Air Marshal TD Joseph, AVSM, VM, VSM
(Retd), commissioned in December 1982 as a Fighter
Pilot, 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 and is currently a Distinguished Fellow at The
Takshashila Institution, Bengaluru.
