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Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh, DFC (15 April 1919 – 16 September 2017) was a senior air officer of the Indian Air Force. He served as the 3rd Chief of the Air Staff from 1964 to 1969, leading the Air Force through the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965.
Arjan Singh was the only officer to attain the highest post of Marshal, the Air Force equivalent to the Army’s five star field marshal.
Sep 18, 2017 · Learn about the life and career of Arjan Singh, the only Marshal of the Air Force in India, who led the IAF in the 1965 war and flew 60 types of aircraft. Read his tributes from the President and the Prime Minister and his insights on civil-military relations.
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Sep 16, 2017 · Arjan Singh: The flying officer who escaped a court martial. One of the heroes of the 1965 war with Pakistan, Arjan Singh became the chief of IAF when he was just 44. Born on 15 April 1919, in...
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Sep 16, 2017 · India lost its icon of military history, Air Force Marshal Arjan Singh, on Saturday evening at the age of 98 at New Delhi’s Army Hospital Research and Referral.
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Sep 16, 2017 · Arjan Singh, Marshal of the Indian Air Force and the only officer of the force to be promoted to five-star rank, died Saturday at the Army Research and Referral hospital in New Delhi. He was admitted to the hospital in a critical condition after he suffered a cardiac arrest this morning, the Defence Ministry said.
Sep 17, 2017 · THE sole Marshal of the Indian Air Force, Arjan Singh, passed away at the Army’s Research and Referral Hospital on Saturday evening, hours after he had been admitted there following a cardiac arrest. He was 98.
