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	An air vice marshal who is a principal staff officer (PSO) ranks at number 25 in the [[Indian order of precedence]]. Other air vice marshals are at number 26 in the order of precedence.<ref name="rajyasabha">{{cite web \|work=Office of the President of India \|publisher=[[Rajya Sabha]] \|accessdate=2010-08-05 \|date=1979-08-26 \|url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/guidline_govt_mp/chap11.pdf \|title=President's Secretariat}}</ref>		An air vice marshal who is a principal staff officer (PSO) ranks at number 25 in the [[Indian order of precedence]]. Other air vice marshals are at number 26 in the order of precedence.<ref name="rajyasabha">{{cite web \|work=Office of the President of India \|publisher=[[Rajya Sabha]] \|accessdate=2010-08-05 \|date=1979-08-26 \|url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/guidline_govt_mp/chap11.pdf \|title=President's Secretariat}}</ref>

	Air vice marshals are at pay level 14, with a monthly pay between ₹144,200 (US$1,950) and ₹218,200 (US$2,950).<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://7cpc.india.gov.in/pdf/sevencpcreport.pdf \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120092637/http://7cpc.india.gov.in/pdf/sevencpcreport.pdf \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=20 November 2015 \|date=20 November ~~2022~~}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|last1=DelhiJune 29 \|first1=India Today Web Desk New \|last2=June 29 \|first2=India Today Web Desk New \|last3=Ist \|first3=India Today Web Desk New \|title=7th Pay Commission cleared: What is the Pay Commission? How does it affect salaries? \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/7th-pay-commission-cleared-what-is-pay-commission-how-does-it-effect-our-pockets-16980-2016-06-29 \|website=India Today \|language=en}}</ref>		Air vice marshals are at pay level 14, with a monthly pay between ₹144,200 (US$1,950) and ₹218,200 (US$2,950).<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://7cpc.india.gov.in/pdf/sevencpcreport.pdf \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120092637/http://7cpc.india.gov.in/pdf/sevencpcreport.pdf \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=20 November 2015 \|date=20 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|last1=DelhiJune 29 \|first1=India Today Web Desk New \|last2=June 29 \|first2=India Today Web Desk New \|last3=Ist \|first3=India Today Web Desk New \|title=7th Pay Commission cleared: What is the Pay Commission? How does it affect salaries? \|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/7th-pay-commission-cleared-what-is-pay-commission-how-does-it-effect-our-pockets-16980-2016-06-29 \|website=India Today \|language=en}}</ref>

	==Rank insignia and personal flag==		==Rank insignia and personal flag==

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{{Infobox military rank
| name = Air vice marshal
| image = File:Flag of Air Vice marshal (India).png
| image_size = 150px
| caption = Flag of an air vice marshal
| image2 =File: Indian IAF OF-7.svg
| image_size2 = 60px
| caption2 = Shoulder board of an air vice marshal
| image3 =File:India-AirForce-OF-7-collected.svg
| image_size3 =80px
| caption3 =Rank insignia of an air vice marshal
| country = {{flag|India}}
| service branch = {{air force|India}}
| abbreviation = AVM
| rank = [[Two-star rank]]
| NATO rank =
| Non-NATO rank =
| formation =
| abolished =
| higher rank = [[Air Marshal (India)|Air marshal]]
| lower rank = [[Air commodore (India)|Air commodore]]
| equivalents = [[Major General (India)|Major general]] ([[Indian Army]])<br/>[[Rear admiral (India)|Rear admiral]] ([[Indian Navy]])
| history =
}}
'''Air vice marshal''' is a [[Two-star rank|two-star]] [[air officer]] rank in the [[Indian Air Force]]. It is the third-highest active rank in the Indian Air Force. Air vice marshal ranks above the [[one-star rank]] of [[Air commodore (India)|air commodore]] and below the [[three-star rank]] of [[Air Marshal (India)|air marshal]].

The equivalent rank in the [[Indian Army]] is [[Major General (India)|major general]] and in the [[Indian Navy]] is [[Rear admiral (India)|rear admiral]].

[[File:AVM_SC_Chafekar.jpg|thumb|right|Air Vice Marshal [[Suryakant Chintaman Chafekar|S.C. Chafekar]] in an AVM's uniform.]]

==Appointments==
Officers in the rank of air vice marshal hold important appointments like Air Officer Commanding Jammu and Kashmir (AOC J&K), Air Officer Commanding advance HQs of the air commands. At air headquarters, air vice marshals hold the appointments of assistant chief of air staff in different staff branches and those of additional director general.

==Insignia==
The flag of an Air vice marshal is sky blue with the Indian Air Force roundel surmounted by the eagle from the Indian Air Force badge, with two yellow stars in the fly. The badges of rank consist of one sky blue band (on a slightly wider navy blue band) over a sky blue band on a navy blue broad band. An air vice marshal wears gorget patches which are blue patches with two white stars. In addition to this, the blue grey terrywool tunic has two sleeve stripes consisting of a broad band with one narrow band.<ref>{{cite web |title=Uniform {{!}} Indian Air Force {{!}} Government of India |url=https://indianairforce.nic.in/uniform |website=indianairforce.nic.in}}</ref>

==Order of precedence==
An air vice marshal who is a principal staff officer (PSO) ranks at number 25 in the [[Indian order of precedence]]. Other air vice marshals are at number 26 in the order of precedence.<ref name="rajyasabha">{{cite web |work=Office of the President of India |publisher=[[Rajya Sabha]] |accessdate=2010-08-05 |date=1979-08-26 |url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/guidline_govt_mp/chap11.pdf |title=President's Secretariat}}</ref>

Air vice marshals are at pay level 14, with a monthly pay between ₹144,200 (US$1,950) and ₹218,200 (US$2,950).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://7cpc.india.gov.in/pdf/sevencpcreport.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120092637/http://7cpc.india.gov.in/pdf/sevencpcreport.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=20 November 2015 |date=20 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=DelhiJune 29 |first1=India Today Web Desk New |last2=June 29 |first2=India Today Web Desk New |last3=Ist |first3=India Today Web Desk New |title=7th Pay Commission cleared: What is the Pay Commission? How does it affect salaries? |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/fyi/story/7th-pay-commission-cleared-what-is-pay-commission-how-does-it-effect-our-pockets-16980-2016-06-29 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

==Rank insignia and personal flag==
<gallery>
File:British_RAF_OF-7.svg|Indian Air Force air vice marshal sleeve insignia
File:Air Vice Marshal of IAF.png|Indian Air Force air vice marshal shoulder board

</gallery>

==See also==
* [[List of serving air marshals of the Indian Air Force]]
* [[Air Force ranks and insignia of India]]
* [[Air officer commanding]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Military ranks by country}}

[[Category:Military insignia|India Air Force]]
[[Category:Indian Air Force]]
[[Category:Indian Air Force air marshals]]
[[Category:Military ranks of the Indian Air Force]]
[[Category:Two-star officers]]

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