Anil Khosla

Air Marshal Anil Khosla, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC is a retired Indian air force officer who served as 42nd Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS) of the Indian Air Force. He assumed the office on 1 October 2018 and handed over on 30 April 2019.[1][2][3][4]

Air Marshal

Anil Khosla

PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC
Born (1959-04-09) 9 April 1959
Allegiance India
Service/branch Indian Air Force
Years of service1979 - 2019
Rank Air Marshal
Commands heldVice Chief of the Air Staff
Eastern Air Command
Director General Air Operations
Director General of Inspection and Safety
Awards Param Vishisht Seva Medal
Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Vayu Sena Medal
Spouse(s)Deepshikha

Early life and education

Khosla is an alumnus of National Defence Academy, Pune and National Defence College, New Delhi. He is a post-graduate from Defense Service Staff College, Wellington and has two MPhil degrees in defence studies. He also attended a higher command course at the Army War College, Mhow and was awarded the Commandants medal. In addition, he attended a senior defence management course at College of Defence Management, Secunderabad.[5]

Career

Khosla was commissioned into the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force in December 1979. He has clocked over 4000 hours of flying on different aircraft like SEPECAT Jaguar, MiG-21 and HAL Kiran. He has experience in both ground attack and air defence roles and specializes in maritime role. He is also an A2 category flying instructor and a fighter strike leader.[5]

He has commanded a SEPECAT Jaguar squadron assigned to a maritime role and two IAF frontline bases, Jaisalmer AFS and Ambala AFS. He has held other key posts as well including, Principal Director at Directorate of Information and Electronic Warfare; Director in Personnel branch; Joint Director at Directorate of Concept Studies; Air Officer Commanding HQ Maritime Air Operations; Air Officer Commanding J&K Area; Senior Air Staff Officer (SASO), Central Air Command; Director General Air (Operations), Air HQ and Director General (Inspection & Safety), Air HQ and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Eastern Air Command (1 January 2017 - 30 September 2018).[5][6][7][8][9]

Awards and medals

Khosla has been awarded several medals. He stood first in the order of merit of all the attended courses namely: Flying Instructors course, Fighter Strike leaders course, Junior command course and Staff course. He was also awarded Commandants medal for higher command course at Army war college. He is recipient of AOC-in-C commendation (as flying cadet for force landing HT -2 ac during solo) and CAS commendation. Presidential awards include the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, the Vayu Sena Medal[5] and the Param Vishisht Seva Medal (2018).[10]

Military Awards
Param Vishisht Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Vayusena Medal General Service Medal - Naga Hills Service Operation Parakram Medal Sainya Seva Medal
50th Anniversary of Independence Medal 30 Years Long Service Medal 20 Years Long Service Medal 9 Years Long Service Medal

Personal life

Khosla is married to Mrs Deepshikha Khosla and has two sons. He is a keen golfer and billiards/Snooker player. He is a national level puzzle solver and has participated in Sudoku nationals for the last nine years.[5]

References
  1. "Air Marshal Anil Khosla to take charge as Vice Chief of Air Force on Monday". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 28 September 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  2. "Air Marshal Anil Khosla PVSM AVSM VM took over as Vice Chief of Air Staff". pib.nic.in. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  3. "Vice chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Anil Khosla PVSM AVSM VM ADC retires". pib.nic.in. 30 April 2019.
  4. "Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria to take over as IAF Vice Chief". Business Standard. 29 April 2019.
  5. "Air Marshal Anil khosla AVSM VM takes over as AOC-in-C Eastern Air command, IAF". pib.nic.in. Archived from the original on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  6. "Air Marshal Anil Khosla takes over as Director General Air Operations | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". dna. 13 January 2015. Archived from the original on 8 October 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  7. "Air Marshal Anil Khosla takes over as senior air staff officer of Central Air command - Times of India". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 17 August 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  8. "EASTERN AIR COMMAND". indianairforce.nic.in. Archived from the original on 29 March 2017. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  9. Delhi (1 January 2017). "Air Marshal Anil khosla AVSM VM takes over as AOC-in-C Eastern Air command, IAF". Business Standard India. Archived from the original on 1 January 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2017.
  10. "390 Republic Day Gallantry and Other Defence Decorations Announced".
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