Chief of the Air Staff (1947-present)

The head of Indian Air Force is recognized as the Chief of the Air Staff. Let us have a look at Chief of Air Staff since 1947.

No.	Name	Rank	Appointment Date	Left Office
1	Sir Thomas Walker Elmhirst	Air Marshal	15 Aug 1947	22 Feb 1950
2	Ronald Ivelaw Chapman	Air Marshal	22 Feb 1950	09 Dec 1951
3	Sir Gerald Ernest Gibbs	Air Marshal	10 Dec 1951	31 Mar 1954
4	Subroto Mukerjee	Air Marshal	Apr 1, 1954	Nov 8, 1960
5	Aspy Engineer	Air Marshal	Dec 1, 1960	July 31, 1964
6	Arjan Singh	The first Air Chief Marshal	Aug 1, 1964	July 15, 1969
7	Pratap Chandra Lal	Air Chief Marshal	July 16, 1969	Jan 15, 1973
8	Om Prakash Mehra	Air Chief Marshal	Jan 16, 1973	Jan 31, 1976
9	Hrushikesh Moolgavkar	Air Chief Marshal	Feb 1, 1976	Aug 31, 1978
10	Idris Latif	Air Chief Marshal	Sep 1, 1978	Aug 31, 1981
11	Dilbagh Singh	Air Chief Marshal	Sep 1, 1981	Sep 4, 1984
12	Lakshman Madhav Katre	Air Chief Marshal	Sep 4, 1984	July 1, 1985
13	Denis La Fontaine	Air Chief Marshal	July 3, 1985	July 31, 1988
14	Surinder Mehra	Air Chief Marshal	Aug 1, 1988	July 31, 1991
15	Nirmal Chandra Suri	Air Chief Marshal	July 31, 1991	July 31, 1993
16	Swaroop Kaul	Air Chief Marshal	Aug 1, 1993	Dec 31, 1995
17	Satish Sareen	Air Chief Marshal	Dec 31, 1995	Dec 31, 1998
18	Anil Tipnis	Air Chief Marshal	Dec 31, 1998	Dec 31, 2001
19	Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy	Air Chief Marshal	Dec 31, 2001	Dec 31, 2004
20	Shashindra Pal Tyagi	Air Chief Marshal	Dec 31, 2004	Mar 31, 2007
21	Fali Homi Major	Air Chief Marshal	Mar 31, 2007	Mar 31, 2009
22	Pradeep Vasant Naik	Air Chief Marshal	Mar 31, 2009	July 31, 2011
23	Norman Anil Kumar Browne	Air Chief Marshal	Aug 1, 2011	Dec 31, 2013
24	Arup Raha	Air Chief Marshal	Dec 31, 2013	Present