The Chief of the Air Staff (India), known also as the Air Force Chief, has been the title of the professional head of the Indian Air Force since 1950. The CAS is a statutory position in the Indian Armed Forces held by the most senior officer of the Air Force, and is usually the highest ranking air officer of the Indian Armed Forces unless the Chief of Defence Staff is an officer of the aerial branch.
At Independence, the head of the Air Force designated as the "Air Marshal Commanding, Royal Indian Air Force". On 1 March 1948, the title of "Chief of the Air Staff" was added,[4] with a further re-designation to "Chief of the Air Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Royal Indian Air Force" on 21 June to maintain uniformity across the three armed services.[5]
The "Royal" designation was dropped when India became a republic on 26 January 1950. Thus re-designating the head of IAF to "Chief of the Air Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Indian Air Force".
The Commanders-In-Chief (Change in Designation) Act, 1955 re-designated the head of IAF to "Chief of Air Staff". The position was held by a three-star rankedAir Marshal until 1966, when the position was upgraded to the four-star rank of an Air Chief Marshal.
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The Chief of the Air Staff India known also as the Air Force Chief has been the title of the professional head of the Indian Air Force since 1950 The CAS is a statutory position in the Indian Armed Forces held by the most senior officer of the Air Force and is usually the highest ranking air officer of the Indian Armed Forces unless the Chief of Defence Staff is an officer of the aerial branch Chief of the Air StaffFlag of the Chief of the Air StaffIncumbentAir Chief Marshal Vivek Ram ChaudhariPVSM AVSM VM ADCsince 30 September 2021 Indian Air ForceTypeLeader and Commanding Officer of the Air ForceAbbreviationCASMember ofNational Security CouncilReports toPrime Minister Minister of DefenceChief of Defence StaffSeatCentral SecretariatAppointerAppointments Committee of the Cabinet ACC Term length3 years or at the age of 62 whichever is earlier Constituting instrumentAir Force Act 1950 Act No 45 of 1950 PrecursorAir Officer Commanding Royal Indian Air ForceFormation26 January 1950 72 years ago 1950 01 26 First holderAir Marshal Sir Thomas ElmhirstDeputyVice Chief of the Air StaffSalary 250 000 US 3 100 monthly 1 2 WebsiteOfficial websiteThe current CAS is Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari who took office on 30 September 2021 following the retirement of Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria 3 Contents 1 Office of the Chief of Air Staff 2 Appointees 2 1 Chief of the Air Staff and Commander in Chief Indian Air Force 1950 1955 2 2 Chief of the Air Staff 1955 present 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References 6 External linksOffice of the Chief of Air Staff EditAt Independence the head of the Air Force designated as the Air Marshal Commanding Royal Indian Air Force On 1 March 1948 the title of Chief of the Air Staff was added 4 with a further re designation to Chief of the Air Staff and Commander in Chief Royal Indian Air Force on 21 June to maintain uniformity across the three armed services 5 The Royal designation was dropped when India became a republic on 26 January 1950 Thus re designating the head of IAF to Chief of the Air Staff and Commander in Chief Indian Air Force The Commanders In Chief Change in Designation Act 1955 re designated the head of IAF to Chief of Air Staff The position was held by a three star ranked Air Marshal until 1966 when the position was upgraded to the four star rank of an Air Chief Marshal Appointments to the office are made by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet ACC The CAS reaches superannuation upon three years in the office or at the age of 62 whichever is earlier Appointees EditFor all air chiefs of the Royal Air Force in British India see RAF India Commanders For all air chiefs of the Royal Indian Air Force the pre 1950 Air Force see Royal Indian Air Force Commanders Seconded from the Royal Air Force Chief of the Air Staff and Commander in Chief Indian Air Force 1950 1955 Edit No Portrait Name Took office Left office Time in office1 Elmhirst Thomas Air MarshalSir Thomas Elmhirst KBE CB AFC 1895 1982 a 6 26 January 195023 February 195028 days2 Ivelaw Chapman Ronald Air MarshalSir Ronald Ivelaw Chapman KBE CB DFC AFC 1899 1978 a 23 February 19509 December 19511 year 289 days3 Gibbs Gerald Air MarshalGerald Ernest Gibbs CIE CBE MC amp Two Bars 1896 1992 a 10 December 195131 March 19542 years 111 days4 Mukerjee Subroto Air MarshalSubroto Mukerjee OBE 1911 1960 1 April 195431 March 19551 year 0 daysChief of the Air Staff 1955 present Edit No Portrait Name Took office Left office Time in office1 Mukerjee Subroto Air MarshalSubroto Mukerjee OBE 1911 1960 1 April 19558 November 1960 5 years 221 days2 Engineer Aspy Air MarshalAspy Merwan Engineer DFC 1912 2002 1 December 196031 July 19643 years 243 days3 Singh Arjan Air Chief MarshalArjan Singh DFC 1919 2017 1 August 196415 July 19694 years 348 days4 Lal Pratap Air Chief MarshalPratap Chandra Lal DFC 1916 1982 16 July 196915 January 19733 years 184 days5 Mehra Om Air Chief MarshalOm Prakash Mehra PVSM 1919 2015 16 January 197331 January 19763 years 15 days6 Moolgavkar Hrushikesh Air Chief MarshalHrushikesh Moolgavkar PVSM MVC 1920 2015 1 February 197630 August 19782 years 241 days7 Latif Idris Air Chief MarshalIdris Hasan Latif PVSM 1923 2018 1 September 197830 August 19813 years 29 days8 Singh Dilbagh Air Chief MarshalDilbagh Singh PVSM AVSM VM 1926 2001 1 September 19813 September 19843 years 2 days9 Katre Lakshman Air Chief MarshalLakshman Madhav Katre PVSM AVSM 1926 1985 3 September 19841 July 1985 301 days10 Fontaine Denis Air Chief MarshalDenis Anthony La Fontaine PVSM AVSM VM 1929 2011 3 July 198531 July 19883 years 28 days11 Mehra Surinder Air Chief MarshalSurinder Kumar Mehra PVSM AVSM VM 1932 2003 1 August 198831 July 19912 years 364 days12 Suri Nirmal Air Chief MarshalNirmal Chandra Suri PVSM AVSM VM ADC born 1933 31 July 199131 July 19932 years 0 days13 Kaul Swaroop Air Chief MarshalSwaroop Krishna Kaul PVSM MVC ADC born 1935 1 August 199331 December 19952 years 152 days14 Sareen Satish Air Chief MarshalSatish Kumar Sareen PVSM AVSM VM ADC born 1939 31 December 199531 December 19983 years 0 days15 Tipnis Anil Air Chief MarshalAnil Yashwant Tipnis PVSM AVSM VM ADC born 1940 31 December 199831 December 20013 years 0 days16 Krishnaswamy Srinivasapuram Air Chief MarshalSrinivasapuram Krishnaswamy PVSM AVSM VM born 1943 31 December 200131 December 20043 years 0 days17 Tyagi Shashindra Air Chief MarshalShashindra Pal Tyagi PVSM AVSM VM ADC born 1945 31 December 200431 March 20072 years 90 days18 Major Fali Air Chief MarshalFali Homi Major PVSM AVSM SC VM ADC born 1947 31 March 200731 May 20092 years 61 days19 Naik Pradeep Air Chief MarshalPradeep Vasant Naik PVSM VSM ADC born 1949 31 May 200931 July 20112 years 61 days20 Browne Norman Air Chief MarshalNorman Anil Kumar Browne PVSM AVSM VM ADC born 1951 31 July 201131 December 20132 years 153 days21 Raha Arup Air Chief MarshalArup Raha PVSM AVSM VM ADC born 1954 31 December 201331 December 20163 years 0 days22 Dhanoa Birender Air Chief MarshalBirender Singh Dhanoa PVSM AVSM YSM VM ADC born 1957 31 December 201630 September 20192 years 273 days23 Bhadauria Rakesh Air Chief MarshalRakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria PVSM AVSM VM ADC born 1959 30 September 201930 September 20212 years 0 days24 Chaudhari Vivek Ram Air Chief MarshalVivek Ram Chaudhari PVSM AVSM VM ADC born 1962 30 September 2021Incumbent1 year 107 daysSee also EditVice Chief of the Air Staff Chief of the Army Staff Chief of the Naval Staff Chief of Defence Staff Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee Chief of Integrated Defence Staff Chief of the General Staff Commander in Chief of India List of serving air marshals of the Indian Air ForceNotes Edit a b c Seconded from the Royal Air ForceReferences Edit Report of the 7th Central Pay Commission of India PDF Seventh Central Pay Commission Government of India Archived from the original PDF on 20 November 2015 Retrieved 13 August 2017 Biswas Shreya ed 29 June 2016 7th Pay Commission cleared What is the Pay Commission How does it affect salaries India Today Retrieved 24 September 2017 Quint The 21 September 2021 Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari To Be Next Chief of Air Staff TheQuint Retrieved 21 September 2021 Press Communique PDF Press Information Bureau of India Archive 28 February 1948 Retrieved 16 February 2020 Press Communique PDF Press Information Bureau of India Archive 21 June 1948 Retrieved 16 February 2020 Chiefs of the Indian Air Force 1947 to Present Archived 26 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine Chiefs of the Indian Air ForceExternal links Edit Chief of The Air Staff Indian Air Force Archived from the original on 17 February 2018 Retrieved 16 August 2014 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Chief of the Air Staff India amp oldid 1133781055, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
