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Senior Officers of the IAF - 2017 by Service Number1948 | 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 Service Number | Appointment | Date of Rank | ||||||
| Rank & Name | Appointment, Unit | Dates | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Marshal Sanderraman Neelakantan (15184 F(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.1 Squadron | 2014-12-15 to 2017-02-28 - Retired | ||||
| --Same as above-- | AOC-in-C, Southern Air Command | Trivandrum | 2016-08-01 to 2017-02-28 - Retired | |||
| Air Marshal Ajit Shankarrao Bhonsle (15327 F(N)) | DCIDS (Ops), Integrated Defence Staff | New Delhi | 2016-03-01 to 2017-02-28 - Retired | |||
| Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa (15405 F(P)) | CAS, Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2016-12-31 to 2019-09-30 | |||
| Air Marshal Ravinder Kumar Dhir (15678 F(P)) | AOC-in-C, South Western Air Command | Gandhinagar | 2015-06-01 to 2018-09-30 | |||
| Air Marshal Shirish Baban Deo (15681 F(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.15 Squadron | 2013-05-21 to 2018-09-30 | ||||
| --Same as above-- | VCAS, PSO: Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | 2017-01-01 to 2018-09-30 | |||
| Air Marshal Jasbir Singh Walia (15684 F(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.6 Squadron | 2013-08-27 to 2019-03-31 | ||||
| --Same as above-- | C-in-C, Strategic Forces Command | Delhi | 2016-08-01 to 2019-03-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Mahesh Kumar Malik (15743 ADM) | AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQ | Delhi | 2016-08-01 to 2017-07-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Marshal Sanjay Sharma (15839 AE(L)) | AOM, PSO: Maintenance, Air HQ | Delhi | 2017-01-01 to 2018-02-28 | |||
| Air Marshal Anil Khosla (15871 F(P)) | AOC-in-C, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | 2017-01-01 to 2018-09-30 | |||
| Air Marshal Chandrashekharan Hari Kumar (15881 F(P)) | AOC-in-C, Western Air Command | Delhi | 2017-01-01 to 2019-02-28 | |||
| Air Marshal Hemant Sharma (15941 AE(L)) | AOC-in-C, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 2017-06-01 to 2019-01-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Pankaj Aneja (15975 AE(M)) | AOC-in-C, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 2016-04-01 to 2017-05-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Marshal Chambala Karai Ranjan (16015 MED) | Cmdt, Armed Forces Medical College | Pune | 2016-10-01 to 2018-09-30 | |||
| Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria (16026 F(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.5 Squadron | 2014-12-22 to 2021-09-30 | ||||
| --Same as above-- | DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQ | Delhi | 2016-01-01 to 2017-02-28 | |||
| --Same as above-- | AOC-in-C, Southern Air Command | Trivandrum | 2017-03-01 to 2018-07-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Sridharan Panicker Radha Krishnan Nair (16040 F(P)) | AOC-in-C, Training Command | Bangalore | 2015-09-01 to 2018-07-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Shyam Bihari Prasad Sinha (16053 F(P)) | AOC-in-C, Central Air Command | Allahabad | 2016-01-01 to 2018-12-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Sardar Harpal Singh (16071 F(P)) | SASO, South Western Air Command | Gandhinagar | 2015-09-01 to 2017-03-17 | |||
| --Same as above-- | DG (Insp & Safety), PSO: Inspection & Safety, Air HQ | Delhi | 2017-03-21 to 2019-05-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Upkarjit Singh (16204 F(P)) | Cmdt, College of Air Warfare | Secunderabad | 2016-06-09 to 2017-03-06 | |||
| Air Marshal Balakrishnan Suresh (16206 F(P)) | AOP, PSO: Personnel, Air HQ | Delhi | 2016-08-01 to 2018-07-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Jasjit Singh Kler (16225 F(P)) | Cmdt, National Defence Academy | Khadakvasla | 2016-06-20 to 2018-03-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Devendra Singh Rawat (16242 F(P)) | SASO, South Western Air Command | Gandhinagar | 2017-03-18 to 2018-08-26 | |||
| Air Marshal Raj Karan Singh Shera (16315 AE(L)) | SMSO, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 2016-04-03 to 2018-02-28 | |||
| Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar (16378 F(P)) | SASO, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | 2016-06-20 to 2017-02-28 | |||
| --Same as above-- | DCAS, PSO: Planning, Air HQ | Delhi | 2017-03-01 to 2018-09-30 | |||
| Air Marshal Pandurang Narayana Pradhan (16403 F(P)) | SASO, Southern Air Command | Trivandrum | 2015-09-01 to 2017-05-04 | |||
| --Same as above-- | DCIDS (Ops), Integrated Defence Staff | New Delhi | 2017-05-20 to 2018-11-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Harinder Jeet Walia (16418 F(N)) | ADG (A), HQ NCC | Delhi | 2015-01-01 to 2017-10-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Marshal Hemant Narayan Bhagwat (16423 ADM) | DG (Works), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2016-08-01 to 2017-07-31 | |||
| --Same as above-- | AOA, PSO: Administration, Air HQ | Delhi | 2017-08-01 to 2018-10-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Kuldeep Sharma (16541 AE(M)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.23 Squadron | 2016-07-25 to 2019-01-31 | ||||
| --Same as above-- | DG (Aircraft), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2017-01-02 to 2019-01-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Jitendra Kumar Singh (16545 AE(M)) | DG (Systems), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2017-06-01 to 2019-01-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora (16557 F(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.51 Squadron | 2015-02-20 to 2021-06-30 | ||||
| --Same as above-- | DG (Air Ops), Air Operations, Air HQ | Delhi | 2016-08-22 to 2018-09-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Sanjeev Narayan Deshpande (16559 F(P)) | ACAS (Inspection), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2015-06-01 to 2017-06-04 | |||
| Air Marshal Surendra Kumar Ghotia (16575 F(P)) | SASO, Training Command | Bangalore | 2016-06-20 to 2019-04-30 | |||
| Air Marshal Navkaranjit Singh Dhillon (16580 F(P)) | SASO, Western Air Command | Delhi | 2016-08-01 to 2019-03-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Rajeev Sachdeva (16582 F(P)) | SASO, Southern Air Command | Trivandrum | 2017-05-05 to 2018-12-13 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Arjun Subramaniam (16592 F(P)) | SDS (Air), National Defence College | Delhi | 2015-05-05 to 2017-07-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Ashwani Kumar Nabh (16608 F(P)) | ACAS (Ops, Space), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2016-05-16 to 2018-07-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Vidhya Sagar Bharti (16611 F(P)) | IG (Air), Border Security Force | Delhi | 2015-02-02 to 2017-10-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Om Prakash Tiwari (16678 F(N)) | DG , Air Force Naval Housing Board | Delhi | 2016-12-26 to 2017-05-28 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Rajiv Gandotra (16748 AE(M)) | SMSO, Western Air Command | Delhi | 2015-05-01 to 2017-09-30 - Retired | |||
| Air Marshal Rajesh Kumar (16770 F(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.3 Squadron | 2015-08-14 to 2021-08-31 | ||||
| --Same as above-- | Director (PMT ADA), Air Head Quarters | Bangalore | 2016-01-05 to 2017-02-28 | |||
| --Same as above-- | SASO, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | 2017-03-01 to 2018-12-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Rajiv Dayal Mathur (16772 F(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, Flying Instructors School | 2015-07-31 to 2021-07-31 | ||||
| Air Vice Marshal Prashant Nagaraja Kaushik (16783 F(P)) | ADC, Southern Air Command | Trivandrum | 2016-08-01 to 2017-07-23 | |||
| Air Marshal Aravindra Singh Butola (16789 F(P)) | SASO, Central Air Command | Allahabad | 2016-08-01 to 2018-08-26 | |||
| Air Marshal Amit Tiwari (16806 F(P)) | Cmdt, Air Force Academy | Dundigal | 2016-12-01 to 2018-09-03 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Shaik Mahaboob Subhani (16865 ACCTS) | ACAS (Accts & AV), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2016-07-01 to 2018-06-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Thazhathupulikunnel Devasia Joseph (16964 F(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.18 Squadron | 2013-05-07 to 2021-07-31 | ||||
| --Same as above-- | SDS (Air), National Defence College | Delhi | 2017-08-07 to 2019-04-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Shreesh Mohan (16966 F(P)) | ADC, Central Air Command | Allahabad | 2015-07-06 to 2018-10-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Michael Fernandez (16967 F(P)) | AOC, Maritime Air Operations | Bombay | 2016-07-01 to 2018-07-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Rajesh Isser (16968 F(P)) | SOA, Central Air Command | Allahabad | 2016-01-18 to 2019-06-30 | |||
| Air Marshal Amit Dev (16972 F(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.2 Squadron | 2015-08-14 to 2020-08-13 | ||||
| Air Vice Marshal Amit Dev (16972 F(P)) | ACAS (Inspection), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2017-06-05 to 2018-09-30 | |||
| Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari (16978 F(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.28 Squadron | 2015-07-31 to 2020-07-31 | ||||
| Air Vice Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari (16978 F(P)) | ACAS (Pers - Officers), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2016-07-01 to 2018-09-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Manavendra Singh (16983 F(P)) | SOA, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | 2015-03-02 to 2017-09-30 | |||
| --Same as above-- | SAASO, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 2017-10-01 to 2018-12-13 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Anil Golani (16986 F(P)) | CI (Air), Defence Services Staff College | Wellington | 2016-07-01 to 2018-11-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Suryakant Chintaman Chafekar (17013 F(P)) | SAASO, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 2016-07-01 to 2017-09-30 - Retired | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Kalarikal Puttur Unnikrishnan Nair (17023 F(N)) | SOA, South Western Air Command | Gandhinagar | 2016-05-01 to 2017-08-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Mothlamnet Sabari Gireen Menon (17035 ADM) | ACAS (Org & Cer), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2016-08-01 to 2017-07-31 | |||
| --Same as above-- | ACAS (Works), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2017-08-01 to 2018-10-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Atul Kumar Singh (17041 ADM) | SOA, Western Air Command | Delhi | 2016-08-01 to 2018-12-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Shiv Shanker Sharma (17073 EDN) | ACAS (Education), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2015-04-01 to 2017-08-31 - Retired | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Pranay Kumar Hridayash Sinha (17118 AE(L)) | Cmdt, Software Development Institute | Bangalore | 2016-04-19 to 2018-02-27 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Richard John Duckworth (17136 F(P)) | ADC, Southern Air Command | Trivandrum | 2017-07-24 to 2019-04-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Rajeev Hora (17141 F(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.16 Squadron | 2015-08-14 to 2020-08-13 | ||||
| --Same as above-- | Dy Cmdt, Air Force Academy | Dundigal | 2016-07-01 to 2017-03-19 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Nitin Shankar Vaidya (17208 ADM) | SOA, Training Command | Bangalore | 2016-10-01 to 2018-04-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Pradeep Padmakar Bapat (17227 ADM) | ACAS (Works), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2015-08-01 to 2017-07-31 | |||
| ---On Promotion to Air Marshal --- | DG (Works), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2017-08-01 to 2018-10-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Avinash Gopal Kshirsagar (17277 AE(M)) | SMSO, Training Command | Bangalore | 2017-07-01 to 2019-06-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Pramod Kumar Shrivastava (17283 AE(M)) | SMSO, Central Air Command | Allahabad | 2016-05-02 to 2018-11-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Sandeep Singh (17312 F(P)) | Cmdt, Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment | Bangalore | 2016-10-01 to 2018-12-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Sreekumar Prabhakaran (17318 F(P)) | ACAS (Intelligence), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2016-06-20 to 2019-06-03 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Balabhadra Radha Krishna (17326 F(P)) | ACAS (Plans), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2016-08-01 to 2019-02-28 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (17335 F(P)) | AOC, Composite Battle Response and Analysis Group | Gwalior | 2015-07-06 to 2017-02-28 | |||
| ---On Promotion to Air Marshal --- | Cmde Cmdt, Tactics and Combat Development Establishment | 2016-07-25 to 2021-11-30 | ||||
| Air Vice Marshal Diptendu Choudhury (17335 F(P)) | AOC, 2 Air Defence Control Centre | Gandhinagar | 2017-03-23 to 2018-09-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Jonnalagedda Chalapati (17358 F(P)) | ACAS (Projects), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2016-08-01 to 2019-02-28 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Nicodemus Manohar Samuel (17449 F(P)) | ACAS (Ops, T&H), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2016-06-20 to 2017-08-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Suresh Babu Kantipudi (17588 MET) | ACAS (Meteorology), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2013-01-01 to 2018-03-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Pijush Mukherjee (17671 AE(L)) | ACAS (Systems), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2017-08-01 to 2019-10-31 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Vijay Kumar Chatursing Wankhade (17676 AE(L)) | SMSO, Training Command | Bangalore | 2017-01-01 to 2017-06-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Vikram Singh (17699 F(P)) | AOC, Advance HQ, Eastern Air Command | Calcutta | 2016-05-16 to 2018-04-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Guttikonda Amara Prasad Babu (17714 F(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.115 Helicopter Unit | 2015-08-26 to 2020-08-25 | ||||
| --Same as above-- | SOA, Southern Air Command | Trivandrum | 2016-03-05 to 2017-03-19 | |||
| --Same as above-- | Dy Cmdt, Air Force Academy | Dundigal | 2017-03-20 to 2019-06-19 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Bavisetti Chandrasekhar (17726 F(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.130 Helicopter Unit | 2015-04-16 to 2020-04-15 | ||||
| --Same as above-- | SOA, Southern Air Command | Trivandrum | 2017-03-20 to 2019-06-05 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Biju Paul (17791 LGS) | AOLM, Maintenance Command | Nagpur | 2015-11-01 to 2018-08-28 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Sujeet Pushpakar Dharkar (17841 F(P)) | ACAS (Training), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2017-01-02 to 2018-09-30 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Radhakrishnan Radhish (17853 F(P)) | Cmdt, College of Air Warfare | Secunderabad | 2017-03-07 to 2018-11-11 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Sanjay Nimesh (17862 F(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.47 Squadron | 2015-07-31 to 2020-07-31 | ||||
| Air Vice Marshal Pawan Kumar Mohey (18099 F(P)) | SOA, Eastern Air Command | Shillong | 2017-10-01 to 2019-07-28 | |||
| Air Vice Marshal Surendra Kumar Indoria (18296 F(P)) | Cmde Cmdt, No.12 Squadron | 2015-02-20 to 2020-02-20 | ||||
| Air Vice Marshal Laxmi Narain Sharma (18338 EDN) | ACAS (Education), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2017-09-01 to 2020-03-31 | |||
| Air Marshal Pawan Kapoor (35311 MED) | DGMS (Air), Air Head Quarters | Delhi | 2016-07-01 to 2017-12-31 - Retired | |||
| --Same as above-- | Cmde Cmdt, Institution of Aviation Medicine | 2016-07-01 to 2017-12-31 - Retired | ||||
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