Air Marshal S Radhakrishnan takes charge of Andaman Nicobar Comma
Port Blair, Jan 1 (UNI) Air Marshal S Radhakrishnan today took over the charge of the Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman and Nicobar Command (CINCAN).
The Air Marshal was presented an impressive 50-men Inter Service guard of honour at INS Jarawa.
Andaman and Nicobar Command is India's first tri-service joint command.
Rear Admiral PK Nair, the Chief of Staff of the ANC handed over the Command to the new CINCAN.
Mr Nair had taken over the command from Air Marshal PP Rajkumar AVSM on December 29 last.
Air Marshal S Radhakrishnan, AVSM, alumni of National Defence Academy, was commissioned in the Indian Air Force's Fighter Stream in June 1970, is basically a fighter pilot and has experience over 4000 flying hours on a variety of combat and trainer aircraft.
Prior to assuming charges of Andaman and Nicobar Command, he was the senior Air Staff Officer at headquarters training command, Bangalore.
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