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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.
1 Aug 1964 - 15 Jul 1969. Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh, DFC, was one pilot who grew up in the annals of the Air Force as the first Chief for leading the force into war. He was Chief of the Air Staff when the IAF saw action in its first combat of the modern age in 1965.
Sep 18, 2017 · Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh was elevated to Marshal of the Air Force in January 2002. In an unprecedented but welcome gesture, the President and the Prime Minister led the country in paying tribute to an ‘icon’ – not just of the Indian Air Force, or the Indian military – but for the entire nation.
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.
Arjan Singh is the first and only officer to have been elevated to Marshal of the Indian Air Force. He died on Saturday.
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...
Sep 16, 2017 · War hero Marshal Arjan Singh, famous for spearheading the Indian Air Force during the 1965 India-Pakistan conflict, passed away on Saturday at the Army’s Research and Referral hospital. He was 98. Singh was rushed to hospital this morning after suffering a cardiac arrest, 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.
Sep 16, 2017 · Arjan Singh, India's oldest, five-star ranked air force officer, died after suffering a heart attack. He was 98. Arjan Singh was the only officer of the IAF to be given a distinction equal to that of a Field Marshal. Singh also served as the IAF's Chief of Staff during the 1965 India-Pakistan war.
