Hi I would like to have the information about who has been appointed as the present i.e. as on 4th February 2017 as the Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (DCAS) of Indian Air Force (IAF)?

Air Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria assumed control as Deputy Chief of the Air Staff today. He is a former student of the National Defense Academy and was dispatched in the IAF in June 1980. Preceding assuming control as DCAS, Air Marshal Bhadauria was Senior Air Staff Officer at Central Air Command of IAF.

He is an Experimental Test Pilot, Cat "A" Qualified Flying Instructor and Pilot Attack Instructor with more than 4200 hours of experience on more than a quarter century of contender and transport air ship. Air Marshal Bhadauria finished his Staff Course and Masters in Defense Studies from Command and Staff College, Bangladesh.

Crossing over 35 years of his profession, Air Marshal Bhadauria has ordered a Jaguar Squadron and a chief Air Force base in the South Western Sector. His imperative assignments incorporate Commanding Officer of Flight Test Squadron at Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment, Chief Test Pilot and Project Director of National Flight Test Center on Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) extend, Air Attache, Moscow and Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Projects). He additionally instructed the prestigious National Defense Academy.

Air Marshal Bhadauria is a beneficiary of Ati Vishisht Seva Medal and Vayu Sena Medal presented in 2013 and 2002 individually.