Air Marshal Vikram Singh appointed SASO, WAC

Chandigarh, October 2

Air Marshal Vikram Singh has been appointed as the Senior Air Staff Officer (SASO), Headquarters Western Air Command.

Commissioned into the fighter stream in December 1984, he flew the MiG-21 and Mirage-2000 aircraft before undergoing the Flying Instructor’s Course, Experimental Flight Test Course and Staff Course at Pretoria, South Africa, according to an official statement issued here today.

He has performed flight test duties at the National Flight Test Centre, commanded an Air Force Station, served in various staff appointments in air headquarters and has been posted as the Air Attache at Moscow. He has also served at the Integrated Defence Staff Headquarters and was the Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Plans) at air headquarters before taking over the present appointment. — TNS