Unit No. 3 Squadron IAF Service/branch Indian Air Force | Allegiance India Rank Air Chief Marshal | |
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Battles/wars Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Kargil War Name Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy Battles and wars Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, Kargil War Commands held Sirsa Air Force Station, Halwara Air Force Station, Western Air Command, Indian Air Force Similar People K R Narayanan, Pervez Musharraf, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Mushaf Ali Mir, Sundararajan Padmanabhan | ||
Years of service August 31, 1965 – 2004 | ||
39.Defence Cluster & Perspective Planing: Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy, Former Chief of Air Staff
Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy PVSM, AVSM, VM and Bar (b. Chennai Jan 1943) was the 19th Chief of Air Staff (India) from 2001 to 2004. He is an expert on Electronic warfare, and was awarded the Agni Award for Self Reliance in August 1999 for promoting indigenous development in the Indian Armed services. He was commanding the Western Air Command during the Kargil War and was primarily the operational commander responsible for all air operations of the war
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