Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh, who has led the MiG-29 upgrade project team in Russia and been involved in flight-testing of Light Combat Aircraft Tejas, has been appointed the next chief of the Indian Air Force, an official statement said on Saturday. Presently serving as Vice Chief of the Air Staff, he will succeed Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari, who demits office on September 30.
Born on October 27, 1964, Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh was commissioned into the fighter pilot stream of the Indian Air Force in December 1984. During his long and distinguished service spanning nearly 40 years, he has served in various command, staff, instructional, and foreign appointments. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, the Defence Services Staff College, and the National Defence College, he is a Qualified Flying Instructor and an Experimental Test Pilot with over 5,000 hours of flying experience on various fixed and rotary-wing aircraft. Air Marshal Singh has commanded an operational fighter squadron and a frontline air base during his career. As a test pilot, he led the MiG-29 Upgrade Project Management Team in Moscow.
He was also the Project Director (Flight Test) at the National Flight Test Centre, where he was tasked with flight testing the Light Combat Aircraft. Among his key staff appointments are serving as the Air Defence Commander at the South Western Air Command and Senior Air Staff Officer at the Eastern Air Command. Before assuming the charge of Vice Chief of the IAF, he was the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Central Air Command.
–IANS
Subscribe to our Telegram, WhatsApp, and Instagram channels and get the best stories of the day delivered to you personally.