Amar Preet Singh | |
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47th Vice Chief of the Air Staff | |
Assumed office 1 February 2023 | |
Preceded by | Sandeep Singh |
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C),Central Air Command | |
In office 1 July 2022 –31 January 2023 | |
Preceded by | Richard John Duckworth |
Succeeded by | Ravi Gopal Krishana Kapoor |
Personal details | |
Awards | Param Vishisht Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva Medal |
Military service | |
Allegiance | India |
Branch/service | Indian Air Force |
Years of service | 21 December 1984 - Present [1] |
Rank | Air Marshal |
Unit | No. 22 Squadron |
Commands | Central Air Command |
Service Number | 17695 [1] |
Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh,PVSM,AVSM is an officer of the Indian Air Force. He is serving as the 47th Vice Chief of the Air Staff. He assumed the office on February 1,2023 succeeding Air Marshal Sandeep Singh. [2]
Amar Preet Singh is an alumnus of Defence Services Staff College,National Defence College and National Defence Academy. [3]
Amar Preet Singh was commissioned as a fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force on 21 December 1984. In a distinguished career spanning 38 years,he has flown a variety of fighter and trainer aircraft with more than 4900 hours of operational flying. He is a Qualified Flying Instructor and an experimental test pilot with service flying on a variety of fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft.
With a long career of 38 years,he has commanded an air base. He has commanded the 22 squadron hosting the MiG-27. He served as the Chief Test Pilot at Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment and served as the Project Director at National Flight Test Center,Aeronautical Development Agency. [1]
He spearheaded the MiG-29 upgrade Project Management Team at Moscow,Russia and was instrumental in flight testing of HAL Tejas. [4]
As the Air Vice Marshal,he served as the Air Defence Commander of South Western Air Command and Project Director at National Flight Test Center,Aeronautical Development Agency.
He served as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C),Central Air Command. He assumed the office on 1 July 2022 succeeding Air Marshal Richard John Duckworth. [4] Previously,he served as Senior Air Staff Officer of the Eastern Air Command. [5]
Prior to being promoted to AOC-in-C,he served as the Senior Air Staff Officer,Eastern Air Command. [3]
During his career,Amar Preet Singh was awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in 2019 and Param Vishisht Seva Medal in 2023. [6] [7]
He is married to Mrs Sarita Singh. The couple has a son and a daughter. [8]
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