Chief of Air Staff: Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC
The present Chief of Air Staff of the Indian Air force is AIR CHIEF MARSHAL Pradeep Vasant Naik. He took over as the new 'Chief of the Air Staff' (CAS) from Air Chief Marshal FH Major, who demitted office on May 31,2009. Before him, the chief of the air staff was Air marshal Mr Merchant. ACM Naik was born on July 22, 1949, at Nagpur and was commissioned into the IAF on June 21, 1969, as a fighter pilot. He is an alumnus of Sainik School, Satara and National Defence Academy, Khadakvasla in Maharashtra. During his long distinguished service, spanning nearly 40 years, he has served in a variety of 'Command Staff' and 'Instructional' appointments. He has over 3000 hrs of flying to his credit. The Air Chief also took part in 1971 war. Before taking over as CAS, he was the IAF vice-chief. He has also served as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Allahabad-based, Central Air Command. He is married to Madhubaala and they have two sons. The elder son is a pilot in the IAF and the younger is a Chief Officer in the Merchant Navy. The Air Chief Marshal is fond of Cricket, Golf, Volleyball and Indian Classical music.
I have retired from Indian Air Force on 31.05.2002 and my Basic Pension was 3141. What will be my New Basic Pension as on 01.01.2006.
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