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Tipnis was commissioned as a fighter pilot on 28 May 1960. He spent his initial years as an operational pilot in several front line fighter squadrons.
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Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Inspection) at Air HQ. He later took over as
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Anil
Yashwant Tipnis was born on 15 September 1940. He did his education at
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569:Tipnis then moved to Air HQ and served as the
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1233:Recipients of the Param Vishisht Seva Medal
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535:He attended the Defence Studies Course at
1238:Recipients of the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
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867:"Air Chief Marshal Anil Yeshwant Tipnis"
479:. After the war, Tipnis was deputed to
1243:National Defence College, India alumni
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1253:Defence Services Staff College alumni
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448:. After his schooling, he joined the
903:31 December 1998 – 31 December 2001
849:"A.Y. TIPNIS PVSM,AVSM, VM, ADC CAS"
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483:as a Pilot Attack Instructor (PAI).
767:25th Anniversary Independence Medal
760:50th Anniversary Independence Medal
412:(born 15 September 1940) served as
71:31 December 1998 - 31 December 2001
13:
991:Royal Indian Air Force (1948–1950)
961:Royal Indian Air Force (1947–1948)
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1248:Recipients of the Vayu Sena Medal
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136:1 April 1997 - 31 December 1998
899:Chief of the Air Staff (India)
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495:Defence Services Staff College
278:20 May 1960 – 31 December 2001
228:National Defence Academy, Pune
1:
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1165:Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria
1012:Indian Air Force (1950–1955)
7:
1223:Chiefs of Air Staff (India)
1130:Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy
1008:Chief of the Air Staff and
987:Chief of the Air Staff and
909:Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy
777:20 Years Long Service Medal
772:30 Years Long Service Medal
750:High Altitude Service Medal
571:Vice Chief of the Air Staff
180:Trevor Raymond Joseph Osman
124:Vice Chief of the Air Staff
116:Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy
10:
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782:9 Years Long Service Medal
469:Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
338:Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
334:Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
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1025:Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman
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723:Meritorious Service Medal
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539:in 1989. On promotion to
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528:which was equipped with
450:National Defence Academy
436:Early life and education
16:Indian Air Chief Marshal
1046:Chief of the Air Staff
959:Air Marshal Commanding,
711:Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
505:Tipnis took command of
366:Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
948:Chief of the Air Staff
853:indianairforce.nic.in/
581:Awards and decorations
575:Chief of the Air Staff
551:(AOC) J & K Area.
549:Air Officer Commanding
424:, when the force flew
414:Chief of the Air Staff
1160:Birender Singh Dhanoa
1095:Lakshman Madhav Katre
1080:Hrushikesh Moolgavkar
728:Siachen Glacier Medal
473:The First Supersonics
471:, Tipnis served with
275:Years of service
1135:Shashindra Pal Tyagi
1010:Commander-in-Chief,
989:Commander-in-Chief,
394:Anil Yashwant Tipnis
169:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
145:Shankar Dayal Sharma
92:Atal Bihari Vajpayee
1170:Vivek Ram Chaudhari
1145:Pradeep Vasant Naik
1120:Satish Kumar Sareen
1110:Nirmal Chandra Suri
1019:Sir Thomas Elmhirst
998:Sir Thomas Elmhirst
968:Sir Thomas Elmhirst
804:"Ex-Chiefs Gallery"
564:Western Air Command
560:Eastern Air Command
524:, Tipnis commanded
312:Western Air Command
1185:Seconded from the
1070:Pratap Chandra Lal
871:bharat-rakshak.com
302:No. 7 Squadron IAF
190:Prithvi Singh Brar
165:Inder Kumar Gujral
59:Chief of Air Staff
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1100:Denis La Fontaine
1085:Idris Hasan Latif
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906:Succeeded by
884:Military offices
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755:Videsh Seva Medal
745:Sainya Seva Medal
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490:(TACDE) in 1973.
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430:close air support
391:Air Chief Marshal
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292:Air Chief Marshal
214:15 September 1940
26:Air Chief Marshal
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733:Raksha Medal
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186:Succeeded by
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1208:1940 births
1173:(incumbent)
1125:Anil Tipnis
1065:Arjan Singh
818:21 December
556:Air Marshal
530:Mirage 2000
515:Interkosmos
507:23 Squadron
477:28 Squadron
467:During the
320:23 Squadron
316:AFS Gwalior
176:Preceded by
99:Preceded by
1202:Categories
790:References
499:Wellington
422:Kargil War
330:Kargil War
239:Allegiance
223:Alma mater
210:1940-09-15
30:A Y Tipnis
1155:Arup Raha
141:President
132:In office
76:President
67:In office
452:, (NDA)
308:Commands
950:of the
562:and of
446:Deolali
416:of the
554:As an
520:As an
475:, the
460:Career
344:Awards
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248:
251:India
122:24th
57:18th
820:2011
481:Iraq
454:Pune
428:and
402:AVSM
398:PVSM
298:Unit
283:Rank
204:Born
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