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Administration

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Marshal of the Air Force

105. In January 2002, the Government conferred the rank of Marshal of the

Air Force on Arjan Singh, making him the first and only five-star officer

with the Indian Air Force and ceremonial chief of the Air Force.
Commands

106. The Indian Air Force is divided into five operational and two functional
Commands. Each Command is headed by an Air Officer Commanding-

in-Chief with the rank of Air Marshal. The purpose of an operational
command is to conduct military operations using aircraft within its area

of responsibility.

107. Operational Commands

Ser Command Location

(a) Central Air Command (CAC) Allahabad

(b) Eastern Air Command (EAC) Shillong

(c) Southern Air Command (SAC) Thiruvananthapuram

(d) South Western Air Command (SWAC) Gandhinagar

(e) Western Air Command (WAC) New Delhi

(f) Training Command (TC) Bengaluru

(g) Maintenance Command (MC) Nagpur

108. Training Centre for Officers