Air Marshal Tarun Chaudhry Assumed Charge as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Central Air Command

Exam-focused facts from the 3 June 2026 current affairs briefing.

Key facts

Air Marshal Tarun Chaudhry assumed charge as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C) of the Indian Air Force (IAF) Central Air Command.
He succeeded Air Marshal Balakrishnan Manikantan, who retired on 31 May 2026.
Air Marshal Chaudhry was commissioned into the Fighter stream of the IAF in December 1989.
He is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy (NDA), Defence Services Staff College, College of Air Warfare, and the National Defence College.
He previously served as the Senior Air Staff Officer at Headquarters Southern Air Command and as Defence Attaché at the Embassy of India in Sweden, with accreditation to Norway, Finland, and Denmark.