Air Marshal VR Chaudhari to be next IAF chief

Air Marshal VR Chaudhari to be next IAF chief

New Delhi: Vice Chief of Air Staff, V R Chaudhari, PVSM, AVSM, VM will be the next Chief of the Air Staff, the Government of India announced on Tuesday.

V R Chaudhari will assume office after the retirement of Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC on 30th September 2021.

Air Marshal V R Chaudhari was commissioned into the Fighter stream of Indian Air Force on 29th December 1982 and has held various Command, Staff and Instructional appointments at various levels, including the present one as Vice Chief of Air Staff.

This Air Officer is decorated with PVSM, AVSM, VM.