Who is Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, the new IAF Chief?

Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit has been appointed the new Chief of the Indian Air Force. A fighter pilot and test pilot with nearly four decades of service, Dixit has held several key operational and leadership positions during his distinguished career.

New Delhi: Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit has been appointed as the next Chief of the Indian Air Force (IAF), succeeding Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh. Dixit has nearly four decades of service in the force, will take charge after a long career involving fighter operations, training and key defence assignments.

Dixit was commissioned into the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force on December 6, 1986. An experimental test pilot and qualified flying instructor and has more than 3,500 hours of flying experience on fighter, trainer and transport aircraft.

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