Sinha is an alumnus of National Defence Academy, Pune and Defence Services Staff College, Wellington. He has also taken the Operational Electronic Warfare course in France and the Executive course on Security Studies in United States.[1][3]
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Sinha was commissioned into the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force on 15 June 1980. He has clocked over 3700 hours of flying and has experience on many different types of fighters. He held several key operational and administrative appointments at various stages of his service including the Commanding Officer of a MiG-21 Squadron; Commandant of Electronic Warfare Range; Team Leader of AWACS Project Team in Israel; Air Officer Commanding of a front line Su-30 MKI Base; Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Plans); Principal Director Plans, Principal Director C4ISR; Principal Director Acquisitions; Deputy Director of Operations (Electronic Warfare); Chief Flying Instructor of Basic Flying Training School; Air Force Examiner in Aircrew Examining Board and the Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (30 April 2014 – 31 December 2015). He is a Category A Flying Instructor, Instrument Rating Instructor and Examiner. He was also the Commodore Commandant of No. 7 Squadron.[1][3][4][5][6]
shyam, bihari, prasad, sinha, marshal, pvsm, avsm, retired, officer, indian, force, served, officer, commanding, chief, central, command, from, january, 2016, december, 2018, assumed, office, from, marshal, kulwant, singh, gill, succeeded, marshal, rajesh, kum. Air Marshal Shyam Bihari Prasad Sinha PVSM AVSM VM ADC is a retired officer of Indian Air Force who served as Air Officer Commanding in Chief AOC in C Central Air Command from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 2018 He assumed office from Air Marshal Kulwant Singh Gill and was succeeded by Air Marshal Rajesh Kumar AVSM VM 1 2 Air MarshalShyam Bihari Prasad SinhaPVSM AVSM VM ADCAllegiance IndiaService wbr branch Indian Air ForceYears of service15 June 1980 31 December 2018RankAir MarshalService number16053Commands heldCentral Air CommandDeputy Chief of the Air StaffAwardsParam Vishisht Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Vayu Sena Medal ADCSpouse s Alpana Sinha Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 3 Awards and medals 4 Personal life 5 ReferencesEarly life and education editSinha is an alumnus of National Defence Academy Pune and Defence Services Staff College Wellington He has also taken the Operational Electronic Warfare course in France and the Executive course on Security Studies in United States 1 3 Career editSinha was commissioned into the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force on 15 June 1980 He has clocked over 3700 hours of flying and has experience on many different types of fighters He held several key operational and administrative appointments at various stages of his service including the Commanding Officer of a MiG 21 Squadron Commandant of Electronic Warfare Range Team Leader of AWACS Project Team in Israel Air Officer Commanding of a front line Su 30 MKI Base Assistant Chief of the Air Staff Plans Principal Director Plans Principal Director C4ISR Principal Director Acquisitions Deputy Director of Operations Electronic Warfare Chief Flying Instructor of Basic Flying Training School Air Force Examiner in Aircrew Examining Board and the Deputy Chief of the Air Staff 30 April 2014 31 December 2015 He is a Category A Flying Instructor Instrument Rating Instructor and Examiner He was also the Commodore Commandant of No 7 Squadron 1 3 4 5 6 Awards and medals editDuring 38 years of his career he has been awarded several medals two Presidential medals the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal January 2011 the Vayu Sena Medal 7 3 and the Param Vishisht Seva Medal January 2018 8 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Param Vishisht Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva MedalVayu Sena Medal General Service Medal Naga Hills Service Samanya Seva Medal Special Service MedalOperation Parakram Medal Sainya Seva Medal High Altitude Service Medal Videsh Seva Medal50th Anniversary of Independence Medal 30 Years Long Service Medal 20 Years Long Service Medal 9 Years Long Service MedalPersonal life editHe is married to Alpana Sinha and they have a son His brother B B P Sinha was also an Air Marshal in the Indian Air Force 3 1 9 References edit a b c d Air Marshal Sinha to be CAC chief Times of India The Times of India Retrieved 12 October 2017 Air Marshal Rajesh Kumar is the new Air Officer Commanding in Chief Central Air Command 1 January 2019 Retrieved 22 January 2019 a b c d Press Information Bureau Retrieved 12 October 2017 Press Information Bureau Retrieved 12 October 2017 Press Information Bureau Retrieved 12 October 2017 Air Marshal SBP Sinha www spsmilitaryyearbook com Retrieved 12 October 2017 Press Information Bureau Retrieved 12 October 2017 390 Republic Day Gallantry and Other Defence Decorations Announced Press Information Bureau Retrieved 12 October 2017 Military officesPreceded byKulwant Singh Gill Air Officer Commanding in Chief Central Air Command1 January 2016 31 December 2018 Succeeded byRajesh KumarPreceded bySridharan Panicker Radha Krishnan Nair Deputy Chief of the Air Staff30 April 2014 31 December 2015 Succeeded byRakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shyam Bihari Prasad Sinha amp oldid 1151871545, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
