Air Marshal Tarun Chaudhry assumes charge as chief of Central Air Command

NEW DELHI: Air Marshal Tarun Chaudhry connected Monday assumed the complaint of Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Central Air Command. He was commissioned into the combatant watercourse of the Indian Air Force successful Dec 1989.During his distinguished career, the Air Marshal has held respective important operational, unit and diplomatic appointments, including defence attache astatine the embassy of India successful Sweden with concurrent accreditation to Norway, Finland and Denmark. He has besides undertaken cardinal unit assignments astatine HQ IDS and Air HQ, specialising successful the domains of Projects, Acquisition and Human Resource Management.The Air Marshal has spearheaded respective transformative projects aimed astatine capableness enhancement and induction of aboriginal technologies successful the IAF.

Prior to taking complaint of Central Air Command, the Air Marshal was holding the assignment of Senior Air Staff Officer, HQ Southern Air Command.Air Marshal Tarun Chaudhry succeeds Air Marshal Balakrishnan Manikantan, who superannuated connected 31 May, aft 40 years of distinguished and devoted work to the nation.Chaudhry is an alumnus of National Defence Academy, Defence Services Staff College, College of Air Warfare and National Defence College.