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for distinguished service of the highest order. Under
Krishnaswamy, in view of the increased operational importance of SWAC, it was decided by Air HQ that the headquarters of SWAC would move from
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as part of the 25th course in 1985. After the course, he took over as the
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1338:. Routledge. p. 172.
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527:. On 30 October 2001, the
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1993:Air Marshal Commanding,
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350:Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21
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1733:Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni
1673:Tapishwar Narain Raina
1638:Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri
1633:Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman
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302:Chief of the Air Staff
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2129:Lakshman Madhav Katre
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695:General Service Medal
508:. He was awarded the
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1718:Arun Shridhar Vaidya
1713:Oscar Stanley Dawson
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2002:Sir Thomas Elmhirst
1833:Pradeep Vasant Naik
1753:Bipin Chandra Joshi
1748:Laxminarayan Ramdas
1688:Om Prakash Malhotra
1590:Sir Thomas Elmhirst
1568:Indian Armed Forces
1498:Central Air Command
1448:Western Air Command
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471:Central Air Command
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175:No. 35 Squadron IAF
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1938:Seconded from the
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1803:Nirmal Chander Vij
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1301:The Times of India
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1177:. 25 January 1982.
1156:. 26 January 1978.
1135:. 30 October 2001.
1103:. Indian Air Force
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