New Delhi. Air Marshal Harjit Singh Arora has taken over as Director General Air (Operations).
Air Marshal Arora was commissioned in the IAF as a figher pilot in December 1981. He has over 2600 hours of operational flying on MiG-21, MiG-29 and other variants of aircraft in IAF inventory, including helicopters.
He has served as Directing Staff at ‘Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment’ (TACDE) and as a Flying Inspector in the ‘Directorate of Air Staff Inspection’ (DASI). The Air Marshal was deputed as Defence Attache in the Embassy of India, Bankok, Thiland from 2006 to 2009.
He commanded 45 Squadron – ‘The Flying Dagger’ – as a Wing Commander and as a Group Captain he was ADDC Cdr and Station Commander at 33 SU – ‘The Scanners’. As an Air Commodore, he commanded Air Force Station Adampur in Punjab. Besides, as Air Vice Marshal he was Air Defence Commander at Headquarters of Western Air Command as well as Eastern Air Command.
The Air Marshal is a meritorious graduate of Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment, Defence Services Staff College and the National Defence College, He is also Master of Philosophy in Defence and Strategic Studies.
He is a recipient of Presidential Award of Ati Vishist Seva Medal (AVSM).
He is married to Mrs Baljeet Arora and have two sons. His interests include reading, music and travelling.
