Air Commodore Bhonsle takes charge as SOA

Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 3 (UNI) Air Commodore Ajit S Bhonsle VSM has taken over as SOA (Senior Officer-in-Charge Administration) of the Southern Air Command, Akkulam.

He succeeded Air Commodore K K Vijaya Kumar, who was superannuated from service, a release here said today.

Air Commodore Bhonsle was commissioned into the Flying (Navigation) branch of the IAF in 1978. He was an alumnus of Bhonsla Military School, Nasik, and National Defence Academy, Pune.

He was a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College, College of Defence Management and National Institute of Defence Studies, Tokyo.

An A1 Qualified Navigation Instructor with 4500 hours of flying experience on a number of transport aircraft of the IAF, Air Commodore Bhonsle had commanded the Navigation Training School and served as staff at the Aircrew Examination Board and the Directorate of Air Staff Inspections.

Prior to assuming charge as SOA, he was Director (Intelligence) at the Air HQ, New Delhi.

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