Chiefs of Air Staff (CAS)

A list of the Chiefs of Air Staff (CAS) of the Indian Air Force since independence:

1. Air Marshal Sir Thomas Walker Elmhirst (15 August 1947 – 22 February 1950)
2. Air Marshal Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman (22 February 1950 – 9 December 1951)
3. Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee (9 December 1951 – 8 November 1960)
4. Air Marshal Aspy Engineer (1 December 1960 – 31 July 1964)
5. Air Marshal Arjan Singh (1 August 1964 – 15 July 1969)
6. Air Chief Marshal Pratap Chandra Lal (16 July 1969 – 15 January 1973)
7. Air Chief Marshal Om Prakash Mehra (16 January 1973 – 31 January 1976)
8. Air Chief Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar (1 February 1976 – 31 August 1978)
9. Air Chief Marshal Idris Hasan Latif (1 September 1978 – 31 August 1981)
10. Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh (1 September 1981 – 3 September 1984)
11. Air Chief Marshal Lakshman Madhav Katre (4 September 1984 – 16 July 1985)
12. Air Chief Marshal Denis Anthony La Fontaine (17 July 1985 – 31 July 1988)
13. Air Chief Marshal Surinder Kumar Mehra (1 August 1988 – 31 July 1991)
14. Air Chief Marshal Nirmal Chandra Suri (1 August 1991 – 31 July 1993)
15. Air Chief Marshal Swaroop Krishna Kaul (1 August 1993 – 31 December 1995)
16. Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen (1 January 1996 – 31 December 1998)
17. Air Chief Marshal Anil Yashwant Tipnis (1 January 1999 – 31 December 2001)
18. Air Chief Marshal Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy (1 January 2002 – 31 December 2004)
19. Air Chief Marshal Shashindra Pal Tyagi (31 December 2004 – 31 March 2007)
20. Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major (1 April 2007 – 31 May 2009)
21. Air Chief Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik (31 May 2009 – 31 July 2011)
22. Air Chief Marshal Norman Anil Kumar Browne (31 July 2011 – 31 December 2013)
23. Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha (31 December 2013 – 31 December 2016)
24. Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa (31 December 2016 – 30 September 2019)
25. Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria (30 September 2019 – 30 September 2021)
26. Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari (30 September 2021 – 31 December 2023)
27. Air Chief Marshal Raghunath Nambiar (1 January 2024 – present)

This list covers all the Chiefs of Air Staff from independence till the present.