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==Career== | ==Career== | ||
Air Mshl Suresh was commissioned as a fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force on 13 December 1980. He commanded [[No. 2 Squadron IAF|No. 2 Squadron]] 'The Winged Arrows' as a [[Wing commander (rank)|Wing Commander]] and [[Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment]] (TACDE) as a [[group captain|Group Captain]]. Suresh also commanded a strategic fighter base as an [[air commodore|Air Commodore]]. | Air Mshl Suresh was commissioned as a fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force on 13 December 1980. He commanded [[No. 2 Squadron IAF|No. 2 Squadron]] 'The Winged Arrows' as a [[Wing commander (rank)|Wing Commander]] and [[Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment]] (TACDE) as a [[group captain|Group Captain]]. Suresh also commanded a strategic fighter base as an [[air commodore|Air Commodore]].<ref name="iaf-aocinc">{{cite web|url=http://indianairforce.nic.in/content/aoc-c-3|title=AIR MARSHAL B SURESH AVSM VM, AOC-IN-C, SOUTHERN AIR COMMAND IAF|accessdate=3 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="pib-aop"/> | ||
Air Mshl Suresh has held other positions including joint director and director for air staff inspection, Director Operations (Joint Planning), directing staff and commandant of TACDE, air assistant to the [[Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Chief of the Air Staff]], Assistant Chief of the Air Staff Operations (Air Defence), senior air staff officer at the [[Western Air Command (India)|Western Air Command]] and Air Officer-in-Chief Personnel at Air Headquarters.<ref name="pib- | Air Mshl Suresh has held other positions including joint director and director for air staff inspection, Director Operations (Joint Planning), directing staff and commandant of TACDE, air assistant to the [[Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Chief of the Air Staff]], Assistant Chief of the Air Staff Operations (Air Defence), senior air staff officer at the [[Western Air Command (India)|Western Air Command]] and Air Officer-in-Chief Personnel at Air Headquarters.<ref name="iaf-aocinc"/><ref name="pib-aop">{{cite web|title=Air Marshal B Suresh Assumes Appointment of AOP|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=148067|date=31 July 2016|website=PIB|publisher=GOI|accessdate=12 October 2017}}</ref><ref name="pib-saso-wac">{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=111020|title=Air Marshal B Suresh Takes Over as Senior Air Staff Officer Western Air Command, IAF|date=1 November 2014|accessdate=3 October 2017}}</ref> | ||
He served as Air Officer Commanding in Chief, [[Southern Air Command (India)|Southern Air Command]] from 1 August 2018 taking over from [[Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria]], till 30 October 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/commanding-in-chief-of-sac-takes-charge/article24577575.ece|title=New Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief for SAC|date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref name="sac-relinquish-tweet">{{cite tweet|user=DefencePROTvm|number=1189490849387700224|title=Air Mshl B Suresh AOC-in-C SAC will be assuming the charge of AOC-in-C Western Air Command on 01 Nov 19. He handed over the Command of SAC in Thiruvananthapuram & was presented with an impressive guard of honour and a formal send off was organised by all the personnel of SAC.|date=2019-10-30}}</ref> | He served as Air Officer Commanding in Chief, [[Southern Air Command (India)|Southern Air Command]] from 1 August 2018 taking over from [[Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria]], till 30 October 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-kerala/commanding-in-chief-of-sac-takes-charge/article24577575.ece|title=New Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief for SAC|date=2 August 2018}}</ref><ref name="sac-relinquish-tweet">{{cite tweet|user=DefencePROTvm|number=1189490849387700224|title=Air Mshl B Suresh AOC-in-C SAC will be assuming the charge of AOC-in-C Western Air Command on 01 Nov 19. He handed over the Command of SAC in Thiruvananthapuram & was presented with an impressive guard of honour and a formal send off was organised by all the personnel of SAC.|date=2019-10-30}}</ref> | ||