New Delhi: Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh will take over as the new Vice Chief of Air Staff on February 1, 2023. Air Marshal Singh, honoured with the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM) at the 74th Republic Day, is presently heading the Prayagraj-based Central Air Command.

Air Marshal Singh was commissioned into the fighter stream of the IAF on December 21, 1984. Before taking charge of the prestigious Central Air Command (CAC), he was a Senior Air Staff Officer at the Eastern Air Command.

An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Defence Services Staff College, and National Defence College, Singh has been a Flight Commander and Commanding Officer of a MiG 27 squadron and Air Officer Commanding of an air base.

He has also led the MiG 29 Upgrade Project Management Team in Moscow, Russia. He has also served as Light Combat Aircraft Tejas Project Director (Flight Test) at ‘National Flight Test Centre’ and Air Defence Commander at South Western Air Command. /BI/