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Flying Officer Sudhir Tyagi VrC

Fg Offr Sudhir Tyagi hailed from Jhadina village of Ghaziabad district in Uttar Pradesh and was born on February 12 1946. He was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 04 June 1967 at the age of 21 years. He joined the flying stream of

Flt Lt Ram Metharam Advani

Flight Lieutenant Ram Metharam Advani was born on 11 Jan 1942. He was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 28 Oct 1963 at the age of 21 years. He joined the flying stream of the IAF and got trained as a navigator as part

Fg Off KP Muralidharan

Fg Off KP Muralidharan

Flying Officer Kotteiezath Puthiyavettil Muralidharan hailed from Nilambur Kovilakom, a royal family in Malappuram district of Kerala and was born on 06 Oct 1945. Son of Shri Padmanabhan Thirumalpad and Smt Malathy Thirumalpad, Fg Offr Muralidharan did his initial schooling in the Nilambur Town Upper Primary

Sqn Ldr Gopal Krishan Arora SC

Sqn Ldr Gopal Krishan Arora was born on 15 Apr 1934. He was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 16 Apr 1955 at the age of 21 years. He joined the flying stream of the IAF and got trained as a navigator as part

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 was born on 28 July 1945  He was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 16 Oct 1965 at the age of 20 years. He was commissioned in the fighter stream of the IAF and got trained as a fighter pilot as

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

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

Flight Lieutenant Pankaj Ahluwalia

Flight Lieutenant Pankaj Ahluwalia was born on 06 Jan 1967. Right from his younger days Flt Lt Pankaj was fascinated with the Air Force and always aspired to become an Air Force pilot. His resolve to join the Armed Forces grew with the age and