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Who is Vivek Ram Chaudhari, the next Chief of Air Staff?

On 1^st July, this year, Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari was named Vice Chief of Air Staff, the Air Force's second-highest position. Prior to this position, he had command, staff, and instructional positions at various levels.

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Previous Work Experience:

He had previously served as the Eastern Air Command's Senior Air Staff Officer and as the Deputy Chief of the Air Staff at Air Headquarters.
Prior to becoming deputy chief in July, Chaudhari was the commander-in-chief of the Western Air Command, the IAF's largest air command, which is responsible for parts of both Pakistan and China's borders.
The Western Air Command is also in charge of safeguarding Ladakh, where India and China have been locked in a 16-month standoff since May 2020.
He was a member of the Contract Negotiating Committee for the Rafale warplanes agreement and later became one of the Indian Air Force's first pilots to fly the Rafale fighters.

He has flown aircraft such as the MiG-21, MiG-23 MF, MiG 29, and Su-30 MKI fighter jets, totalling over 3,800 hours of flight time.
He has also served as the commander of a frontline fighter squadron and a frontline fighter base.

His Graduation:

Vivek Ram Chaudhari, a graduate of the National Defence Academy and the Defence Services Staff College in Wellington, has previously commanded a frontline fighter squadron and a fighter base.
After graduation from the NDA (National Defence Academy), Air Marshal Chaudhari joined the Indian Air Force's fighter stream on 29^th December 1982.
He has also served as the Air Force Academy's Deputy Commandant, the Assistant Chief of Air Staff Operations (of Air Defence), and the Assistant Chief of Air Staff (of Personnel Officers).

What will he do after becoming Air Chief Marshall?

Following his appointment as Chief of Air Staff on September 30, Air Marshal Chaudhari will be in charge of a number of operational concerns in the Indian Air Force, as well as issues relating to India's new catheterization model of armed forces.

List of Air Chief Marshal of India (from 1947 to 2021)

Name	Rank	Tenure
Sir Thomas Elmhirst	Air Marshal	15 August 1947 to 23 February 1950
Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman	Air Chief Marshal	23 February 1950 to 9 December 1951
Gerald Gibbs	Air Marshal	10 December 1951 to 31 March 1954
Subroto Mukerjee	Air Marshal	1 April 1954 to 31 March 1955
Aspy Engineer	Air Marshal	1 December 1960 to 31 July 1964
Arjan Singh	Air Chief Marshal	1 August 1964 to 15 July 1969
Pratap Chandra Lal	Air Chief Marshal	16 July 1969 to 15 January 1973
Om Prakash Mehra	Air Chief Marshal	16 January 1973 to 31 January 1976
Hrushikesh Moolgavkar	Air Chief Marshal	1 February 1976 to 30 August 1978
Idris Hasan Latif	Air Chief Marshal	1 September 1978 to 30 August 1981
Dilbagh Singh	Air Chief Marshal	1 September 1981 to 3 September 1984
Lakshman Madhav Katre	Air Chief Marshal	3 September 1984 to 1 July 1985
Denis La Fontaine	Air Chief Marshal	3 July 1985 to 31 July 1988
Surinder Mehra	Air Chief Marshal	1 August 1988 to 31 July 1991
Nirmal Chandra Suri	Air Chief Marshal	31 July 1991 to 31 July 1993
Swaroop Krishna Kaul	Air Chief Marshal	1 August 1993 to 31 December 1995
Satish Sareen	Air Chief Marshal	31 December 1995 to 31 December 1998
Anil Yashwant Tipnis	Air Chief Marshal	31 December 1998 to 31 December 2001
Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy	Air Chief Marshal	31 December 2001 to 31 December 2004
Shashindra Pal Tyagi	Air Chief Marshal	31 December 2004 to 31 March 2007
Fali Homi Major	Air Chief Marshal	31 March 2007 to 31 May 2009
Pradeep Vasant Naik	Air Chief Marshal	31 May 2009 to 31 July 2011
Norman Anil Kumar Browne	Air Chief Marshal	31 July 2011 to 31 December 2013
Arup Raha	Air Chief Marshal	31 December 2013 to 31 December 2016
Birender Singh Dhanoa	Air Chief Marshal	31 December 2016 to 30 September 2019
Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria	Air Chief Marshal	30 September 2019 to 30 September 2021
Vivek Ram Chaudhari	Air Chief Marshal	30 September 2021 to Incumbent

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FAQs

Who was the first Air Cheif Marshal of India?

Sir Thomas Elmhirst was the first Air Marshal of Indian Air Force.

Who will be the next Air Marshal of Indian Air Force ?

Air Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari will be the next Chief of the Indian Air Force

How many air Chief Marshals are there?

The highest rank in India's IAF is Marshal of the Air Force, which is conferred by the President of India only in exceptional circumstances. There have been 26 Air Chief Marshal in the Indian Air Force to date.