Chiefs of Air Staff In India

Chiefs of Air Staff
No.	Name		Term
1	Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst		15 August 1947-21 February 1950
2	Air Marshal Sir Ronald Lvelaw Chapman		22 February 1950-9 December 1951
3	Air Marshal Sir Gerald Gibbs		10 December 1951-31 March 1954
4	Air Marshal S. Mukherjee		1 April 1954-8 November 1960
5	Air Marshal A.M.Engineer		1 December 1960-31 July 1964
6	Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh		1 August1964-15 July 1969
7	Air Chief Marshal P.C. Lal		16 July 1969-15 January 1973
8	Air Chief Marshal O.P. Mehra		16 January 1973-31 January 1976
9	Air Chief Marshal H. Moolgavkar		1 February 1976-31 August 1978
10	Air Chief Marshal I.H.Latif		1 December 1978-31 August 1981
11	Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh		1 September 1981-3 September 1984
12	Air Chief Marshal L.M. Katre		4 September 1984-1 July 1985
13	Air Chief Marshal D.A. La Fontaine		3 July 1985-31 July 1988
14	Air Chief Marshal S.K. Mehra		1 August 1988-31 July 1991
15	Air Chief Marshal N.C. Suri		1 August 1991-31 July 1993
16	Air Chief Marshal S.K. Kaul		1 August 1993-31 December 1995
17	Air Chief Marshal S.K. Sareen		31 December 1995-31 December 1998
18	Air Chief Marshal A.Y. Tipnis		1 January 1999- 31 December 2001
19	Air Chief Marshal Srinivasapuram Krishna Swamy		31 December 2001 - 1 January 2005
20	Air Chief Marshal SP Tyagi		1 January 2005 - 2007
21	Present Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major		2007 – till date
No.	Name		Term