Air Marshal Tejinder Singh, on Sunday, took over as the Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (DCAS) of the Indian Air Force.
After assuming charge, Air Marshal Singh paid homage to the men who laid down their lives for the country by laying wreath at the National War Memorial, New Delhi.
An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, he was commissioned in the fighter stream of the IAF on 13 June 1987. He is also an an alumnus of Defence Service Staff College and National Defence College.
Air Marshal Singh is a Category 'A' qualified flying instructor with over 4,500 hours of flying experience.
He has commanded a Fighter Squadron, a Radar Station, a premier Fighter Base and was Air Officer Commanding, Jammu and Kashmir.
Other appointments of Air Marshal Singh include Operational Staff at a Command HQ, Air Commodore (Personnel Officers-1) at Air HQ, Deputy Assistant Chief of Integrated Defence Staff, Financial (Planning) at HQ IDS, Air Commodore (Aerospace Safety), Assistant Chief of Air Staff Operations (Offensive) and ACAS Ops (Strategy) at Air HQ.
Prior to his appointment as DCAS, he was the Senior Air Staff Officer, HQ Eastern Air Command of IAF at Shillong, Meghalaya.
He is a recipient of the Vayu Sena Medal in 2007 and Ati Vishist Seva Medal in 2022.
