New Delhi: Air Marshal Manish Khanna, a skilled officer with a flying experience of over 4,000 hours on various fighter and trainer aircraft, took charge of the Southern Air Command on Sunday.
He was commissioned on 6 December 1986 in the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force, in a statement.
“Air Marshal Manish Khanna Ati Vishi Seva Medal (AVSM), Air Force Medal (VM), took command of Southern Air Command (SAC) as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief on 1 June 2025 on 1 June 2025,” said this.
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The air officer is a category ‘a’ qualified flying instructor and an alumnus of National Defense Academy, Defense Services Staff College, College of Air Warfare and National Defense College.
“The air officer has a flight experience over 4,000 hours on various fighters and trainer aircraft,” said this.
In addition to its rich operating experience in air defense, ground attack, strategic reconnaissance and electronic warfare, Air Marshal has a comprehensive experience in training domain, including an international assignment as the main flight instructor with Botswana defense forces.
In his brilliant career in about four decades, he has worked as a commanding officer of fighter squadron, air crew examination, a major flying base, advance headquarters, Western Air Command and Commandant College of Air Warfare (CAW).
The Air Marshal was a senior air staff officer (SASO) at the South Western Command (SWAC) before handling the current appointment.
In another announcement, the Ministry of Defense said on Sunday that Air Marshal Jasvir Singh Mann took over on 1 June as a senior air worker officer of IAF Western Air Command (WAC).
Air Marshal is an alumnus on the National Defense Academy and was commissioned on December 16, 1989 as a fighter pilot in IAF, she said in a statement.
He has flying mainly on various types of fighter aircraft for more than 3,000 hours. The ministry said that he is a pilot attack instructor and in his operating career, he has commanded a fighter squadron, who has been the Chief Operations Officer of a forward base and air officer commanding of a premium fighter base. PTI KND DV
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