Air Chief Marshal PV Naik takes over as new IAF chief.Byline: ANI New Delhi, May 31 (ANI): Air Chief Marshal air chief marshal Noun a very senior officer in an air force Pradeep Vasant Naik assumed office as the new chief of the Indian Air Force The Indian Air Force (भारतीय वायु सेना : Bharatiya Vayu Sena) is the air-arm of the Armed Forces of India and has the prime responsibility of conducting aerial warfare and securing the (IAF) here on Sunday. He succeeds Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major took over as the Chief of the Air Staff from Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi on April 1, 2007. Born on May 29, 1947, Air Chief Marshal Major was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on December 31, 1967 as a helicopter pilot. . The 'change of guard ceremony' held in Air Headquarter was attended by all the Air Officers Commanding-in-chief of the seven commands of the IAF. The new chief reviewed a ceremonial 'guard of honour' presented to him by a contingent of air warriors at the foyers of the Air Headquarters before assuming charge. Naik, born on July 22, 1949 in Nagpur, is a graduate of Sainik School Satara Sainik School Satara is the first in the chain of 18 Sainik Schools existing in the country, with the aim of providing quality public school education to children, hailing from financially weaker section of the society, for entry into the Officer Cadre of the Indian Armed Forces. , the National Defence Academy, the Defence Services Staff College and the National Defence College. Commissioned on June 21, 1969, he has a long distinguished career in the IAF spanning 40 years wherein he has flown all MiG-21 variants and MiG-23-BNs. He has held many important command and staff appointments. He was commanding a MiG-21 Bis squadron at Pathankot in Punjab. He was the chief operations officer at Air Force Station Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh. He has also commanded Air Force bases in Srinagar and Bidar in Karnataka. Apart from these, he has been a Directing Staff at the TACDE and the Air Combat Development Establishment as well as the Defence Services Staff College, as battalion commander at the National Defence Academy, Air-I of Western Air Command and air defence commander of South Western Air Command. He is also a qualified flying instructor Qualified Flying Instructor (abbr. QFI) is a term mainly used in the UK Military, Army, Navy and Air Force for a person who has passed the appropriate course before being allowed to instruct in an aircraft. In the USA and elsewhere, the equivalent term is "IP" (Instructor Pilot). . He had been functioning as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff
For distinguished service, Air Chief Marshal Naik was awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal Vishisht Seva Medal is a decoration of the Indian Armed forces. External Source | Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM) on January 26, 2003, and also appointed honorary ADC to the President in July 2007. (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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