Secunderabad (Telangana), Aug. 2 -- : Air Marshal IP Vipin took over as the Commandant of Air Force Academy on August 1 from Air Marshal J Chalapati, who has proceeded to Southern Air Command Thiruvananthapuram to assume the charge of Senior Air Staff Officer.
An alumnus of National Defence Academy Khadakwasla, Defence Services Staff College Wellington and National Defence College New Delhi, Air Marshal IP Vipin was commissioned in the Flying Branch of Indian Air Force in June 1982. The Air Marshal has over 6000 hours of flying experience on different types of transport aircraft, trainer aircraft and gliders, the Ministry of Defence said in an official release.
In his career spanning over 38 years in the Indian Air Force, he has held a nu...