Air Marshal Suresh Chandra Mukul, PVSM, AVSM, VM, VSM (Retd) was commissioned in
the fighter stream of the IAF in January 1972. A ‘Qualified Flying Instructor’ and a ‘Fighter
Combat Leader’, he has an experience of over 4200 hours of flying on various fighter aircraft of the
IAF. He is a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College and is an alumnus of the Air War
College (USA). The Air Marshal has held a number of operational and staff appointments during
his career including command of a fighter squadron, Chief Operations Officer and command of a
frontline airbase. He has been Air Assistant to the CAS, Assistant Chief of the Air Staff
(Operations), Senior Air Staff Officer and Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of a Command. He
retired as the Chief of Integrated Defence Staff to the Chairman COSC (CISC).
