Air commodore jasjit singh biography of mahatma

Air CommodoreJasjit Singh, AVSM, VrC, VM (8 July 1934 – 4 August 2013) was an Indian Air Force officer, writer and military strategist. In his military career, he was awarded the Vir Chakra during the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971.

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He last served as the director of operations of the IAF.

He later headed the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses from 1987 to 2001 as its director. In 2001, he founded the think tank Centre for Air Power Studies in New Delhi and served as its director general till his death in 2013.^[1]

Military career

Singh was born on 8 July 1934.

He was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 1 April 1956. Selected into the fighter stream of the IAF, he trained as a fighter pilot.

Air Cmde Jasjit Singh AVSM, VrC, VM (Retd) - CAPS India

In the early years of his career, he served as a Flight Commander in an operational Squadron in the Eastern Sector in 1961-62. He later served as a flying instructor at the Flying Instructors School at Tambaram Air Force Station. He attended RIP: Jasjit Singh (1934-2013) | IPCS GOVYV