Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit appointed as new Deputy Chief of Air Staff

Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit appointed as new Deputy Chief of Air Staff

Daily Current Affairs / Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit appointed as new Deputy Chief of Air Staff

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Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: May 06 2023

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Ace fighter pilot Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit has been appointed as the new Deputy Chief of Air Staff.
He will be in charge of improvisation and modernisation of the Indian Air Force (IAF).
He was earlier posted as the Senior Air Staff Officer in the South Western Air Command in Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
Commissioned in the Indian Air Force in 1986, Dixit has been part of the modernization and Aatmanirbhar Bharat drive in Indian Air Force during his earlier stints in the air headquarters.
He was commissioned as a fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force in 1982 and has flown various fighter aircraft, including the MiG-21 and MiG-29.
He has also been awarded the Vayu Sena Medal.
Apart from this, he also conducted research into the functioning of the Mirage Mission Preparation System (MIPSY) which was used successfully during Exercise Golden Eagle in South Africa and the ferry of Mirage-2000 from France.

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