List of serving air marshals of the Indian Air Force

This is a list of serving Air Marshals of the Indian Air Force.

Chief of Defence Staff
Post Rank Name Photo Decorations Reference
Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat
PVSM, UYSM, AVSM, YSM, SM, VSM, ADC [1]

Chief of the Air Staff

The Chief of the Air Staff is the only serving Four Star Air Officer in the Indian Air Force.

Post Rank Name Photo Decorations Ref
Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria
PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC [2]

Vice Chief of the Air Staff

The Vice Chief of the Air Staff is the second-highest ranking officer in the Indian Air Force.

Post Rank Name Photo Decorations Ref
Vice Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora
PVSM, AVSM, ADC [3][4]

Air Commanders (Commander-in-Chief grade)
Post Rank Name Photo Decorations Ref
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief
Central Air Command
 Air Marshal Rajesh Kumar
AVSM, VM, ADC [5]
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief
Eastern Air Command
 Rajiv Dayal Mathur
PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC [6]
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief
Southern Air Command
 Amit Tiwari
AVSM, VM [7]
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief
South Western Air Command
 Surendra Kumar Ghotia
PVSM, VSM [8]
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief
Western Air Command
 Vivek Ram Chaudhari AVSM, VM [9]
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief
Training Command
 Arvindra Singh Butola
VM, VSM [10]
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief
Maintenance Command
 Shashiker Choudhary AVSM, VSM [11]
Commander-in-Chief
Strategic Forces Command
 Navkaranjit Singh Dhillon
AVSM, ADC [12]

Principal Staff Officers at Air Headquarters
Post Rank Name Decorations Ref
Deputy Chief of the Air Staff Air Marshal Sandeep Singh AVSM, VM [13]
Air Officer in Charge of Administration MSG Menon VSM [14]
Air Officer in Charge of Personnel Amit Dev AVSM, VSM [15]
Air Officer in Charge of Maintenance Vibhas Pande VSM [16]

Heads of Services and Directorates
Post Rank Name Decorations Ref
Director General of Inspection and Flight Safety Air Marshal Manavendra Singh AVSM, VrC, VSM [17]
Director General of Air Operations BR Krishna AVSM, SC
Director General of Works and Ceremonial VPS Rana VSM [18]
Director General (Aircraft)
Director General (Systems) AG Kshirsagar VSM [19]
Director General of Medical Services (Air) MS Butola [20]

Air Officers of Tri-Services Commands
Post Rank Name Photo Decorations Ref
Deputy Chief of Integrated Defence Staff
(Policy Planning & Force Development)		 Air Marshal Rajeev Sachdeva AVSM [21]

Senior Staff Officers of Air Commands
Post Rank Name Decorations Ref
Senior Air Staff Officer Central Air Command Air Marshal Dilip Kumar Patnaik AVSM, VM [22]
Senior Air Staff Officer Eastern Air Command GS Bedi AVSM, VM, VSM [23]
Senior Air Staff Officer Southern Air Command J Chalapati VSM [24]
Senior Air Staff Officer South Western Air Command Sreekumar Prabhakaran VM [25]
Senior Air Staff Officer Western Air Command RJ Duckworth VSM [26]
Senior Air Staff Officer Training Command T D Joseph VM, VSM [27]
Senior Maintenance Staff Officer Maintenance Command M Baladitya AVSM, VSM [28]

Commandants of Training Institutions
Post Rank Name Decorations Ref
Commandant National Defence College Air Marshal Diptendu Choudhury AVSM, VM, VSM [29]
Commandant Air Force Academy Air Marshal I.P. Vipin VSM [30]
Commandant College of Air Warfare Air Vice Marshal

See also

References
  1. "General Bipin Rawat Appointed as Chief of Defence Staff". 30 December 2019.
  2. @IAF_MCC (30 September 2019). "Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria, took over as 26th Chief of the Indian Air Force today. He was commissioned into the fighter stream of IAF in Jun 1980" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. @IAF_MCC (1 October 2019). "Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora, took over as Vice Chief of the Air Staff today. He was commissioned into the fighter stream of IAF in Dec 1981. He has a vast experience of operational flying on modern and legacy fighters in the IAF inventory" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. "Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora AVSM ADC assumes charge as Vice Chief of the Air Staff". 1 October 2019.
  5. "AIR MARSHAL RAJESH KUMAR AVSM VM, AIR OFFICER COMMANDING-IN-CHIEF, CENTRAL AIR COMMAND INDIAN AIR FORCE". Retrieved 13 July 2017.
  6. @IAF_MCC (2 March 2019). "Air Marshal RD Mathur, takes over as the Air Officer Commanding in Chief, Eastern Air Command of IAF, 01 Mar 19. He is a Qualified Flying Instructor with over 5000 hrs of flying experience on a variety of Fighter aircraft & Helicopters" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. @DefencePROTvm (1 November 2019). "ir Mshl Amit Tiwari, has taken over as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief,SAC. An impressive guard of honour presented to Air Marshal Tiwari on taking over the Command" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  8. "Air Marshal SK Ghotia VSM assumed the command of SWAC". 1 October 2019.
  9. "Air Marshal VR Chaudhari AVSM VM Assumes Command of Western Air Command". 1 August 2020.
  10. "Air Marshal Arvindra Singh Butola assumes charge of IAF Training Command". 14 October 2019.
  11. "Choudhary takes over as chief of IAFs Maintenance Command". Outlook. 1 January 2020.
  12. "NS Dhillon appointed as new chief of Strategic Forces Command". oneindia.com. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  13. @ANI (30 September 2019). "Air Marshal Sandeep Singh (in pic) appointed as the Deputy Chief of Air Staff of the Indian Air Force. He is succeeding Air Marshal VR Chaudhary who has been posted to the Eastern Air Command" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  14. @IAF_MCC (1 January 2020). "Air Marshal MSG Menon VSM took over as Air Officer-in-Charge Administration (AOA) of Indian Air Force on 01 Jan 2020. He succeeded Air Marshal PP Bapat VSM" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  15. @IAF_MCC (1 November 2019). "Air Marshal Amit Dev took over as Air Officer-in-charge Personnel, Air Headquarters Vayu Bhawan, today" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  16. @IAF_MCC (1 January 2020). "Air Marshal Vibhas Pande VSM took over as Air Officer-in-Charge Maintenance (AOM) of Indian Air Force with effect from 01 Jan 2020. He succeeded Air Marshal Shashiker Choudhary VSM" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  17. @IAF_MCC (1 November 2019). "Air Marshal Manavendra Singh took over as Director General Inspection & Safety, Air Headquarters RK Puram today" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  18. "Air Vice Marshal Rana becomes Director General in Air Force". amarujala.com. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  19. "Delhi school events: Ramjas students take part in Project Citizen". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  20. "JMI Professor elected fellow of Aerospace Medical Association (AsMA), USA". indiaeducationdiary.com/. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  21. https://www.ids.nic.in/dacids-pp-fd.php
  22. "Air Marshal Dilip Kumar Patnaik takes over as Senior Air Staff Officer of Central Air Command". 1 August 2020.
  23. "Air Marshal Gurcharan Singh Bedi takes over as EAC's Senior Air Staff Officer". 10 August 2020.
  24. "Air Marshal Chalapati joins Southern Air Command". 4 August 2020.
  25. "Air Marshal Sreekumar Prabhakaran VM takes over as senior Air Staff Officer HQ SWAC". 4 November 2019.
  26. "Air Marshal RJ Duckworth VSM took over as Senior Air Staff Officer , Western Air Command , IAF". 16 December 2019.
  27. https://twitter.com/Prodef_blr/status/1155019819973922816
  28. https://twitter.com/SpokespersonMoD/status/1028954830289567744
  29. "Air Marshal D Choudhury is the new Commandant of National Defence College". 16 December 2019.
  30. "New commandant of Air Force Academy takes charge". 1 August 2020.
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