Anil Yashwant Tipnis

Air Chief Marshal
A Y Tipnis
PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC
Air Chief Marshal A Y Tipnis PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC
18th Chief of Air Staff
	In office; 31 December 1998 - 31 December 2001
President	K. R. Narayanan
Prime Minister	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	Satish Sareen
Succeeded by	Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy
24th Vice Chief of the Air Staff
	In office; 1 April 1997 - 31 December 1998
President	Shankar Dayal Sharma ; K. R. Narayanan
Prime Minister	H. D. Deve Gowda ; Inder Kumar Gujral ; Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Preceded by	Trevor Raymond Joseph Osman
Succeeded by	Prithvi Singh Brar
Personal details
Born	15 September 1940 (age 83)
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Awards	Param Vishisht Seva Medal; Ati Vishisht Seva Medal; Vayu Sena Medal;

air superiority and close air support at heights of over 18,000 feet^[1]

Early life and education

Anil Yashwant Tipnis was born on 15 September 1940. He did his education at Barnes School, Deolali. After his schooling, he joined the National Defence Academy, (NDA) Pune in January 1956.^[2]

Career

Tipnis was commissioned as a fighter pilot on 28 May 1960. He spent his initial years as an operational pilot in several front line fighter squadrons.^[2]

During the

Indo-Pakistani War of 1965, Tipnis served with The First Supersonics, the 28 Squadron

. After the war, Tipnis was deputed to Iraq as a Pilot Attack Instructor (PAI).^[2]

Tipnis qualified as a Fighter Combat Leader at the Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment (TACDE) in 1973.^[2]

After attending the Staff College course at the

Wing Commander Tipnis took command of 23 Squadron quipped with Mig 21 Bison. After this stint, Tipnis was also short-listed (one among four) for the Interkosmos space program.^[2]

As an

Air Commodore, Tipnis commanded Air Force Station Gwalior which was equipped with Mirage 2000.^[2]

He attended the Defence Studies Course at

Air Officer Commanding (AOC) J & K Area.^[2]

As an

Air Marshal, Tipnis served as Senior Air Staff Officer (SASO) of Eastern Air Command and of Western Air Command. He later served as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Western Air Command from Aug 1995 to March 1997.^[3]

Tipnis then moved to Air HQ and served as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff before taking over as the 18th Chief of the Air Staff.^[2]

Awards and decorations

Param Vishisht Seva Medal	Ati Vishisht Seva Medal		Vayu Sena Medal
Meritorious Service Medal	Siachen Glacier Medal	Raksha Medal	Sangram Medal
Sainya Seva Medal	High Altitude Service Medal	Videsh Seva Medal	50th Anniversary Independence Medal
25th Anniversary Independence Medal	30 Years Long Service Medal	20 Years Long Service Medal	9 Years Long Service Medal

References

^ "Ex-Chiefs Gallery". Indian Air Force. Archived from the original on 30 April 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "A.Y. TIPNIS PVSM,AVSM, VM, ADC CAS". indianairforce.nic.in/.
^ "Air Chief Marshal Anil Yeshwant Tipnis". bharat-rakshak.com.

Military offices
Preceded by Satish Sareen	Chief of the Air Staff (India) 31 December 1998 – 31 December 2001	Succeeded by Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy

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

[:1-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "A.Y. TIPNIS PVSM,AVSM, VM, ADC CAS". indianairforce.nic.in/.

[3] "Air Chief Marshal Anil Yeshwant Tipnis". bharat-rakshak.com.

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Air Marshal Commanding, Royal Indian Air Force (1947–1948)	Sir Thomas Elmhirst**
Chief of the Air Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Royal Indian Air Force (1948–1950)	Sir Thomas Elmhirst**
Chief of the Air Staff and Commander-in-Chief, Indian Air Force (1950–1955)	Sir Thomas Elmhirst Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman Gerald Gibbs** Subroto Mukerjee
Chief of the Air Staff (1955–present)	Subroto Mukerjee Aspy Engineer Arjan Singh Pratap Chandra Lal Om Prakash Mehra Hrushikesh Moolgavkar Idris Hasan Latif Dilbagh Singh Lakshman Madhav Katre Denis La Fontaine Surinder Mehra Nirmal Chandra Suri Swaroop Kaul Satish Kumar Sareen Anil Tipnis Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy Shashindra Pal Tyagi Fali Homi Major Pradeep Vasant Naik Norman Anil Kumar Browne Arup Raha Birender Singh Dhanoa Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria Vivek Ram Chaudhari (incumbent)
(**Seconded from the Royal Air Force)