Tejinder Singh (air marshal)
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Tejinder Singh | |
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| Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief South Western Air Command | |
| Assumed office 1 January 2026 | |
| Chief of Air Staff | Amar Preet Singh |
| Preceded by | Nagesh Kapoor |
| Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Training Command | |
| In office 1 May 2025 – 31 December 2025 | |
| Chief of Air Staff | Amar Preet Singh |
| Preceded by | Nagesh Kapoor |
| Succeeded by | Seethepalli Shrinivas |
| Deputy Chief of the Air Staff | |
| In office 1 September 2024 – 30 April 2025 | |
| Preceded by | Ashutosh Dixit |
| Succeeded by | Awadhesh Kumar Bharti |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  India |
| Branch/service |  Indian Air Force |
| Years of service | 13 June 1987 – Present |
| Rank |  Air Marshal |
| Unit | No. 5 Squadron |
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| Service number | 18806[1] |
| Awards | |
Air Marshal Tejinder Singh, PVSM, AVSM, VM is a serving officer of the Indian Air Force. He is currently serving as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South Western Air Command.[2] He was previously serving as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Training Command[3] prior to that he served as the Deputy Chief of the Air Staff.[4] He earlier served as Senior Air Staff Officer, Eastern Air Command.[5]
The Air officer is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla and the Air Force Academy, Dundigal. He is also an alumnus of the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington and the National Defence College, New Delhi.[6]
Military career
He was commissioned into the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force on 13 June 1987 from the Air Force Academy. In a career spanning over three decades, he has more than 4500 hours of flying experience across various fighter jets and has held numerous staff & instructional appointments.[5] He is a highly experienced fighter pilot, qualified flying instructor and a fighter combat leader who has flown the SEPECAT Jaguar, Hunter, Kiran and HPT-32 ac and also qualified as a 2nd pilot on Cheetah helicopter. He is a Category A qualified flying instructor. He has done instructional tenure as Flying Instructor at Flying Instructors School and has been Air Force Examiner at the Aircrew Examining Board. The Air Marshal's operational tenures include being the Commanding Officer of No. 5 Squadron, Station Commander of 47 Signal Unit, a radar station in the Western Sector.[7]
As an Air Commodore, he served as the Air Officer Commanding of 7 Wing, Ambala, as the Principal Director Personnel Officer (PDPO) at Air Headquarters in New Delhi and later as the Principal Director of Aerospace Safety at the Air Headquarters, New Delhi.
As an Air Vice Marshal, he served as the Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Ops, Offensive) at the Air headquarters, New Delhi, as the Air Officer Commanding, Jammu and Kashmir[8] and as the Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Ops, Strategy).[9]
After being promoted to the rank of Air Marshal, on 22 May 2023 he took over as Senior Air Staff Officer of the Eastern Air Command at Shillong.[5] A year later on 1 September 2024, he took over as the Deputy Chief of the Air Staff.[10] On 1 May 2025, he took over as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Training Command succeeding Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor who moved to South Western Air Command as Air Commander.[11] On 1 January 2026, Air Marshal Tejinder Singh took over as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, South Western Air Command succeeding Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor upon his elevation as the Vice Chief of Air Staff.[2]
