KYC of newly appointed 28th Chief of the Air Staff Amar Preet Singh
Kanwar Inder Singh/ royalpatiala.in News/ September 21,2024
The Government has appointed Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh, PVSM, AVSM, presently serving as Vice Chief of the Air Staff, as the 28th Chief of the Air Staff, in the rank of Air Chief Marshal, with effect from the afternoon of September 30, 2024. The present Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC demits office on September 30, 2024.
KYC of newly appointed 28th Chief of the Air Staff Amar Preet Singh. Born on October 27, 1964, Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh was commissioned into the fighter pilot stream of the Indian Air Force in December 1984.
He is a pass out of 134th course.
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, the Air Officer 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.
He is promoted as Sqn Ldr on 21 Dec 1995, Wing Commander on 14 May 2001, Group Captain on 05 Nov 2007, Acting Air Cmde on 01 Apr 2011, Air Cmde on 30 Dec 2010, Air Vice Mashal (AVM) on 01 Aug 2016, Air Marshal on 01 Feb 2021, C-in-C on 01 Jul 2022.
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.
Prior to assuming the charge of Vice Chief of the Air Staff, he was the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Central Air Command.
Before becoming in charge of the prestigious Central Air Command (CAC), he was the Senior Air Staff Officer of the Eastern Air Command.
The Air Marshal has received both the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) and the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM).
He is married to Sarita Singh. The couple is blessed with a son and a daughter.
Air Marshal Singh is a keen squash player.
