<p>New Delhi: Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari on Friday took charge as the new Vice Chief of the Air Staff.</p>.<p>He succeeds Air Marshal S P Dharkar, who superannuated on April 30.</p>.<p>Before taking charge as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Tiwari served as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C) of the Gandhinagar-based South Western Air Command (SWAC).</p>.<p>The air marshal was given a guard of honour at the Air Headquarters -- Vayu Bhawan.</p>.<p>He was commissioned in the fighter stream in June 1986. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, he passed out as the President's Gold Medallist.</p>.Kedarnath opens for devotees.<p>Air Marshal Tiwari has flown various types of aircraft, and is a qualified flying instructor as well as an experimental test pilot, the defence ministry had earlier said in a statement.</p>.<p>The air marshal has rich field experience, which also includes operational testing of various weapons and systems, primarily on the Mirage-2000. He was actively involved in operations and also took part in many important missions during the Kargil conflict, it had said.</p>.<p>The air marshal earlier had taken over as the AOC-in-C, SWAC in May 2023. </p>
<p>New Delhi: Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari on Friday took charge as the new Vice Chief of the Air Staff.</p>.<p>He succeeds Air Marshal S P Dharkar, who superannuated on April 30.</p>.<p>Before taking charge as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Tiwari served as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C) of the Gandhinagar-based South Western Air Command (SWAC).</p>.<p>The air marshal was given a guard of honour at the Air Headquarters -- Vayu Bhawan.</p>.<p>He was commissioned in the fighter stream in June 1986. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, he passed out as the President's Gold Medallist.</p>.Kedarnath opens for devotees.<p>Air Marshal Tiwari has flown various types of aircraft, and is a qualified flying instructor as well as an experimental test pilot, the defence ministry had earlier said in a statement.</p>.<p>The air marshal has rich field experience, which also includes operational testing of various weapons and systems, primarily on the Mirage-2000. He was actively involved in operations and also took part in many important missions during the Kargil conflict, it had said.</p>.<p>The air marshal earlier had taken over as the AOC-in-C, SWAC in May 2023. </p>