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| honorific_prefix  = [[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]]
| honorific_prefix  = [[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]]
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| allegiance    = {{flag|India}}
| allegiance    = {{flag|India}}
| branch        = {{air force|India}}  
| branch        = {{air force|India}}  
| serviceyears  = Dec 1977 to 31 December 2015 <ref name="AM KS Gill Retires Tribune India">{{cite web|title=After achieving feats, Air Marshal KS Gill now settles in hometown|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/community/after-achieving-feats-air-marshal-ks-gill-now-settles-in-hometown/178736.html|website=Tribune India|accessdate=25 May 2016}}</ref>
| serviceyears  = Dec 1977 to 31 December 2015 <ref name="AM KS Gill Retires Tribune India">{{cite web|title=After achieving feats, Air Marshal KS Gill now settles in hometown|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/chandigarh/community/after-achieving-feats-air-marshal-ks-gill-now-settles-in-hometown/178736.html|website=Tribune India|accessdate=25 May 2022}}</ref>
| rank          = [[File:Air Marshal of IAF.png|20px]] [[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]]
| rank          = [[File:Air Marshal of IAF.png|20px]] [[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]]
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[[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]] '''Kulwant Singh Gill''', [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]], [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]], [[Yudh Seva Medal|YSM]], [[Vayu Sena Medal|VM(G)]] was former [[Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief]] (AOC-in-C) of Central Air Command of Indian Air Force.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Air-Marshal-KS-Gill-takes-over-as-AOC-in-C-CAC/articleshow/39466919.cms|title=Air Marshal KS Gill takes over as AOC-in-C, CAC|date=2 August 2014|work=The Times of India|accessdate=20 September 2015}}</ref> Commissioned into the Flying Branch of the [[Indian Air Force]] in Dec 1977. In a career spanning three decades and six years, he has held instructional, directional and command appointments, including Commandant of the [[National Defence Academy]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Air Marshal Gill takes over as new NDA Commandant|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/air-marshal-gill-takes-over-as-new-nda-commandant/1053190/|website=Indian Express|accessdate=21 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-iaf-chief-reviews-nda-passing-out-parade-at-pune-1992628|title=IAF chief reviews NDA Passing out Parade at Pune|date=31 May 2014|publisher=dnaindia.com|accessdate=20 September 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/unstructured-training-a-thing-of-the-past-in-nda-commandant/|title=Unstructured training a thing of the past in NDA: Commandant|date=23 May 2013|publisher=The Indian Express|accessdate=20 September 2015}}</ref>
[[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]] '''Kulwant Singh Gill''', [[Param Vishisht Seva Medal|PVSM]], [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]], [[Yudh Seva Medal|YSM]], [[Vayu Sena Medal|VM(G)]] was former [[Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief]] (AOC-in-C) of Central Air Command of Indian Air Force.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Air-Marshal-KS-Gill-takes-over-as-AOC-in-C-CAC/articleshow/39466919.cms|title=Air Marshal KS Gill takes over as AOC-in-C, CAC|date=2 August 2014|work=The Times of India|accessdate=20 September 2022}}</ref> Commissioned into the Flying Branch of the [[Indian Air Force]] in Dec 1977. In a career spanning three decades and six years, he has held instructional, directional and command appointments, including Commandant of the [[National Defence Academy]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Air Marshal Gill takes over as new NDA Commandant|url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/air-marshal-gill-takes-over-as-new-nda-commandant/1053190/|website=Indian Express|accessdate=21 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-iaf-chief-reviews-nda-passing-out-parade-at-pune-1992628|title=IAF chief reviews NDA Passing out Parade at Pune|date=31 May 2014|publisher=dnaindia.com|accessdate=20 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/unstructured-training-a-thing-of-the-past-in-nda-commandant/|title=Unstructured training a thing of the past in NDA: Commandant|date=23 May 2013|publisher=The Indian Express|accessdate=20 September 2022}}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Air Marshal Kulwant Singh Gill was commissioned into the Flying Branch of the Indian Air Force in Dec 1977. In a career spanning three decades and six years, he has held instructional, directional and command appointments, including Commandant of the National Defence Academy. In 2014 he was appointed AOC-in-C of Central Air Command.
Air Marshal Kulwant Singh Gill was commissioned into the Flying Branch of the Indian Air Force in Dec 1977. In a career spanning three decades and six years, he has held instructional, directional and command appointments, including Commandant of the National Defence Academy. In 2014 he was appointed AOC-in-C of Central Air Command.


Before assuming the office of AOC-in-C of Central Air Command, Singh was the commandant of the National Defence Academy. He retired from service on 31 December 2015 after three decades of service. Air Marshal [[Shyam Bihari Prasad Sinha|SBP Sinha]], AVSM, VM succeeded him as the AOC-in-C.<ref>{{cite web|title=AOC-in-C Central Command|url=http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_command.php?pg_id=28&page_type=command&comm_id=3#|accessdate=21 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814215441/http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_command.php?pg_id=28&page_type=command&comm_id=3|archive-date=14 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Air Marshal Sinha to be CAC chief|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Air-Marshal-Sinha-to-be-CAC-chief/articleshow/50402476.cms|website=Times of India|accessdate=25 May 2016}}</ref>
Before assuming the office of AOC-in-C of Central Air Command, Singh was the commandant of the National Defence Academy. He retired from service on 31 December 2015 after three decades of service. Air Marshal [[Shyam Bihari Prasad Sinha|SBP Sinha]], AVSM, VM succeeded him as the AOC-in-C.<ref>{{cite web|title=AOC-in-C Central Command|url=http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_command.php?pg_id=28&page_type=command&comm_id=3#|accessdate=21 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120814215441/http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_command.php?pg_id=28&page_type=command&comm_id=3|archive-date=14 August 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Air Marshal Sinha to be CAC chief|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/allahabad/Air-Marshal-Sinha-to-be-CAC-chief/articleshow/50402476.cms|website=Times of India|accessdate=25 May 2022}}</ref>


==Family==
==Family==
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