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Anil Khosla

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Khosla was commissioned into the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force in December 1979. He has clocked over 4000 hours of flying on different aircraft like SEPECAT Jaguar, MiG-21 and HAL Kiran. He has experience in both ground attack and air defence roles and specializes in maritime role. He is also an A2 category flying instructor and a fighter strike leader.

He has commanded a SEPECAT Jaguar squadron assigned to a maritime role and two IAF frontline bases, Jaisalmer AFS and Ambala AFS. He has held other key posts as well including, Principal Director at Directorate of Information and Electronic Warfare; Director in Personnel branch; Joint Director at Directorate of Concept Studies; Air Officer Commanding HQ Maritime Air Operations; Air Officer Commanding J&K Area; Senior Air Staff Officer (SASO), Central Air Command; Director General Air (Operations), Air HQ and Director General (Inspection & Safety), Air HQ and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Eastern Air Command (1 January 2017 - 30 September 2018).

• Handled DOKLAM and BALAKOT operations.


• Served in all the operational commands of the IAF, In all the sectors. Commanded two important operational Bases (Ambala and Jaisalmer)

• Worked extensively with the Army and Navy. Associated with several Government Ministries and agencies including NTRO, DRDO, ISRO, NDMA and defence PSUs.

• Involved with the formulation of Air Force War Plans, Force structure planning and capability building.

• Handled (planned, monitored and executed) several internal and international Exercises and Disaster Relief situations, both within the country and abroad.

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