Indian Air Force The Indian Air Force was officially established on 8 October 1932. Brief History India Air Force Logo The past 75 years have been eventful for Indian Air Force (IAF) from a flight of Wapitis in 1932, to the fourth largest, professionally acclaimed, strategic Air Force responsible for guarding Nations vital interests. From 1948 to Kargil, the IAF has always fielded wining capabilities. IAFs professional and prompt operations in peace time, at home and abroad and in peacekeeping, have earned many accolades. The first five pilots commissioned into the Indian Air Force were H C Sircar, Subroto Mukerjee, Bhupendra Singh, A B Awan and Amarjeet Singh. A sixth officer, S N Tandon had to revert to Ground duties as he was too short. All of them were commissioned as Pilot Officers in 1933. Subroto Mukerjee later went on to become the IAFs first Indian Chief of Air Staff. Subsequent batches inducted before World_War_2 included Aspy Engineer, K K Majumdar, Narendra, R H D Singh, S N Goyal, Baba Mehar Singh, Prithpal Singh and Arjan Singh. The Indian Air Force is headed by Chief of Air Staff with its headquarters at New Delhi. He is assisted by six Principal Staff Officers, Vice Chief of Air Staff, Deputy Chief of Air Staff, Air Officer Incharge Administration, Air Officer Incharge Maintenance, Air Officer Incharge Personnel and Training and Inspector General Flight Safety and Inspection. S.No. Command Headquarter 1 Western command New Delhi 2 Central command Allahabad 3 Eastern command Shillong 4 South western command Jodhpur 5 Training command Bangaluru 6 Maintenance command Nagpur 7 Southern command Thiruvananthapuram The Air force combat fleet is made up of 45 squadrons consists a variety of fighters, fighter-bombers, fighter interceptors, bombers and transport and logistics support aircraft. Air chief Marshal Air Marshal Air Vice Marshal Air Commodore Group Captain Wing Commander Squardron Leader Flt. Lieutenant Flying officers
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