Air Marshal Harpal Singh, PVSM, AVSM, VM
(Retd) was commissioned as a fighter pilot in June 1980.
He has about 2500 hours of flying experience mainly on
MiG 21, MiG 23, MiG 27 and MiG 29 aircraft. He
has commanded a MiG 29 Squadron and has also been
a Chief Operations Officer at an Air Force Station. He
has commanded two Air Force Stations in the West and
East respectively. Besides his DSSC Course, he has also
attended the Senior Officers Course at National Institute
of Defence Studies, Japan. He has been the Deputy
Commandant College of Air Warfare (CAW) and has
held important appointments in the strategic arena. He
was Senior Air Staff Officer at HQ South Western
Air Command. He was Director General (Inspection
and Safety) of the IAF till his superannuation in May
2019. He is presently based in Secunderabad.
