Chief of Air Staff of India

Name Tenure
Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst 1947 – 1950
Air Marshal Sir Ronald Lvelaw Chapnam 1950 – 1951
Air Marshal S. Mukherjee 1954 – 1960
Air Marshal A.M. Engineer 1960 – 1964
Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh 1964 – 1969
Air Chief Marshal P.C. Lal 1969 – 1973
Air Chief Marshal O.P. Mehra 1973 - 1976
Air Chief Marshal H. Moolgavkar 1976 - 1978
Air Chief Marshal I.H. Latif 1978 – 1981
Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh 1981 - 1984
Air Chief Marshal L.M. Katre 1984 - 1985
Air Chief Marshal D A La Fontaine 1985 - 1988
Air Chief Marshal S.K. Mehra 1988 - 1991
Air Chief Marshal N.C. Suri 1991 - 1991
Air Chief Marshal S.K. Kaul 1993 - 1995
Air Chief Marshal S.K. Sareen 1995 - 1998
Air Chief Marshal A.Y. Tipnis 1999- 2001
Air Chief Marshal N. Krishna Swami 2001 - 2004
Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi 2004 - 2007
Air Chief Marshal Fali H. Major 2007 - 2009
Air Chief Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik 2009 – 2011
Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne 2011 – 2013
Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha 2013 – Incumbent