This article is about the Indian Air Force unit. For the defunct Royal Air Force unit, see RAF College of Air Warfare.
College of Air Warfare (CAW) is a defence service training institution of the Indian Air Force. The college conducts courses and programmes in the art of Joint Warfare, with special emphasis on employment of Air Power. The functional and the administrative control of the college is with the Training Command of the IAF. The current Commandant of the College is Air Vice Marshal Manish Khanna AVSM,VM
The College was established on 1 July 1959 and was initially known as School of Land and Air Warfare (SLAW) situated at New Delhi. After receiving the approval from the President of India, SLAW moved to its present location in Secunderabad on 25 July 1959. Air Commodore K L Sondhi was the first Commandant.[2] The College was inaugurated by the then Minister of Defence, V. K. Krishna Menon formally, on 3 September 1959.[3] The School of Land Warfare was renamed as the Joint Air Warfare School (JAWS) on 25 November 1967, with the introduction of Naval aspects of warfare. It was renamed the "College of Air Warfare" in January 1976 after the IAF received sanction from the President on 9 November 1975.[4]
To assist in development of Air Force doctrines, concepts and strategy.
To study and teach 'Air Power' and conduct training in concepts of Air Warfare.
To conduct training in Joint Air Operations for officers of Army, Navy and Air Force.
To conduct computer aided War-Games of the Air War.
To establish and maintain liaison with similar organisations in the other countries.
To impart training to junior and middle level officers of the Indian Air Force in leadership and behavioural sciences, so as to improve their qualities of leadership and man management.
To research, compile and publish books on IAF Personalities, Institutions, Campaigns and Squadrons.
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^College of Air Warfare: Power Strategies and Combat Power
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This article is about the Indian Air Force unit For the defunct Royal Air Force unit see RAF College of Air Warfare College of Air Warfare CAW is a defence service training institution of the Indian Air Force The college conducts courses and programmes in the art of Joint Warfare with special emphasis on employment of Air Power The functional and the administrative control of the college is with the Training Command of the IAF The current Commandant of the College is Air Vice Marshal Manish Khanna AVSM VMCollege of Air WarfareFormer namesSchool of Land and Air Warfare SLAW Joint Air Warfare School JAWS Mottoस गच छध वम Sanskrit Motto in EnglishUnited We PrepareTypeDefence Service Training InstituteWar collegeEstablished01 July 1959CommandantAir Vice Marshal Manish Khanna AVSM VM 1 LocationSecunderabad Telangana IndiaWebsiteOfficial Website Contents 1 History 2 Location 3 Courses 4 Objectives 5 List of Commandants 6 See also 7 ReferencesHistory editThe College was established on 1 July 1959 and was initially known as School of Land and Air Warfare SLAW situated at New Delhi After receiving the approval from the President of India SLAW moved to its present location in Secunderabad on 25 July 1959 Air Commodore K L Sondhi was the first Commandant 2 The College was inaugurated by the then Minister of Defence V K Krishna Menon formally on 3 September 1959 3 The School of Land Warfare was renamed as the Joint Air Warfare School JAWS on 25 November 1967 with the introduction of Naval aspects of warfare It was renamed the College of Air Warfare in January 1976 after the IAF received sanction from the President on 9 November 1975 4 Location editThe College is located on the busy Sardar Patel Road in Secunderabad It overlooks the expanse of the General K V Krishna Rao Parade Ground The campus is situated about 1 5 km from the Secunderabad Junction railway station and the Begumpet Airport Courses editCAW conducts the following courses Higher Air Command Course HACC Basic Professional Knowledge Course Flying BPKC F Ground Liaison Officers Course GLOC Senior Officers Study Period SOSP Combined Operational Review and Evaluation ProgrammeObjectives editThe training objectives of the College are 5 To assist in development of Air Force doctrines concepts and strategy To study and teach Air Power and conduct training in concepts of Air Warfare To conduct training in Joint Air Operations for officers of Army Navy and Air Force To conduct computer aided War Games of the Air War To establish and maintain liaison with similar organisations in the other countries To impart training to junior and middle level officers of the Indian Air Force in leadership and behavioural sciences so as to improve their qualities of leadership and man management To research compile and publish books on IAF Personalities Institutions Campaigns and Squadrons List of Commandants editS No Name Assumed office Left officeCommandant School of Land and Air Warfare1 Air Commodore K L Sondhi 14 July 1959 7 December 19592 Air Commodore S N Goyal 11 December 1959 31 March 19613 Air Commodore H S Ratnagar 6 June 1961 12 January 19664 Air Commodore A R Pandit DFC 13 January 1966 24 November 1967Commandant Joint Air Warfare School1 Air Commodore A R Pandit DFC 25 November 1967 14 December 19672 Air Commodore P C Ramachandran AFC 15 December 1967 30 September 19703 Air Commodore FVA Scudder AVSM 15 October 1970 7 May 19724 Air Commodore S S Achreja 24 May 1972 29 February 19765 Air Commodore R P Sinha 1 March 1976 11 November 1976Commandant College of Air Warfare1 Air Commodore R P Sinha 12 November 1976 31 March 19802 Air Commodore A M Shahane 12 November 1980 2 August 19813 Air Vice Marshal Man Singh AVSM VM VSM 3 August 1981 16 December 19844 Air Vice Marshal I D Bhalla AVSM 17 December 1984 31 July 19865 Air Vice Marshal R K Dhawan AVSM VM 20 August 1986 14 February 19886 Air Vice Marshal P J Jayakumar AVSM 15 February 1988 2 July 19897 Air Vice Marshal Dushyant Singh VM VSM 3 July 1989 8 March 19918 Air Vice Marshal V Kapila AVSM VrC 11 March 1991 31 May 19929 Air Vice Marshal Jagbir Singh VrC 19 October 1992 30 December 199410 Air Vice Marshal S S Hussain Naqvi AVSM VrC 31 December 1994 31 August 199711 Air Vice Marshal A K Trikha AVSM VSM 3 October 1997 31 August 199912 Air Vice Marshal A R Ghandhi AVSM VrC 1 September 1999 31 March 200113 Air Vice Marshal D E Jonas AVSM 1 April 2001 31 April 200414 Air Vice Marshal V R Iyer 1 November 2004 31 January 200715 Air Vice Marshal K G Bewoor AVSM VM 1 February 2007 22 March 200916 Air Vice Marshal PS Gill AVSM VM 23 March 2009 31 December 201017 Air Vice Marshal D P Upot VSM 2 May 2011 30 November 201418 Air Vice Marshal Sreekumar Prabhakaran VM 1 December 2014 19 June 201619 Air Vice Marshal Upakarjeet Singh AVSM 20 June 2016 28 February 201720 Air Vice Marshal R Radhish AVSM VM 1 March 2017 12 November 201821 Air Vice Marshal Suraj Kumar Jha 13 November 2018 30 September 201922 Air Vice Marshal Dilip Kumar Patnaik VM 1 October 2019 31 July 202023 Air Vice Marshal K S K Suresh VM 1 August 2021 To dateSee also editArmy War College Mhow Naval War College Goa Indian National Defence University Military Academies in India Tactics and Air Combat and Defence Establishment TACDE Vijeta 1982 Hindi filmReferences edit India The Hans 23 April 2021 Hyderabad Valedictory function of 44TH higher air command course held www thehansindia com AIR COMMODORE SONDHI S NEW APPOINTMENT PDF archive pib gov in 26 May 1958 College of Air Warfare Indian Air Force Government of India indianairforce nic in College of Air Warfare Power Strategies and Combat Power College of Air Warfare indianairforce nic in Retrieved 21 January 2022 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title College of Air Warfare amp oldid 1169834986, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
