Anil Yashwant Tipnis

A Y Tipnis
18th Chief of Air Staff
In office
31 December 1998 - 31 December 2001
PresidentK. R. Narayanan
Prime MinisterAtal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded bySatish Sareen
Succeeded bySrinivasapuram Krishnaswamy
24th Vice Chief of the Air Staff
In office
1 April 1997 - 31 December 1998
PresidentShankar Dayal Sharma
K. R. Narayanan
Prime MinisterH. D. Deve Gowda
Inder Kumar Gujral
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded byTrevor Raymond Joseph Osman
Succeeded byPrithvi Singh Brar
Personal details
Born (1940-09-15) 15 September 1940 (age 84)
Alma materNational Defence Academy, Pune
Military service
Allegiance India
Branch/service Indian Air Force
Years of service20 May 1960 – 31 December 2001
Rank Air Chief Marshal
UnitNo. 7 Squadron IAF
CommandsWestern Air Command
AFS Gwalior
23 Squadron
Battles/warsKargil War
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Awards

Air Chief Marshal Anil Yashwant Tipnis, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC (born 15 September 1940) served as Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force from 31 December 1998 to 31 December 2001. He commanded the Air Force to distinction during the Kargil War, when the force flew air superiority and close air support at heights of over 18,000 feet[1]

  1. ^ "Ex-Chiefs Gallery". Indian Air Force. Archived from the original on 30 April 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2011.