Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa PVSM AVSM YSM VM ADC is the new Chief of…
Category: Chiefs of Air Staff
Acknowledgments: Bharat Rakshak expresses its gratitude for the help received from various quarters in the making of this particular section. Namely retired Air Chiefs – Denis La Fontaine, Idris H. Latif, S.K. Mehra, S.K. Sareen and other individuals who came forward to contribute like David Fell, Pradeep Mehra, Hugh Halliday and Ekalavya. Bharat Rakshak also acknowledges the Indian Air Force’s direct help from Vayu Bhavan and indirect help in the form of its year books, Air Marshal (retd.) M.S. Chaturvedi’s ‘History of Indian Air Force’ and other published sources
Fali Homi Major
PVSM, AVSM, SC, VM, ADCCAS, 31 March 2007 - 31 May 2009
Dilbagh Singh
PVSM, AVSM, VM CAS, 01 Sep 1981 - 03 Sep 1984
Pradeep Vasant Naik
PVSM, VSM, ADCCAS, 31 May 2009 - 31 July 2011
Thomas Walker Elmhirst
KBE, CB, CBE, AFC C-in-C, 15 Aug 1947 - 02 Feb 1950
Lakshman Madhav Katre
PVSM AVSM and BarCAS, 04 Sep 1984 - 01 July 1985
Norman Anil Kumar Browne
PVSM AVSM VM ADC CAS, 31 July 2011 - 31 Dec 2013.
Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman
GCB, KBE, DFC, AFC C-in-C, 22 Feb 1950 - 09 Dec 1951
Denis Anthony La Fontaine
PVSM, AVSM, VMCAS,3 July 1985 - 31 July 1988
Arup Raha
PVSM AVSM VM ADC CAS, 31 Dec 2013 - 31 Dec 2016.