Air Marshal TD Joseph, AVSM, VM, VSM (Retd),
commissioned in the fighter stream of the IAF on 29 December
1982, was the winner of the coveted “Nawanagar Sword of
Honour” and President’s Plaque. He has over 3850 hours of flying
on aircraft like MiG-27, MiG 23 MF and training aircraft. He is
a Category ‘A’ Qualified Flying Instructor, Instrument Rating
Instructor & Examiner. He commanded 18 Squadron (the Flying
Bullets) and the Flying Instructors School. He was Air Officer
Commanding of AF Station Hindan and Advance HQ SWAC
besides other command assignments. He has been the Senior
Instructor (Air) at DSSC and Senior Directing Staff (Air) at
National Defence College, New Delhi. An alumnus of the Royal
College of Defence Studies, London and King’s College London, he
has done his Masters from Madras University and the University of
London. A Senior Fellow at the Centre for Air Power Studies
(CAPS), he has authored a book titled “Winning India’s Next
War: The Role of Aerospace Power” He retired as Senior Air
Staff Officer HQ Training Command in July 2021.
