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{{short description|Indian air force officer}} | {{short description|Indian air force officer}} | ||
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{{Use Indian English|date=July | {{Use Indian English|date=July 2022}} | ||
{{Infobox military person | {{Infobox military person | ||
|honorific_prefix=[[Air marshal (India)|Air Marshal]] | |honorific_prefix=[[Air marshal (India)|Air Marshal]] | ||
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==Service career== | ==Service career== | ||
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 | 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 2022}} | ||
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 | 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 2022}} | ||
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> | 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 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 | 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 2022}} | ||
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 | 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 2022}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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{{s-ttl| title =[[Commandant of the Air Force Academy|Commandant]] – [[Air Force Academy (India)|Air Force Academy]] | years = 2000 - | {{s-ttl| title =[[Commandant of the Air Force Academy|Commandant]] – [[Air Force Academy (India)|Air Force Academy]] | years = 2000 - 2022}} | ||
{{s-aft|after= Vinod Kumar Verma}} | {{s-aft|after= Vinod Kumar Verma}} | ||
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[[Category:Sindhi people]] | [[Category:Sindhi people]] | ||
[[Category:Indian Air Force officers]] | [[Category:Indian Air Force officers]] | ||
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