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 Western Air CommandDate Raised : 1963-06-10 Location : Delhi At the time of independence, the Air Force were organised into two groups. The No 1 Operational Group controlled all the flying Unitss including the flying training Unitss. On 22nd July 1949 the No 1 Operational Group was re- designated as the Operational Command. The Air Officer Commanding the Operational Command was then of the rank of an Air Commodore. This was upgraded to the rank of Air Vice Marshal in 1958 and later to the rank of Air Marshal. The Command assumed its present name of Headquarters Western Air Command on 1th June 1963, primarily as a consequence of formation of other operational commands and demarcation of specific areas of responsibility. Read Detailed History
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Unit previously existed as Operational Command
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| Dates | Rank & Name | Number | Remarks | Location | Photo |
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| 10 Jun 63 to 22 Nov 63 | Air Vice Marshal Erlic Wilmot Pinto | 1593 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 24 Nov 63 to 30 Sep 64 | Air Vice Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal | 1567 GD(O) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 01 Oct 64 to 04 Mar 66 | Air Vice Marshal Ramaswami Rajaram | 1573 GD(O) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 05 Mar 66 to 29 Feb 68 | Air Vice Marshal Shivdev Singh | 1595 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 01 Mar 68 to 31 Jul 69 | Air Marshal Shivdev Singh | 1595 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi | |
| 06 Aug 69 to 31 Mar 73 | Air Marshal Minoo Merwan Engineer | 1614 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 01 Apr 73 to 31 Jan 76 | Air Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar | 1644 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 01 Mar 76 to 03 Sep 78 | Air Marshal Edul Jahangir Dhatigara | 1899 GD(O) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 04 Sep 78 to 31 Dec 80 | Air Marshal Dilbagh Singh | 2998 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 05 Jan 81 to 28 Feb 83 | Air Marshal Lakshman Madhav Katre | 3117 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 01 Mar 83 to 03 Sep 84 | Air Marshal Malcolm Shirley Dundas Wollen | 3641 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 01 Nov 84 to 02 Jul 85 | Air Marshal Denis Anthony Lafontaine | 3844 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 22 Aug 85 to 31 Jul 88 | Air Marshal Man Mohan Singh | 4023 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 01 Aug 88 to 30 Apr 92 | Air Marshal Pirthi Singh | 4480 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 01 May 92 to 30 Jul 93 | Air Marshal Swaroop Krishna Kaul | 4721 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 03 Sep 93 to 05 Jun 94 | Air Marshal Pratap Rao | 5188 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 06 Jun 94 to 31 Jul 95 | Air Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen | 5370 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 01 Aug 95 to 31 Mar 97 | Air Marshal Anil Yeshwant Tipnis | 5859 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 01 Apr 97 to 31 Oct 99 | Air Marshal Vinod Patney | 6125 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 01 Nov 99 to 31 Jul 01 | Air Marshal Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy | 6338 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 01 Aug 01 to 28 Apr 02 | Air Marshal Vinod Kumar Bhatia | 6497 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 29 Apr 02 to 16 Nov 03 | Air Marshal Adi Rustomji Ghandhi | 7722 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 17 Nov 03 to 31 Dec 04 | Air Marshal Shashindra Pal Tyagi | 8130 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jan 05 to 31 Jan 07 | Air Marshal Avdesh Kumar Singh | 11005 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 01 Feb 07 to 31 Dec 07 | Air Marshal Padamjit Singh Ahluwalia | 11631 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jan 08 to 31 May 09 | Air Marshal Pranab Kumar Barbora | 12375 GD(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jun 09 to 31 Dec 10 | Air Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne | 13129 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jan 11 to 31 May 12 | Air Marshal Dinesh Chandra Kumaria | 13366 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jun 12 to 30 Jun 13 | Air Marshal Arup Raha | 13910 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jul 13 to 31 Aug 15 | Air Marshal Suneet Shripad Soman | 14681 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 01 Sep 15 to 31 Dec 16 | Air Marshal Shirish Baban Deo | 15681 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jan 17 to 28 Feb 19 | Air Marshal Chandrashekharan Hari Kumar | 15881 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 01 Mar 19 to 31 Oct 19 | Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar | 16378 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 01 Nov 19 to 31 Jul 20 | Air Marshal Balakrishnan Suresh | 16206 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 01 Aug 20 to 30 Jun 21 | Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari | 16978 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jul 21 to 30 Sep 21 | Air Marshal Balabhadra Radha Krishna | 17326 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 01 Oct 21 to 28 Feb 22 | Air Marshal Amit Dev | 16972 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 01 Mar 22 to 31 Dec 22 | Air Marshal Sreekumar Prabhakaran | 17318 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jan 23 to 31 Dec 24 | Air Marshal Pankaj Mohan Sinha | 17842 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
| 01 Jan 25 to | Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra | 18575 F(P) | AOC-in-C | Delhi |  |
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