Air Marshal Raghunath Nambiar, PVSM,
AVSM, VM & Bar (Retd), is an Experimental
Test Pilot commissioned into the IAF as a fighter
pilot in June 1981. He retired as Commander-in-
Chief, Western Air Command, after leading
Eastern Air Command, serving as Deputy Chief
of Air Staff, and as Senior Air Staff Officer
across three Commands. He has extensive
experience on Mirage 2000 with over 2300+ hours
on type. He commanded No.1 Squadron, was Air
Officer Commanding Air Force Station Jamnagar,
and Commandant ASTE Bengaluru. In Kargil
1999, he flew 25 missions, attacking Tiger Hill
with a precision Laser Guided Bomb-delivering five
of IAF's eight such strikes and was awarded the
Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry). He was a Project
Test Pilot for the LCA Tejas and was awarded a
Bar to VM for flight testing it.
