Anil Chopra

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Anil Chopra

Allegiance India
Service/branch Indian Air Force
RankAir Marshal of IAF.png Air Marshal
AwardsParam Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg Param Vishisht Seva Medal
Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg Ati Vishisht Seva Medal
Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg Vishisht Seva Medal
Vayusena Medal ribbon.svg Vayu Sena Medal

Air Marshal Anil Chopra, PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM is a retired Indian Air Force officer. Until December 2017, he was an Administrative Member of the Regional Bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal at Lucknow.[1]

He is the father of journalist Shaili Chopra and his son-in-law is Shivnath Thukral.[2]

Early life and career[edit]

Born on 6 December 1952, Air Marshal Chopra is an alumnus of Sainik School, Kapurthala, from the batch of 1968.[3] He passed out from National Defence Academy in 41 course. He was commissioned as a fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force on 2 June 1973. He retired from IAF on 31 December 2012 as Air Officer in charge Personal (AOP) in rank of air marshal.[citation needed]

Air Marshal Chopra safely ejected from a Mirage 2000 in February 2012, when the aircraft suffered an engine failure.[4]

He had joined the Lucknow bench of the Armed Forces Tribunal on 7 October 2013. His term ended on 7 October 2017.[5]

Awards and decorations[edit]

Param Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg Ati Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg Vayusena Medal ribbon.svg
Vishisht Seva Medal ribbon.svg India General Service Medal 1947.svg IND Samanya Seva medal.svg IND Siachen Glacier Medal Ribbon.svg
IND Special Service Medal Ribbon.svg IND Sainya Seva Medal Ribbon.svg IND High Altitude Medal Ribbon.svg IND Videsh Seva Medal Ribbon.svg
IND 50th Anniversary Independence medal.svg IND 30 Years Long Service Ribbon.svg IND 20YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg IND 9YearsServiceMedalRibbon.svg
Param Vishisht Seva Medal Ati Vishisht Seva Medal Vayusena Medal
Vishisht Seva Medal General Service Medal Samanya Seva Medal Siachen Glacier Medal
Special Service Medal Sainya Seva Medal High Altitude Service Medal Videsh Seva Medal
50th Anniversary of Independence Medal 30 Years Long Service Medal 20 Years Long Service Medal 9 Years Long Service Medal

References[edit]

  1. "Lucknow Regional Bench". Armed Forces Tribunal (Principal Bench). Archived from the original on 3 December 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  2. Shaili Chopra Archived 29 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Batch of 1968". Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 29 October 2014.
  4. "'Time to Go, Ram': When an Indian Air Marshal Punched Out of a Mirage 2000". Archived from the original on 6 July 2018. Retrieved 6 July 2018.
  5. Profile at Website of Armed Forces Tribunal, Regional Bench, Lucknow Archived 29 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
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