Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari Will Be Next IAF Chief

Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari will take over the charge as new Indian Air Force Chief from 1st October 2021. He will succeed Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria. Earlier on 1st June 2021, he succeeded Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora to become the new Vice Chief of Indian Air Force. Currently he is serving as the Vice Chief of IAF.

Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria will retire on 30th September and handover the charge of new assignment to Air Marshal VR Chaudhari. The new Air Chief Marshal Chaudhari is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, who was commissioned into the fighter stream of the IAF on December 29, 1982.

Here are some interesting & motivational facts about the new IAF Chief VR Chaudhari.

Interesting Facts About Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari

  • Air Marshal Chaudhari has a distinguished career of nearly 38 years.
  • During his career, he has flown a wide variety of fighter and trainer aircraft in the inventory of IAF.
  • He has a flying experience of more than 3,800 hours, including operational flying on MiG-21, MiG-23 MF, MiG 29 and Su-30 MKI fighter jets.
  • After taking charge as the Vice Chief of Air Staff, he become the 45th Air Chief Marshal of the Indian Air Force.
  • Air Marshal Chaudhari was commissioned in the Indian Air Force as a fighter pilot on 29 December 1982.
  • He joined the 130th Course of National Defence Academy.
  • He was the commanding officer of a frontline fighter squadron and has also commanded a frontline fighter base.

Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari Service Record

  • Squadron Leader: 29 Dec 1993
  • Wing Commander: 17 May 1999
  • Group Captain: 01 Mar 2006
  • Air Commodore: 01 Sep 2009
  • Air Vice Marshal: 01 Apr 2013
  • Air Marshal : 01 Oct 2018
  • C-in-C : 01 Aug 2020
  • Vice Chief Marshal: 1 July 2021
  • Air Chief Marshal: 1 October 2021

As an Air Vice Marshal, he has served as Deputy Commandant at the Air Force Academy, Assistant Chief of Air Staff Operations (Air Defence) and Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Personnel Officers).

He has also held the coveted appointments of Deputy Chief of the Air Staff at Air Headquarters and Senior Air Staff Officer at Eastern Air Command. Prior to assuming the present appointment, he was the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Western Air Command.

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