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Air Marshal AK Nagalia AVSM VM VSM has taken over the charge of Deputy Chief of Air Staff at Air Headquarters (Vayu Bhawan), New Delhi with effect from 24 Aug 05.
Air Mshl Nagalia was born on 13 Feb 1947 in Dehradun. He is an alumunus of National Defence Academy and was commissioned in the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force on 02 Jun 1968. He has about 4500 hours of flying to his credit. In his initial tenures at fighter squadrons, he flew Hunter and MiG-21 aircraft. In 1974, he underwent the flying instructors course. He has done an instructional tenure at Air Force Academy and also a deputation to Iraq as flying instructor. He has instructed on Kiran, PC-7 and L-39 aircraft.
Air Mshl Nagalia is a graduate of the first Experimental Test Pilot course in India and has served as test pilot in various capacities in three tenures at Aircraft System Testing Establishment. He has flown most of the fighter and transport aircraft held in the IAF inventory. He has commanded 6 Squadron comprising Jaguar and Canberra aircraft and is presently Commodore Commandant of this Squadron. He is also a graduate of the Royal Air Force Staff College, UK. He has held several staff appointments at Air HQs, viz ACAS(Plans), DASR, D Proj, JDASR etc. He has also served as Air Attaché at Embassy of India, Kiev, Ukraine. He graduated from NDC in Dec 2000 and thereafter commanded Aircraft System Testing Establishment. Since 01 Oct 04, he has been holding the appointment of Air Officer-in-Charger Personnel.
Air Mshl Nagalia was awarded Vishisht Seva Medal in 1985, Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry) in 1993 and Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in 2004. He is married to Anita, a graduate in Home Science from Delhi University and a trained teacher. They have two daughters, Aditi and Avanti. He is a keen follower of cricket and tennis. His other interests include reading, light music and hiking.
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