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IAF Commissions 254 Flying Officers Following Operation Sindoor

At the Dundigal ceremony, the IAF chief praised coordinated air strikes after the Pahalgam attack, urging new officers to prepare for aerospace missions.

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Overview

  • A Combined Graduation Parade at the Air Force Academy in Dundigal saw 254 cadets from flying and ground duty branches receive their President’s Commission as Flying Officers.
  • Air Chief Marshal A P Singh described Operation Sindoor’s precision strikes on terror targets as proof of the IAF’s swift and decisive combat capability.
  • The chief underscored the IAF’s role as the nation’s first responder and lauded seamless integration with the Navy, Coast Guard and a Vietnamese air trainee.
  • Nine Indian Navy officers, seven Coast Guard officers and one Vietnam People’s Air Force trainee were awarded their ‘Wings’ after completing flying training alongside IAF cadets.
  • Singh urged the newly commissioned officers to continually hone their skills for complex future battlefields and to lead India’s evolution into an aerospace force.