New commandant of Air Force Academy takes charge

New Delhi: Air Marshal VR Chaudhari on Saturday (August 1, 2020) assumed command of the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Indian Air Force's (IAF) Western Air Command.

The Air Marshal took over command from Air Marshal B Suresh.

Air Marshal Chaudhari was commissioned into Fighter Stream of the IAF on December 29, 1982, as a Fighter Pilot.

In a career spanning nearly 38 years, the Air Officer has flown a wide variety of fighter and trainer aircraft in the inventory of IAF.