Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh takes over as new Indian Air Force Chief

Source : Press Trust of India (PTI)

Retired Air Chief Marshal V. R. Chaudhari hands over the command of the Indian Air Force to Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh. (Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT)

Air Chief Marshal (ACM) Amar Preet Singh took over as the Chief of Air Staff on Monday as the incumbent Air Chief Marshal V. R. Chaudhari retired from service after a three-year stint in the top post.

An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Defence Services Staff College and National Defence College, ACM Singh was commissioned into the Fighter Stream of the IAF on December 21, 1984. He is a qualified flying instructor and an experimental test pilot with more than 5,000 hours of flying experience on a variety of fixed and rotary wing aircraft.

He has commanded an operational fighter squadron and a frontline air base. As a test pilot, he led the MiG-29 Upgrade Project Management Team in Moscow, Russia. He was also the Project Director (Flight Test) at the National Flight Test Centre looking after the flight testing of the Light Combat Aircraft (Tejas). He served as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief at Central Air Command before taking over as the Vice Chief on February 01, 2023.

The ACM is a recipient of the Param Vishisht Seva Medal and Ati Vishisht Seva Medal.