Complete List of Air Chief Marshal of India
General Knowledge Questions on Air Chief Marshal of India
The blog provides the the complete list of Chief of the Air Staff (COAS) or Air Chief Marshal (ACM) from 1947 to 2022. The Chief of the Air Staff (COAS) or Air Chief Marshal (ACM) topic is the most commonly asked questions in the General Knowledge section of any competitive exam.
In Indian Air Force, Chief of the Air Staff (COAS) or Air Chief Marshal (ACM) abbreviated as COAS is the professional head and is the commander of the Indian Air Force and is held by a four-star air officer of the rank Air Chief Marshal
The current Air Chief Marshal of India is Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria who was appointed as the head or commander of Indian Air Force on 30 September 2019. The COAS is the considered to be the highest ranking Air Force Officer in the Indian Air Force unless the Chief of Defense is an officer of the aerial branch.
Below given is the complete list of Chief of the Air Staff (COAS) or Air Chief Marshal (ACM) who served the Indian Air Force and are commonly asked in the competitive exams like Bank PO, Bank Clerk, Bank IBPS , UPSC, SSC, Bank IT Exams
List of Air Chief Marshal of India Air Force
| Staff Member Name | Rank | Tenure |
| Sir Thomas Elmhirst | Air Marshal | 15 August 1947 – 23 February 1950 |
| Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman | Air Chief Marshal | 23 February 1950 – 9 December 1951 |
| Gerald Gibbs | Air Marshal | 10 December 1951 – 31 March 1954 |
| Subroto Mukerjee | Air Marshal | 1 April 1954 – 31 March 1955 |
| Aspy Engineer | Air Marshal | 1 December 1960 – 31 July 1964 |
| Arjan Singh | Air Chief Marshal | 1 August 1964 – 15 July 1969 |
| Pratap Chandra Lal | Air Chief Marshal | 16 July 1969 – 15 January 1973 |
| Om Prakash Mehra | Air Chief Marshal | 16 January 1973 – 31 January 1976 |
| Hrushikesh Moolgavkar | Air Chief Marshal | 1 February 1976 – 30 August 1978 |
| Idris Hasan Latif | Air Chief Marshal | 1 September 1978 – 30 August 1981 |
| Dilbagh Singh | Air Chief Marshal | 1 September 1981 – 3 September 1984 |
| Lakshman Madhav Katre | Air Chief Marshal | 3 September 1984 – 1 July 1985 |
| Denis La Fontaine | Air Chief Marshal | 3 July 1985 – 31 July 1988 |
| Surinder Mehra | Air Chief Marshal | 1 August 1988 – 31 July 1991 |
| Nirmal Chandra Suri | Air Chief Marshal | 31 July 1991 – 31 July 1993 |
| Swaroop Krishna Kaul | Air Chief Marshal | 1 August 1993 – 31 December 1995 |
| Satish Sareen | Air Chief Marshal | 31 December 1995 – 31 December 1998 |
| Anil Yashwant Tipnis | Air Chief Marshal | 31 December 1998 – 31 December 2001 |
| Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy | Air Chief Marshal | 31 December 2001 – 31 December 2004 |
| Shashindra Pal Tyagi | Air Chief Marshal | 31 December 2004 – 31 March 2007 |
| Fali Homi Major | Air Chief Marshal | 31 March 2007 – 31 May 2009 |
| Pradeep Vasant Naik | Air Chief Marshal | 31 May 2009 – 31 July 2011 |
| Norman Anil Kumar Browne | Air Chief Marshal | 31 July 2011 – 31 December 2013 |
| Arup Raha | Air Chief Marshal | 31 December 2013 – 31 December 2016 |
| Birender Singh Dhanoa | Air Chief Marshal | 31 December 2016 – 30 September 2019 |
| Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria | Air Chief Marshal | 30 September 2019 – Incumbent |
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