New Delhi, Sept 1 (Agency) Air Marshal Tejinder Singh on Sunday took over as Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (DCAS) of the Indian Air Force. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Air Marshal Tejinder, was commissioned in the fighter stream of the IAF on 13 June 1987, an official statement said. He is a Category ‘A’ Qualified Flying Instructor with over 4500 hours of flying and an alumnus of Defence Service Staff College and National Defence College. He has commanded a Fighter Squadron, a Radar station, a premier fighter base, and was Air Officer Commanding, Jammu and Kashmir.
His varied staff appointments include Operational Staff at a Command HQ, Air Commodore (Personnel Officers-1) at Air HQ, Deputy Assistant Chief of Integrated Defence Staff, Financial (Planning) at HQ IDS, Air Commodore (Aerospace Safety), Assistant Chief of Air Staff Operations (Offensive) and ACAS Ops (Strategy) at Air HQ. Prior to his present appointment, he was the Senior Air Staff Officer, HQ Eastern Air Command of IAF at Shillong, Meghalaya. In recognition of his meritorious services, he was awarded the Vayu Sena Medal in 2007 and the Ati Vishist Seva Medal in 2022.