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Flight Lieutenant Pradeep Vinayak Apte VrC

Flt Lt Pradeep Vinayak Apte hailed from Mumbai in Maharashtra and was born on 27 Aug 1945. Son of Shri VR Apte, he got selected to join the prestigious NDA after his schooling and joined the 27th NDA course. He was commissioned into the Indian

Flt Lt Harvinder Singh

Flt Lt Harvinder Singh hailed form Punjab and was born on 11 Nov 1945. He was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 16 May 1965 at the age of 19 years. He joined the flying stream of the IAF and got trained as a

Flt Lt Jayant Rishi

Flt Lt Jayant Rishi hailed from Hargana village in the Khamanon Tehsil of the Fatehgarh Sahib district in Punjab and was born on 28 July 1945.  He was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 16 October 1965 at the age of 20 years. He was

Wing Commander Amar Jit Singh Sandhu VrC, VSM

Wg Cdr Amar Jit Singh Sandhu hailed from Moriwala village in Sirsa district of Haryana and was born on 23 Jan 1933.  He was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in the IAF on 15 May 1954 at the age of 21 years. He joined the

Wg Cdr Padmanabha Gautam MVC (Bar) VM

Wing Commander Padmanabha Gautam was born on 23 July 1933 in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, into a family deeply rooted in academic excellence. His father, Shri Neelkanta Padmanabha, was a distinguished physicist who not only taught physics but also served as the Principal of Ahalyabai Holkar

Sqn Ldr VVS Sunkar

Sqn Ldr Veera Venkata Satyanarayanamurty Sunkar was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in the IAF on 07 Nov 1963. He joined the technical branch of the IAF and got trained as an Aeronautical Engineer in Mechanical stream as part of the 27 DEO course. Thereafter

Flight Lieutenant Om Prakash Arora

Flight Lieutenant Om Prakash Arora was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in the IAF on 05 Dec 1970. He joined the technical branch of the IAF and got trained as an Aeronautical Engineer in Electronics stream as part of the 47 DEO course. Thereafter he

Wg Cdr Clarence Joseph D’Lima VM

Wing Commander Clarence Joseph D'Lima hailed from Goa and was born on 09 Feb 1938. He got selected for the prestigious NDA after his schooling and joined the 15th NDA Course  He passed out of the NDA on 01 Dec 1958 and thereafter went for

Wg Cdr Joginder Singh VM

Wg Cdr Joginder Singh hailed from Punjab and was born on 01st Feb 1936. He was commissioned as a Pilot Officer in the IAF on 19 Dec 1959 at the age of 22 years. He joined the flying stream of the IAF and got trained

Sqn Ldr Mathew Cyriac

Sqn Ldr Mathew Cyriac hailed from Kottayam district in Kerala and was born on 03 Dec 1942. Son of Shri BG Shriyan an Indian Administrative Cadre officer and Smt Thangamma, he had three brothers and four sisters as his siblings. He did his schooling at

Flt Lt Indrjitsinh Dansinh Gohil

Flt Lt Indrjitsinh Dansinh Gohil hailed from Songadh village of Bhavnagar district in Gujarat and was born on 17 Feb 1956. Son of Shri Danubha Kesarisinh Gohil (who retired as a Dy. Superintendent of Police) and Smt Majirajba, Flt Lt Indrjitsinh had a brother, KS