Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit Appointed As New IAF Vice Chief

He is currently serving as the Chief of Integrated Defence Staff (CISC) at Headquarters, Integrated Defence Staff.

Dixit is a qualified flying instructor and experimental test pilot with over 3,300 hours of flying experience with over 20 types of aircraft, including Mirage-2000, MiG-21 & Jaguar. He has been instrumental in promoting indigenous fighter projects in the Air Force, and played a key role in the modernisation of the force.

He also commanded a premier Fighter Training Base in the Southern Sector. Under his leadership, the base was adjudged the best in the Command.

Dixit was commissioned into the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force on December 06, 1986. He is an alumnus of National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla; Defence Services Staff College (Bangladesh) and National Defence College, New Delhi.