CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Air Marshal Pankaj Mohan Sinha succeeds Air Marshal S Prabhakaran who superannuated on 31 December 2022 after putting in more than 39 years of distinguished service in the IAF. Air Marshal Pankaj Mohan Sinha assumed command of the Indian Air Force’s Western Air Command on 01 January 2023.

Detailed explanation-2: -Air Marshal A P Singh is currently serving as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Central Air Command. He will take charge as the Vice Chief on Wednesday, the officials said. He was commissioned into the fighter stream of the IAF on December 21, 1984.

Detailed explanation-3: -Subroto Mukerjee was the first Indian ever to command a flight and a squadron in the Indian Air Force. He later rose in the annals of the Air Force and became the first Indian Chief of the Air Staff of the independent India’s Air Force.

Detailed explanation-4: -Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari PVSM AVSM VM ADC was commissioned into the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force on 29 Dec 1982. He is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Flying Instructors’ School and Defence Services Staff College, Wellington.

Detailed explanation-5: -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.