Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit on Sunday took cost as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Central Air Command. Dixit was commissioned into the fighter stream of Indian Air Power (IAF) on December 6, 1986. The Air Officer is an Experimental Take a look at Pilot and a Certified Flying Teacher with greater than 3300 hours of flying expertise on quite a lot of plane within the IAF stock.
An alumnus of the distinguished Nationwide Defence Academy, Defence Providers Workers School (Bangladesh), and Nationwide Defence School, Dixit has actively participated in quite a few operations and workouts comparable to Op-Safed Sagar and Op-Rakshak. Throughout his illustrious profession spanning greater than 37 years, the Air Officer has held a number of vital area and employees appointments.
As a Commanding Officer, he re-equipped one of many Squadrons of lAF with the state-of-the-art Mirage plane and later commanded a front-line fighter air base within the Western Sector and a premiere fighter coaching base within the Southern Sector. He has served as a Directing Workers on the Air Power Take a look at Pilots Faculty and held the employees appointment of Principal Director Air Workers Requirement at Air Headquarters.
The Air Officer held the appointment of Air Defence Commander of Southern Air Command and in addition tenanted the appointments of Assistant Chief of the Air Workers (Initiatives) & Assistant Chief of the Air Workers (Plans) at Air Headquarters.
Earlier than taking up because the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Central Air Command, he was tenanting the appointment of Deputy Chief of the Air Workers.
The Air Officer headed many path-breaking initiatives throughout his earlier tenure with the adoption of future applied sciences and ensured that the IAF achieved modernisation whereas sustaining a gentle deal with ‘Atmanirbharta-Self Reliance’.
Operational readiness of Central Air Command in all eventualities shall be the highest most agenda of the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief to make sure IAF achieves its objective efficiently.
In recognition of his meritorious companies, he has been awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, Vayu Sena Medal, and Vishisht Seva Medal, by the President of India.
