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{{Infobox military person | {{Infobox military person | ||
|honorific_prefix=[[Air marshal (India)|Air Marshal]] | |||
| name = Subhash Bhojwani | | name = Subhash Bhojwani | ||
|honorific_suffix=[[PVSM]], [[AVSM]], [[Vishisht Seva Medal|VSM]] | |||
| birth_date = | | birth_date = | ||
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| serviceyears = 1965–2006 | | serviceyears = 1965–2006 | ||
| rank = [[Air Marshal]] | | rank = [[Air Marshal]] | ||
| commands = | | commands = [[Training Command, Indian Air Force|Training Command]] <br/>[[Air Force Academy, Dundigul]] <br/> [[No. 28 Squadron IAF]] | ||
| unit = | | unit = | ||
| battles = [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]] <br/> [[Kargil War]] | | battles = [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]] <br/> [[Kargil War]] | ||
| awards = [[Mentioned in Despatches]] <br/> [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]] | | awards = [[Mentioned in Despatches]] <br/> [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal]] | ||
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'''Subhash Bhojwani''' is a | [[Air marshal (India)|Air Marshal]] '''Subhash Bhojwani''' is a former [[air officer]] of the [[Indian Air Force]]. He last served as the [[Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Training Command]] between 2004 and 2006.<ref name=br-bhojwani>{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/9734|title=Air Marshal Subhash Bhojwani|publisher=Bharat Rakshak|accessdate=2012-01-17}}</ref> His prior commands included those as the Commandant of [[Air Force Academy, Dundigul]] and as the Commanding Officer of 28 Squadron. He served as the Director of Air Operations (Offensive) during the 1999 [[Kargil War]]. He earned a [[Awards_and_decorations_of_the_Indian_Armed_Forces#Mention_in_Dispatches|Mention-in-Despatches]] for combat operations during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]. | ||
==Service career== | ==Service career== | ||
Subhash Bhojwani was commissioned into the Indian Air Force (IAF) on 16 October 1965. As a Flight Lieutenant in the 1 Squadron during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971, he earned a [[Mentioned in Despatches]] for combat operations.{{fact|date=July 2020}} | Subhash Bhojwani was commissioned into the Indian Air Force (IAF) on 16 October 1965. As a [[Flight Lieutenant]] in the [[No. 1 Squadron IAF]] during the Indo-Pakistan War of 1971, he earned a [[Mentioned in Despatches]] for combat operations.{{fact|date=July 2020}} | ||
Bhojwani went on to become the Commanding Officer of the 28 Squadron. He has served as a frontline combat pilot on a number of fighter aircraft, including [[Hawker Hunter]], [[MiG-21]], [[Mirage 2000]] and [[SEPECAT Jaguar]].{{fact|date=July 2020}} | Bhojwani went on to become the [[Commanding Officer]] of the [[No. 28 Squadron IAF]]. He has served as a frontline combat pilot on a number of fighter aircraft, including the [[Hawker Hunter]], [[MiG-21]], [[Mirage 2000]] and [[SEPECAT Jaguar]].{{fact|date=July 2020}} | ||
During the | During the [[Kargil War]] in 1999, then [[Air commodore (India)|Air Commodore]] Bhojwani served as the Director of Air Operations (Offensive).<ref name=tripod-bhojwani>{{cite web|url=http://samariaf0.tripod.com/bhojwani.html|title=Air Marshal Subhash Bhojwani|publisher=Indian Air Fore down under|accessdate=2012-01-17}}</ref> | ||
Following the war, he served as the Commandant of | Following the war, he served as the [[Commandant of the Air Force Academy]]. He was appointed the Senior Air Staff Officer (SASO) of the [[Western Air Command]] (WAC) in 2002. Air Marshal Bhojwani was appointed the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C) of the Training Command (TC) in 2004. He retired from the Indian Air Force on 31 January 2006.{{fact|date=July 2020}} | ||
He has a post-graduate degree in Defence & Strategic Studies from the [[University of Madras]]. He was named a Fellow of the Australian College of Defence & Strategic Studies in 1997.{{fact|date=July 2020}} | He has a post-graduate degree in Defence & Strategic Studies from the [[University of Madras]]. He was named a Fellow of the Australian College of Defence & Strategic Studies in 1997.{{fact|date=July 2020}} | ||
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{{s-ttl| title =[[Commandant of the Air Force Academy|Commandant]] – [[Air Force Academy (India)|Air Force Academy]] | years = 2000 - 2002}} | |||
{{s-aft|after= Vinod Kumar Verma}} | |||
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