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Indian Air Force air marshals (5 C, 93 P) Pages in category "Indian Air Force officers" The following 76 pages are in this category, out of 76 total.
Senior Air Staff Officer Central Air Command: Air Marshal: George Thomas AVSM, VM [17] Senior Air Staff Officer Eastern Air Command: Inderpal Singh Walia AVSM, VM [18] Senior Air Staff Officer Southern Air Command: Tarun Chaudhry VSM [19] Senior Air Staff Officer South Western Air Command: Manish Khanna AVSM, VM [20] Senior Air Staff Officer ...
This is a list of Indian Air Force personnel who have received awards for gallantry related to their ... (IAF officer) [7] [8] Krishan Kant Saini [9] [10] Trevor ...
The Indian Air Force was established on 8 October 1932 in British India as an auxiliary air force [22] of the Royal Air Force. The enactment of the Indian Air Force Act 1932 [23] [24] stipulated out their auxiliary status and enforced the adoption of the Royal Air Force uniforms, badges, brevets and insignia. [25]
In 2018, Chaturvedi became the first Indian woman pilot to take a solo flight in a MiG-21. In 2018 Avani was promoted to the rank of Flight Lieutenant. [11] In 2023, she became the first woman fighter pilot of the Indian Air Force to take part in an aerial wargame abroad, which she did in Japan. [12]
On 18 December 2018, Dhami became the first woman officer in the Indian Air Force to be granted a permanent commission. [14] She was selected for promotion to group captain , effective from 28 December 2021 (seniority from 28 September 2021), [ 15 ] thus becoming the first female officer in the Indian Armed Forces to attain a selection-grade ...
The foundation stone of the Air Force Academy was laid by the then President of India Dr. Zakir Hussain on 11 October 1967. The academy was established in 1969 and started operations in 1971. The vision was to concentrate most of the ab-initio officer training of the Indian Air Force under one roof.
Marshal of the Air Force is a five star rank and the highest attainable rank in the Indian Air Force. Marshal of the Air Force is ranked immediately above Air Chief Marshal. It is a ceremonial or wartime rank, having been awarded only once. Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh, DFC is the only Officer to have held this rank. [1]