INDIAN AIR FORCE

INDIAN AIRFORCE

The Indian Air force (IAF) is one of the arms of Indian Defence Services

Head Quartre : New Delhi

Motto :”Touch the Sky with Glory”

Stared From: 8^th Oct 1932

Strength : 170000

                1700 Aircraft

Major Operations

4 war 3 with Pakistan 1 with China

·         1947 Pakistan

·         1962 China

·         1971 Pakistan

·         1999 Pakistan

·         Operation Vijay

·         Operation meghdoot

·         Operation Cactus

·         Operation Poomalai

·         Also part of UN peace keeping force

The president of India is the Commander –In –Chief of the IAF

Air Chief Marshal is the commander of the Indian Air force. He is assisted by 6 offices

·         A vice chief of the AS

·         A deputy Chief of AS

·         Air Officer incharge of Administration of the AS

·         Air officer incharge of Personnel

·         Air Officer Incharge of maintenance

·         Inspector General of Flight Safety

 IAF is divided into Five operational Commands and Two Functional Commands

Head of command: Air-marsel

Operational Commands:

·         Central Air Command CAC Allahabad UP

·         Eastern Air Command EAC Shillong Meghalaya

·         Southern Air Command SAC Thiruvannanthpuram Kerla

·         South Western Air Command SWAC Ghandhinagar Gujrat

·         Western  Air Command WAC Subroto Park New Delhi

Functional Command

·         Training Command TC Bengaluru karnataka

·         Maintenance Command MC Nagpur Maharastra

Training Center

Training for Air Force Officer

AF administrative College Coimbatore

AF Training Academy  hakimpet,Hyderabad

AF Technical Training Center Bengaluru,chennai

AF Non – technical Training Center Belgaon

Training for Defence Services

                Indian Military Academy (IMA)  Dehradoon

                Officers Training Academy (OTA) Chennai ,Gaya

                            College of Military Engineering Pune

RANKS In IAF

CO

·         Marshal Of the Air force               ARJAN SINGH

·         Air Chief marshal                              Arup Raha

·         Air marshal

·         Air vice marshal

·         Air commodore

·         Wing Commander

·         Squadron leader

·         Flight Lieutent

·         Flying Officer

·         Pilot Officer

JCO

·         Master Warrant Officer

·         Warrant Officer

·         Junior Warrant Officer

NCO

·         Sergeant

·         Corporal

·         Leading Aircraftman

·         Airman

·         IAF Bases