Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh Appointed Next IAF Chief, To Assume Charge On 30 September — All You Need To Know About Him

The Central government on Saturday (21 September) appointed Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh as the next Indian Air Force (IAF) chief.

He will take charge from the current Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari on 30 September.

Prior to assuming the charge of Vice Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Singh was the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Central Air Command.

Born on 27 October 1964, Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh was commissioned into the fighter pilot stream of the Indian Air Force in December 1984.

During his long and distinguished service spanning nearly 40 years, he has served in a variety of command, staff, instructional and foreign appointments.

An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Defence Services Staff College and National Defence College, he is a Qualified Flying Instructor and an Experimental Test Pilot with more than 5,000 hours of flying experience on a variety of fixed and rotary wing aircraft.

During his career, the officer has commanded an operational fighter squadron and a frontline air base.

As a test pilot, he led the MiG-29 Upgrade Project Management Team at Moscow, Russia.

He was also the Project Director (Flight Test) at National Flight Test Centre and was tasked with flight testing of the Light Combat Aircraft, Tejas.

He has held important staff appointments of Air Defence Commander at South Western Air Command and Senior Air Staff Officer at Eastern Air Command. 

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