Dimapur, October 2 (MExN): Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar, AVSM, VM & Bar took over as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Eastern Air Command (EAC) of Indian Air Force on October 1.
According to a press release from PIB (Defence Wing), Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy and was commissioned in the IAF as Fighter Pilot in June 1981.
He is an Experimental Test Pilot and has flown 42 types of aircraft as Pilot in Command and has the distinction of having the highest number of flying hours on the Mirage-2000 in the IAF with over 2300 flying hrs on the aircraft to his credit, and overall 5100 hrs of flying experience.
Nambiar is also a member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and was the Project Test Pilot for the Light Combat Aircraft “Tejas”. He has served in Shillong as Senior Air Staff Officer (SASO) earlier, the release stated.
Before taking over as the AOC-in-C of EAC, he was the Deputy Chief of the Air Staff.
