Capital Procurement covers expenditure on the acquisition of new weapons and ammunition and replacement of obsolete stores. He is one of the six Principal Staff Officers (PSO) of the Force. While the Chief of Air Staff (CAS) exercises operational and administrative control of the Indian Air Force, he is assisted by Six PSOs including the Vice Chief of Air Staff, DCAS, Air Officer Maintenance (AOM), Air Officer Maintenance (AOP), Air Officer Maintenance (AOA) and Director General Inspection and Safety (DG I&S).IAF said that the Air Marshal is a Category ‘A’ Qualified Flying Instructor with over 4500 hours of flying, 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. Before his present appointment, he was the Senior Air Staff Officer, HQ Eastern Air Command of IAF at Shillong, Meghalaya,” said the IAF.
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