Air Marshal Manavendra Singh takes over as Air Officer Commanding-in-chief of Southern Air Command ANI | Updated: Feb 03, 2021 23:05 IST
New Delhi [India], February 3 (ANI): Air Marshal Manavendra Singh has been appointed the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the IAF s Southern Air Command. He takes over from Air Marshal Amit Tiwari who has been posted as chief of the Central Air Command.
According to a press statement issued by the Indian Air Force, Singh is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Kharakvasla, and Army War College.
In a career spanning over 38 years, Air Marshal Singh has held a number of command and staff positions. He has commanded various frontline airbases besides heading the IAF peacekeeping contingent in Bukavu in Congo.
Air Marshal Rajesh Kumar pays tributes at National War Memorial ANI | Updated: Jan 31, 2021 11:58 IST
He will succeed Air Marshal NS Dhillon, who will be superannuating today s event.
Recently, the names of soldiers who lost their lives in the Galwan valley clash on June 15 last year have been engraved on the National War Memorial in New Delhi. 20 soldiers including Colonel Santosh Babu had lost their lives in a clash with Chinese troops in the Eastern Ladakh sector.
Air Marshal Rajesh Kumar, AVSM VM ADC is from Mayo College, Ajmer, and an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla. He was commissioned in the Flying Branch of the Indian Air Force as a Fighter Pilot in June 1982.