INDIAN AIR FORCE
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NO. IN THE WORLD - 4th
DATE OF FOUNDATION - 8 October 1932 SIZE - 127,000 personnels and 1499 Aircraft COLOUR - Navy Blue, Sky Blue, White MOTTO - Touch the Sky with Glory HEAD QUARTER - New Delhi, India UNDER - Ministry of Defence Indian Armed Forces HEAD OF AIR FORCE - The President CHIEF OF AIR STAFF - Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha VICE CHIEF OF AIR STAFF - Air Marshal SBP Sinha FUNCTIONING : The Indian Air Force is organised into five Commands and an independent Operational group. These are : Western Air Command, Central Air Command, Eastern Air Command, Training Command, Maintenance Command and No. 1 (Opl.) Group. At the Air Headquarters in New Delhi, the Chief of the Air Staff is assisted by four Principal Air Staff Officer, namely, Vice Chief of Air Staff, Officer-in-Charge, Maintenance. Each of them controls a group of Directorate. |