WAir Marshal is a Three Star Air Officer rank in the Indian Air Force. It is the second-highest active rank in the Indian Air Force. 'Air Marshal' ranks above the Two Star rank of Air Vice Marshal and below the Four Star rank of Air Chief Marshal, which is held by the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS).
WAir Marshal Padma Bandopadhyay, PVSM, AVSM, VSM is a former air officer in the Indian Air Force. She was the first woman to be promoted to the rank of Air Marshal in the Indian Air Force. She is the second woman in the Indian Armed Forces to be promoted to a three-star rank, after Lieutenant General Punita Arora.
WAir Marshal Vinod Bhatia, PVSM, AVSM, VrC and Bar is a retired Indian Air Force officer. He is also known as 'Jimmy'.
WAir Marshal Arvindra Singh Butola, VM, VSM was an officer in the Indian Air Force. He was the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Training Command, and assumed office on 14 October 2019 succeeding Air Marshal Surendra Kumar Ghotia. Air Marshal AS Butola superannuated on 30 September 2020.
WAir Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari, AVSM, VM is an officer in the Indian Air Force. He is currently the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Western Air Command. He assumed the office on 1 August 2020 following superannuation of Air Marshal Balakrishnan Suresh.
WAir Marshal Shirish Baban Deo, PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM, ADC was the Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS) of the Indian Air Force. He assumed the office of Vice Chief on 31 December 2016 from Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa and served in the same capacity till his retirement on 30 September 2018.
WAir Marshal Amit Dev, AVSM, VSM is an officer in the Indian Air Force. He is currently the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Eastern Air Command. He assumed the office on 1 October 2020 succeeding Air Marshal Rajiv Dayal Mathur. He served as Air Officer in Charge of Personnel from 1 November 2019 to 30 September 2020.
WAir Marshal Hari Chand Dewan, PVSM was an Indian Air Force officer. He was awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1972 for his services at the head of the Eastern Air Command in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
WAir Marshal Navkaranjit Singh Dhillon, AVSM is the current commander-in-chief of India's Strategic Forces Command. He assumed office on April 1, 2019, following the retirement of Air Marshal Jasbir Walia.
WAir Marshal Ravinder Kumar Dhir PVSM,AVSM, VM,ADC is an advisor to Gujarat state for 'Defence and Aerospace Industries'. He was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), South Western Air Command of the Indian Air Force from 1 June 2015 to 29 September 2018. He took over from Air Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa and was succeeded by Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora.
WAir Marshal Aspy Merwan Engineer DFC was an officer in the Indian Air Force who rose through the ranks to become independent India's second Chief of the Air Staff, succeeding Subroto Mukerjee in 1960 and preceding Arjan Singh.
WAir Marshal Surendra Kumar Ghotia, PVSM, VSM is an officer in the Indian Air Force. He is currently the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), South Western Air Command. He assumed the office on 1 October 2019 following Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora's elevation to Vice Chief of the Air Staff.
WAir Chief Marshal Lakshman Madhav Katre, PVSM, AVSM and Bar was the head of the Indian Air Force from 1984 to 1985, as Chief of the Air Staff —and the second IAF Chief of Staff to die in— harness. He was awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal and Ati Vishisht Seva Medal and Bar. He completed his schooling from The Doon School, Dehradun, India. In his career in the lAF, he has commanded with distinction Operational Squadrons and Squadrons and stations and the Air Force Academy. During 1971 war he successfully conducted uninterrupted operations from one of our most forward airfields and one, which was regularly attacked by the P AF. This was due to his meticulous planning.
WAir Marshal Chandrashekharan Hari Kumar, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, VM, ADC is a retired officer of the Indian Air Force. He served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Western Air Command from 1 January 2017 to 28 February 2019. He assumed the office from Air Marshal Shirish Baban Deo and was succeeded by Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar.
WAir Marshal Rajesh Kumar, AVSM, VM, ADC is an officer in the Indian Air Force. He is currently the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Central Air Command. He assumed office on 1 January 2019 following the retirement of Air Marshal Shyam Bihari Prasad Sinha.
WAir Chief Marshal Denis Anthony La Fontaine was the 13th Chief of Air Staff of the Indian Air Force from 3 July 1985 to 31 July 1988.
WAir Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal, DFC was the Chief of Air Staff (CAS) of the Indian Air Force during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971. He served in the IAF from 1939 until his retirement in 1973. He was the CAS at the time of Operation Chengiz Khan, the preemptive strikes that were carried out by the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) that marked the formal initiation of hostilities of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.
WAir Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif was a former Air Officer in the Indian Air Force. He served as the 10th Chief of Air Staff (CAS) of the Indian Air Force (IAF) from 1978 to 1981.
WAir Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major, PVSM, AVSM, SC, VM, ADC served as the 21st Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force, taking office on 1 April 2007, and becoming the first helicopter pilot in the service to be promoted to the office of Chief. He retired on 31 May 2009, and was succeeded in office by Air Chief Marshal P V Naik.
WAir Marshal Rajiv Dayal Mathur, PVSM, AVSM, VSM,ADC is an officer in the Indian Air Force. He is currently the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Training Command. He assumed the office on 1 October 2020 succeeding Air Marshal Arvindra Singh Butola.He served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Eastern Air Command from 1 March 2019 to 30 September 2020.
WAir Chief Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar, PVSM, MVC was a former Air officer in the Indian Air Force. He served as the 9th Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force from 1 February 1976 till 31 August 1978.
WAir Marshal Subroto Mukerjee, OBE was the first Indian Commander-in-Chief (C-in-C) of the Indian Air Force. His career spanned almost three decades and had been awarded with many honours until his untimely demise in 1960. He has been called the "Father of the Indian Air Force".
WAir Marshal Sreedhara Panicker Radha Krishnan Nair, PVSM, AVSM, VM, Mention in Dispatches was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Training Command of the Indian Air Force from 1 September 2015 to 31 July 2018. He succeeded Air Marshal Ramesh Rai.
WAir Marshal Raghunath Nambiar, PVSM, AVSM, VM & Bar is a retired officer of the Indian Air Force. He served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Western Air Command from 1 March 2019 to 31 October 2019.
WAir Marshal Sunderraman Neelakantan PVSM, YSM, VM, is a retired officer and was Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Southern Air Command of the Indian Air Force from 1 August 2016 to 1 March 2017. He was succeeded by Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria.
WAir Chief Marshal Arup Raha, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC was the 24th Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force and served from 31 December 2013 to 31 December 2016. He was also the Chairman of Chiefs of Staff Committee, a post occupied by India's senior-most military officer, who advises the government and ensures jointsmanship in the armed forces.
WPalamadai Muthuswamy Ramachandran, PVSM, AVSM, SC, VM is a retired Indian Air Force officer.
WAir Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh, PVSM, AVSM, VM was the head of the Indian Air Force from 1981 to 1984, as Chief of the Air Staff. He was the second Sikh to hold that position.
WAir Vice Marshal Harjinder Singh, PVSM, MBE was an Air Officer in the Indian Air Force. He was one of the earliest to join the newly-created Indian Air Force (IAF) in 1933 in the lowest rank of 'Hawai sepoy'. In a career spanning over three decades and two wars, he rose from the lowest enlisted rank to the then second-highest rank in the Indian Air Force. Hailed as technical wizard and innovator, he is considered a legend of the IAF.
WAir Marshal Jagjeet Singh PVSM, VSM, ADC was the former Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Maintenance Command of Indian Air Force headquartered at Nagpur.
WAir 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.
WAir Marshal Balakrishnan Suresh PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC is a retired officer of the Indian Air Force. He served as Air Officer Commanding in Chief (AOC-in-C), Western Air Command from 1 November 2019 following superannuation of Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar, till the day of his retirement on 31 July 2020.
WAir Marshal Amit Tiwari, AVSM, VM is an officer in the Indian Air Force. He is currently the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Southern Air Command. He assumed the office on 1 November 2019 succeeding Air Marshal Balakrishnan Suresh.
WAir Marshal Jasbir Walia PVSM, VM, VSM, ADC was the commander-in-chief of Strategic Forces Command of the Indian Armed Forces from 1 August 2016 to 31 March 2019. Commissioned into the Indian Air Force in 1979, Walia has held several important appointments as a commanding officer, at Air Headquarters, at the headquarters of various commands of the Indian Air Force (IAF), as an attaché, and has also served as an instructor and as a deputy commandant of various training academies.