Air Marshal N Tiwari takes charge as Vice Chief of Air Staff
Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari
on Friday took charge as the new Vice Chief of the Air Staff. He succeeds
Air Marshal S P Dharkar
, who superannuated on April 30.
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Before taking charge as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff,
Air Marshal Tiwari
served as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C) of the Gandhinagar-based
South Western Air Command
(SWAC).
The air marshal was given a guard of honour at the Air Headquarters --
Vayu Bhawan
.
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He was commissioned in the fighter stream in June 1986. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, he passed out as the President's Gold Medallist.
Air Marshal Tiwari has flown various types of aircraft, and is a qualified flying instructor as well as an experimental test pilot, the defence ministry had earlier said in a statement.
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The air marshal has rich field experience, which also includes operational testing of various weapons and systems, primarily on the
Mirage-2000
. He was actively involved in operations and also took part in many important missions during the
Kargil conflict
, it had said.
The air marshal earlier had taken over as the AOC-in-C, SWAC in May 2023.
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