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Air Marshal Ahluwalia
New Western Air Command Chief

New Delhi, Jan 22
Air Marshal Padamjit Singh Ahluwalia will assume office Feb 1 as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the premier Western Air Command of the Indian Air Force (IAF) here, it was announced Monday.

He succeeds Air Marshal A.K. Singh, who retires Jan 31.

Ahluwalia is a graduate of the National Defence Academy, the Defence Services Staff College and the National Defence College. A highly decorated and professionally respected officer, he has some 4,000 hours of flying experience on all types of fighter aircraft.

"He has held a judicious mix of crucial staff and field appointments and has done several tours of professional and diplomatic assignments abroad," an IAF spokesman said.

Ahluwalia has served in the directorates of electronic warfare, air defence, aircraft induction and concept studies at Air Headquarters. He has also served as Air Advisor to the IAF chief.

His other appointments include Defence Advisor in Japan and South Korea, and Director General (Inspection and Flight Safety) before his current appointment as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Air Command.

"Ahluwalia is considered a highly operational commander with exceptional managerial skills," the spokesman said.

The Western Air Command is the oldest, largest and most operationally sensitive IAF command. It is the only Air Force formation in the world that geographically extends from a few hundred feet above mean sea level to the world's highest airfield - 10,682 feet - at Leh in the Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir.  

IANS News of Jan 22, 2007

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