SOURCE: UNI
Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh took charge as the new Chief of the Indian Air Force (IAF) succeeding Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, who was superannuated on Monday. Air Chief Marshal Chaudhari handed over the command of the Air Force to Air Chief Marshal Singh at the Air Force Headquarters on completion of his three-year tenure as the Chief of the Air Staff.
Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh was appointed as the new Chief of Air Staff on September 21. Born on October 27, 1964, Air Chief 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 a variety of Command, Staff, instructional and foreign appointments. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Defence Services Staff College and National Defence College, the Air Officer is a qualified flying instructor and an experimental test pilot with more than 5,000 hours of flying experience on a variety of fixed and rotary wing aircraft.
He was also the Project Director (Flight Test) at National Flight Test Centre and was tasked with flight testing of the Light Combat Aircraft,Tejas. Singh has held important staff appointments of Air Defence Commander at South Western Air Command and Senior Air Staff Officer at Eastern Air Command.