Daily Current Affairs / Air Marshal Vivek Ram Choudhary to be the next Chief of Indian Air Force
Category : Appointment/Resignation Published on: October 02 2021
· The government has announced that Air Marshal Vivek Ram Choudhary will be the next Indian Air Force chief.
· He will succeed Air Chief Marshal R.K.S. Bhadauria, who is retiring from service on 30 September.
· Air Marshal Choudhary, who took over as the deputy chief on July 1, has over 3,800 hours of flying experience on a wide variety of fighter and trainer aircraft, including missions flown during Operation Meghdoot and Operation Safed Sagar.
Important facts
About air force chief
v Founder: Air Marshal Subroto Mukherjee (First Indian Air Force Chief)
v Founded: 8 October 1932
v IAF flag adopted: 1951
v Motto: 'Nabha Sparsham Deeptham' (Taken from Bhagavad Gita)
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