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| death_place = Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
| death_place = Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India
| nickname =  
| nickname =  
| allegiance = {{flag|British India}} (1945-1947) <br> {{flag|India}} (from 1947)
| allegiance = [[British Raj|British India]] (1945-1947) <br>India (from 1947)
| branch = {{air force|British India}} (1945-1947) <br> {{air force|India}} (1947-1984)
| branch = [[Royal Indian Air Force]] (1945-1947) <br>[[Indian Air Force]] (1947-1984)
| serviceyears = 1945-1984
| serviceyears = 1945-1984
| rank = [[Air Chief Marshal (India)|Air Chief Marshal]]
| rank = [[Air Chief Marshal (India)|Air Chief Marshal]]
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[[Air Chief Marshal (India)|Air Chief Marshal]] '''Dilbagh Singh''', [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]], [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]], [[Vayu Sena Medal|VM]] (10 March 1926 – 9 February 2001) was the head of the [[Indian Air Force]] from 1981 to 1984,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Personnel/Chiefs/261-Dilbagh-Singh.html | title= Dilbagh Singh  | publisher=Bharat Rakshak | access-date=8 April 2018 }}</ref> as [[Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Chief of the Air Staff]]. He was the second [[Sikh]] to hold that position.
[[Air Chief Marshal (India)|Air Chief Marshal]] '''Dilbagh Singh''', [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]], [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]], [[Vayu Sena Medal|VM]] (10 March 1926 – 9 February 2001) was the head of the [[Indian Air Force]] from 1981 to 1984,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Personnel/Chiefs/261-Dilbagh-Singh.html | title= Dilbagh Singh  | publisher=Bharat Rakshak | access-date=8 April 2018 }}</ref> as [[Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Chief of the Air Staff]]. He was the second [[Sikh]] to hold that position.{{cn|date=October 2021}}


Dilbagh Singh was commissioned as a pilot in 1944.<ref>{{Cite web|title=rediff.com: Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh no more|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2001/feb/10air.htm|website=www.rediff.com|access-date=2020-05-28}}</ref> His operational flying career spanned the [[Supermarine Spitfire|Spitfire]] to introducing the [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21|MiG-21]] into service in India. He had earlier made the first official [[Sonic boom|"Supersonic Bang"]] over India in [[New Delhi]] when the [[Dassault Mystère IV|Mystere IV-A]] was showcased in a public demonstration.
Dilbagh Singh was commissioned as a pilot in 1944.<ref>{{Cite web|title=rediff.com: Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh no more|url=https://www.rediff.com/news/2001/feb/10air.htm|website=www.rediff.com|access-date=2020-05-28}}</ref> His operational flying career spanned the [[Supermarine Spitfire|Spitfire]] to introducing the [[Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21|MiG-21]] into service in India. He had earlier made the first official [[Sonic boom|"Supersonic Bang"]] over India in [[New Delhi]] when the [[Dassault Mystère IV|Mystere IV-A]] was showcased in a public demonstration.
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[[Category:Indian Air Force officers]]
[[Category:Indian Air Force officers]]
[[Category:Alumni of the National Defence College, India]]
[[Category:Alumni of the National Defence College, India]]


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