ops), Integrated Defence Staff | New Delhi | --Same as above-- | 2016-03-01 to 2017-02-28 | |||
| DG (Air Ops), Air Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Anil Khosla (15871 F(P)) | 2015-01-13 to 2016-06-30 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora (16557 F(P)) | 2016-08-22 to 2018-09-30 | |||
| DG (Insp & Safety), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Anil Khosla (15871 F(P)) | 2016-07-01 to 2016-12-31 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora (16557 F(P)) | 2015-12-01 to 2016-06-30 | |||
| DG (Works), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Marshal Mahesh Kumar Malik (15743 ADM) | 2015-05-01 to 2016-07-31 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Hemant Narayan Bhagwat (16423 ADM) | 2016-08-01 to 2017-07-31 | |||
| DGMS (Air), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Marshal Rajan Chaudhry (34056 MED) | 2014-10-01 to 2016-06-30 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Pawan Kapoor (35311 MED) | 2016-07-01 to 2017-12-31 | |||
| Director (PMT ADA), Air Head Quarters | Bangalore | Air Marshal Rajesh Kumar (16770 F(P)) | 2016-01-05 to 2017-02-28 | |||
| SASO, Central Air Command | Allahabad | Air Marshal Aravindra Singh Butola (16789 F(P)) | 2016-08-01 to 2018-08-26 | |||
| SASO, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | Air Marshal Jasjit Singh Kler (16225 F(P)) | 2015-06-01 to 2016-06-19 | |||
| --------do--------- | Shillong | Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar (16378 F(P)) | 2016-06-20 to 2017-02-28 | |||
| SASO, Southern Air Command | Trivandrum | Air Marshal Pandurang Narayana Pradhan (16403 F(P)) | 2015-09-01 to 2017-05-04 | |||
| SASO, South Western Air Command | Gandhinagar | Air Marshal Sardar Harpal Singh (16071 F(P)) | 2015-09-01 to 2017-03-17 | |||
| SASO, Training Command | Bangalore | Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar (16378 F(P)) | 2015-09-01 to 2016-06-19 | |||
| --------do--------- | Bangalore | Air Marshal Surendra Kumar Ghotia (16575 F(P)) | 2016-06-20 to 2019-04-30 | |||
| SASO, Western Air Command | Delhi | Air Marshal Balakrishnan Suresh (16206 F(P)) | 2014-11-01 to 2016-07-31 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Marshal Navkaranjit Singh Dhillon (16580 F(P)) | 2016-08-01 to 2019-03-31 | |||
| SMSO, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | Air Marshal Prashant Purushottam Khandekar (15095 AE(L)) | 2014-12-01 to 2016-04-02 | |||
| --------do--------- | Nagpur | Air Marshal Raj Karan Singh Shera (16315 AE(L)) | 2016-04-03 to 2018-02-28 | |||
| VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa (15405 F(P)) | 2015-06-01 to 2016-12-31 | |||
| ACAS (Accts & AV), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Ashok Kumar Sharma (16460 ACCTS) | 2012-12-01 to 2016-06-30 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Shaik Mahaboob Subhani (16865 ACCTS) | 2016-07-01 to 2018-06-30 | |||
| ACAS (Education), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Shiv Shanker Sharma (17073 EDN) | 2015-04-01 to 2017-08-31 | |||
| ACAS (Fin Plan), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Shaik Mahaboob Subhani (16865 ACCTS) | 2013-02-01 to 2016-06-30 | |||
| ACAS (Intelligence), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Sreekumar Prabhakaran (17318 F(P)) | 2016-06-19 to 2019-05-31 | |||
| ACAS (Meteorology), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Suresh Babu Kantipudi (17588 MET) | 2013-01-01 to 2018-03-31 | |||
| ACAS (Ops, Space), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Ashwani Kumar Nabh (16608 F(P)) | 2016-05-16 to 2018-07-31 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Rajiv Dayal Mathur (16772 F(P)) | 2014-07-07 to 2016-02-15 | |||
| ACAS (Ops, Space), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Vikram Singh (17699 F(P)) | 2016-03-05 to 2016-05-15 | |||
| ACAS (Ops, T&H), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Aravindra Singh Butola (16789 F(P)) | 2014-05-05 to 2016-06-19 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Nicodemus Manohar Samuel (17449 F(P)) | 2016-06-20 to 2017-08-30 | |||
| ACAS (Org & Cer), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Mothlamnet Sabari Gireen Menon (17035 ADM) | 2016-08-01 to 2017-07-31 | |||
| ACAS (Pers - Officers), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Nalin Kumar Tandon (16030 F(P)) | 2012-12-17 to 2016-06-30 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari (16978 F(P)) | 2016-07-01 to 2018-09-30 | |||
| ACAS (Plans), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Sandeep Singh (17312 F(P)) | 2014-07-01 to 2016-07-31 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Balabhadra Radha Krishna (17326 F(P)) | 2016-08-01 to 2019-02-28 | |||
| ACAS (Projects), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | --Same as above-- | 2014-08-01 to 2016-07-31 | |||
| --------do--------- | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Jonnalagedda Chalapati (17358 F(P)) | 2016-08-01 to 2019-02-28 | |||
| ACAS (Systems), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Thayyil Narayana Ajith Kumar Pillai (16309 AE(L)) | 2013-07-01 to 2016-05-30 - Retired | |||
| ACAS (Training), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Amit Tiwari (16806 F(P)) | 2014-11-17 to 2016-11-30 | |||
| ACAS (Works), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Pradeep Padmakar Bapat (17227 ADM) | 2015-08-01 to 2017-07-31 | |||
| ACIDS (Fin Plan), Integrated Defence Staff | New Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Suryakant Chintaman Chafekar (17013 F(P)) | 2015-06-05 to 2016-06-30 | |||
| ADC, Central Air Command | Allahabad | Air Vice Marshal Shreesh Mohan (16966 F(P)) | 2015-07-06 to 2018-10-31 | |||
| ADC, Southern Air Command | Trivandrum | Air Vice Marshal Navkaranjit Singh Dhillon (16580 F(P)) | 2014-03-03 to 2016-06-04 | |||
| --------do--------- | Trivandrum | Air Vice Marshal Prashant Nagaraja Kaushik (16783 F(P)) | 2016-08-01 to 2017-07-23 | |||
| ADG (A), HQ NCC | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Harinder Jeet Walia (16418 F(N)) | 2015-01-01 to 2017-10-31 | |||
| AOC, Advance HQ, Eastern Air Command | Calcutta | Air Vice Marshal Kalarikal Puttur Unnikrishnan Nair (17023 F(N)) | 2015-01-01 to 2016-05-15 | |||
| --------do--------- | Calcutta | Air Vice Marshal Vikram Singh (17699 F(P)) | 2016-05-16 to 2018-04-30 | |||
| AOC, Composite Battle Response and Analysis Group | Gwalior | Air Vice Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (17335 F(P)) | 2015-07-06 to 2017-02-28 | |||
| AOC, Jammu & Kashmir | Udhampur | Air Vice Marshal Upkarjit Singh (16204 F(P)) | 2014-07-01 to 2016-06-08 | |||
| AOC, Maritime Air Operations | Bombay | Air Vice Marshal Michael Fernandez (16967 F(P)) | 2016-07-01 to 2018-07-31 | |||
| --------do--------- | Bombay | Air Vice Marshal Anil Golani (16986 F(P)) | 2013-10-01 to 2016-06-30 | |||
| AOLM, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | Air Vice Marshal Biju Paul (17791 LGS) | 2015-11-01 to 2018-08-28 | |||
| CI (Air), Defence Services Staff College | Wellington | Air Vice Marshal Tejinder Pal Singh (16781 F(P)) | 2014-07-01 to 2016-06-30 | |||
| --------do--------- | Wellington | Air Vice Marshal Anil Golani (16986 F(P)) | 2016-07-01 to 2018-11-30 | |||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.115 Helicopter Unit | Air Vice Marshal Guttikonda Amara Prasad Babu (17714 F(P)) | 2015-08-26 to 2020-08-25 | ||||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.12 Squadron | Air Vice Marshal Surendra Kumar Indoria (18296 F(P)) | 2015-02-20 to 2020-02-20 | ||||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.130 Helicopter Unit | Air Vice Marshal Bavisetti Chandrasekhar (17726 F(P)) | 2015-04-16 to 2020-04-15 | ||||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.16 Squadron | Air Vice Marshal Rajeev Hora (17141 F(P)) | 2015-08-14 to 2020-08-13 | ||||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.18 Squadron | Air Vice Marshal Thazhathupulikunnel Devasia Joseph (16964 F(P)) | 2013-05-07 to 2021-07-31 | ||||
| Cmde Cmdt, No.47 Squadron | Air Vice Marshal Sanjay Nimesh (17862 F(P)) | 2015-07-31 to 2020-07-31 | ||||
| Cmdt, Air Force Technical College | Jalahalli | Air Vice Marshal Pramod Kumar Shrivastava (17283 AE(M)) | 2016-04-01 to 2016-04-30 | |||
| Cmdt, Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Rajeev Hora (17141 F(P)) | 2014-07-01 to 2016-09-30 | |||
| --------do--------- | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Sandeep Singh (17312 F(P)) | 2016-10-01 to 2018-12-31 | |||
| Cmdt, College of Air Warfare | Secunderabad | Air Vice Marshal Upkarjit Singh (16204 F(P)) | 2016-06-09 to 2017-03-06 | |||
| --------do--------- | Secunderabad | Air Vice Marshal Sreekumar Prabhakaran (17318 F(P)) | 2014-12-01 to 2016-06-08 | |||
| Cmdt, Command Hospital, Air Force | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Chambala Karai Ranjan (16015 MED) | 2015-07-01 to 2016-07-30 | |||
| Cmdt, Software Development Institute | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Surya Narayana Murti (15945 AE(L)) | 2014-12-01 to 2016-02-29 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Pranay Kumar Hridayash Sinha (17118 AE(L)) | 2016-04-19 to 2018-02-27 | |||
| DG , Air Force Naval Housing Board | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Om Prakash Tiwari (16678 F(N)) | 2016-12-26 to 2017-05-28 | |||
| Director (PMT ADA), Air Head Quarters | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Rajesh Kumar (16770 F(P)) | 2012-06-25 to 2016-01-04 | |||
| Dy Cmdt, Air Force Academy | Dundigal | Air Vice Marshal Michael Fernandez (16967 F(P)) | 2014-11-17 to 2016-06-30 | |||
| --------do--------- | Dundigal | Air Vice Marshal Rajeev Hora (17141 F(P)) | 2016-07-01 to 2017-03-19 | |||
| IG (Air), Border Security Force | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Vidhya Sagar Bharti (16611 F(P)) | 2015-02-02 to 2017-10-31 | |||
| SAASO, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | Air Vice Marshal Praveen Bhatt (16970 F(P)) | 2015-03-02 to 2016-06-30 | |||
| --------do--------- | Nagpur | Air Vice Marshal Suryakant Chintaman Chafekar (17013 F(P)) | 2016-07-01 to 2017-09-30 | |||
| SASO, Central Air Command | Allahabad | Air Vice Marshal Aravindra Singh Butola (16789 F(P)) | 2016-06-20 to 2016-07-31 | |||
| SDS (Air), National Defence College | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Arjun Subramaniam (16592 F(P)) | 2015-05-05 to 2017-07-31 | |||
| SMSO, Central Air Command | Allahabad | Air Vice Marshal Archan Kumar Bhattacharya (16322 AE(M)) | 2014-12-01 to 2016-05-01 | |||
| --------do--------- | Allahabad | Air Vice Marshal Pramod Kumar Shrivastava (17283 AE(M)) | 2016-05-02 to 2018-11-30 | |||
| SMSO, Training Command | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Mahender Kumar Guleria (17130 AE(M)) | 2014-12-01 to 2016-12-31 | |||
| SMSO, Western Air Command | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Rajiv Gandotra (16748 AE(M)) | 2015-05-01 to 2017-09-30 | |||
| SOA, Central Air Command | Allahabad | Air Vice Marshal Rajesh Isser (16968 F(P)) | 2016-01-18 to 2019-06-30 | |||
| --------do--------- | Allahabad | Air Vice Marshal Anil Tiwari (17160 F(P)) | 2014-05-05 to 2016-01-17 | |||
| SOA, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | Air Vice Marshal Manavendra Singh (16983 F(P)) | 2015-03-02 to 2017-09-30 | |||
| SOA, Southern Air Command | Trivandrum | Air Vice Marshal Guttikonda Amara Prasad Babu (17714 F(P)) | 2016-03-05 to 2017-03-19 | |||
| SOA, South Western Air Command | Gandhinagar | Air Vice Marshal Kalarikal Puttur Unnikrishnan Nair (17023 F(N)) | 2016-05-01 to 2017-08-31 | |||
| SOA, Training Command | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Sauri Kant Parhi (16111 ADM) | 2014-02-01 to 2016-09-30 - Retired | |||
| --------do--------- | Bangalore | Air Vice Marshal Nitin Shankar Vaidya (17208 ADM) | 2016-10-01 to 2018-04-30 | |||
| SOA, Western Air Command | Delhi | Air Vice Marshal Atul Kumar Singh (17041 ADM) | 2016-08-01 to 2018-12-31 | |||
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