{"id":127714,"date":"2023-01-02T12:58:28","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T07:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=127714"},"modified":"2023-01-02T12:58:30","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T07:28:30","slug":"air-marshal-pankaj-mohan-sinha-assumes-command-of-the-iaf-western-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/air-marshal-pankaj-mohan-sinha-assumes-command-of-the-iaf-western-command\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Marshal Pankaj Mohan Sinha assumes command of the IAF Western Command&nbsp;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Air Marshal Pankaj Mohan Sinha assumes command of the IAF Western Command\u00a0:<\/strong> On January 1, 2023, Air Marshal Pankaj Mohan Sinha took over as commander of the Indian Air Force&#8217;s Western Air Command.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Air Marshal is a graduate of National Defence Academy, Pune and was commissioned into the IAF as a fighter pilot in June 1985. &nbsp;He graduated from Wellington&#8217;s prestigious Defence Services Staff College.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/category\/daily-quiz\/daily-quiz-january-2023\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">January 2023 Current Affairs Quiz<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Air Marshal Pankaj Mohan Sinha succeeds Air Marshal S Prabhakaran who superannuated on 31 December 2022 after putting in more than 39 years of distinguished service in the IAF.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Indian Air force and its command structure&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It was set up on 8 October 1932. &nbsp;It comes under the Union Defence Ministry.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>President of India is the Supreme Commander of the Air Force.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Every year October 8 is observed as Air Force Day.&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chief of Air Staff: Air Chief Marshal&nbsp;Vivek Ram Chaudhari<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Air Marshal Pankaj Mohan Sinha assumes command of the IAF Western Command\u00a0: On January 1, 2023, Air Marshal Pankaj Mohan Sinha took over as commander of the Indian Air Force&#8217;s Western Air Command. 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