CHIEFS OF THE AIR STAFF, INDIAN AIR FORCE — 1947 TILL DATE

1. Air Marshal Sir Thomas W. Elmhirst (August 15, 1947 – February 22, 1950)

2. Air Marshal R. Ivelaw –Chapman (February 22, 1950 – December 9, 1951)

3. Air Marshal Sir Gerald Ernest Gibbs (December 10, 1951 – March 31, 1954)

4. Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee (April 1, 1954 – November 8, 1960)

5. Air Chief Marshal A.M. Engineer (December 1, 1960 – July 31, 1964)

6. Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh (August 1, 1964 – July 15, 1969)

7. Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal (July 16, 1969 – January 15, 1973)

8. Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra (January 16, 1973 – January 31, 1976)

9. Air Chief Marshal H. Moolgavkar (February 1, 1976 – August 31, 1978)

10. Air Chief Marshal Idris Hassan Latif (September 1, 1978 – August 31, 1981)

11. Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh (September 1, 1981 – September 3, 1984)

12. Air Chief Marshal L. M. Katre (September 4, 1984 – July 1, 1985)

13. Air Chief Marshal Denis Anthony La Fontaine (July 3, 1985 –July 31, 1988)

14. Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra (August 1, 1988 – July 31, 1991)

15. Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri (July 31, 1991 – July 31, 1993)

16. Air Chief Marshal S. K. Kaul (August 1, 1993 – December 31, 1995)

17. Air Chief Marshal S.K. Sareen (December 31, 1995 – December 31, 1998)

18. Air Chief Marshal Anil Y. Tipnis (December 31, 1998 – December 31, 2001)

19. Air Chief Marshal S. Krishnaswamy (December 31, 2001 – December 31, 2004)

20. Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi (December 31, 2004 – March 31, 2007)

21. Air Chief Marshal F.H. Major (March 31, 2007 – May 31, 2009)

22. Air Chief Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik (May 31, 2009 – July 31, 2011)

23. Air Chief Marshal N.A.K. Browne (August 2, 2011 – December 31, 2013)

24. Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha (January 1, 2014 – December 31, 2016)

25. Air Chief Marshal B.S. Dhanoa (January 1, 2017 – September 30, 2019)

26. Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria (September 30, 2019 –September 30, 2021)

27. Air Chief Marshal V.R. Chaudhari (September 30, 2021 – Present)