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The highest operational rank in the IAF is the four-star rank of Air Chief Marshal, currently held exclusively by the CAS; coincidentally, the first time the rank was awarded was also to Singh in 1966, when he was then an Air Marshal. [6] Prior to him, CAS appointees belonged to the three-star rank of Air Marshal. [6]
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]
Air chief marshal is a four-star air officer rank in the Indian Air Force.It is the highest active rank in the Indian Air Force. Air chief marshal ranks above the three-star rank of air marshal and below the five-star rank of Marshal of the Indian Air Force, which is largely a war-time or ceremonial rank.
Rank Name Photo Decorations Reference Senior Air Staff Officer Central Air Command: Air Marshal: George Thomas AVSM, VM [18] Senior Air Staff Officer Eastern Air Command: Inderpal Singh Walia AVSM, VM [19] Senior Air Staff Officer Southern Air Command: Senior Air Staff Officer South Western Air Command: Manish Khanna AVSM, VM [20]
The highest rank attainable in the IAF is Marshal of the Indian Air Force, conferred by the President of India after exceptional service during wartime. MIAF Arjan Singh is the only officer to have achieved this rank.
In the Brazilian Air Force, the highest rank is Marechal-do-ar, a five-star officer, which can be translated as "air marshal" or "marshal of the air". The rank is equivalent to marshal in the Brazilian Army [12] or marshal of the air force elsewhere. In 1927, the rank of Luftmarsk (transl. air marshal) was proposed by Christian Førslev as a ...
It is the second-highest active rank in the Indian Air Force. Air marshal ranks above the two-star rank of air vice marshal and below the four-star rank of air chief marshal, which is held by the Chief of the Air Staff. The equivalent rank in the Indian Army is lieutenant general and in the Indian Navy is vice admiral. Officers in the rank of ...
However, the office’s rank-specifications was raised to the four-star rank of air chief marshal in January 1966, initially as a recognitive measure to Air Marshal Arjan Singh, the IAF's third and then-incumbent CAS, for his leadership of the IAF during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965; every CAS-appointee since then has been an air chief marshal.