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

Air Marshal Tarun Chaudhry connected Monday (June 1, 2026) assumed complaint arsenic the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C) of the Indian Air Force’s Central Air Command.

Commissioned into the combatant watercourse of the Indian Air Force successful December 1989, Air Marshal Chaudhry is simply a highly accomplished serviceman with extended acquisition successful operational, staff, and diplomatic assignments. He is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, the Defence Services Staff College, the College of Air Warfare, and the National Defence College.

During his distinguished vocation spanning implicit 3 decades, helium has held respective cardinal appointments, including that of the Defence Attaché astatine the Embassy of India successful Sweden, with concurrent accreditation to Norway, Finland and Denmark.

He has besides served successful important unit roles astatine the Integrated Defence Staff and Air Headquarters, specialising successful projects, acquisitions, and quality assets management.

The Air Marshal has played a important relation successful advancing the Indian Air Force’s modernisation efforts and has led respective transformative initiatives aimed astatine capableness enhancement and the induction of aboriginal technologies.

Prior to taking implicit the Central Air Command, helium was serving arsenic the Senior Air Staff Officer astatine Headquarters Southern Air Command.

Air Marshal Chaudhry succeeds Air Marshal Balakrishnan Manikantan, who retired connected May 31, 2026, aft completing 40 years of distinguished service.