Air Marshal S Sukumar AVSM VM would take over as the Deputy Chief
of Air Staff at Air headquarters Vayu Bhawan on 01 Dec 2012. He was
commissioned in the Flying Branch on 29 Dec 1976.
The Air Marshal is a qualified flying instructor and an
experimental test pilot. He has flown over 4000 hrs on 25 types of aircraft and
has flown all types of MIG aircraft in IAF inventory i.e. MIG-21, MIG-23,
MIG-25, MIG-27, MIG-29, Jaguar, Mirage and SU-30 , AN-32, AVRO, trainer
aircraft - Kiran, MK-I , MK-II, HT-2 and HPT-32. He is one of the few pilots
who has also flown F-16, F-18 and the Alpha Jet.
The Air Marshal has held various command and staff appointments
which include Command of an Operational base, AOC, Adv HQ SWAC, Chief Test
Pilot at Aircraft System Testing Establishment, Bangalore, ACAS(PO), Principal
Director of Air Staff Requirements.
A post graduate from Defence Services Staff College, Wellington
with Directing Staff grading, he is a M Phil in Strategic Studies from Army War
College MHOW and M Phil in Security Studies from National Defence
College.
For his distinguished service he was awarded the Vayu Sena Medal
in 2003 and Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in 2012.
He is married to Dr Sadhana Sukumar. They have two sons who are
pursuing higher studies.
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