Air Chief Marshal Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria was born on 15 September 1959, and is a retired Indian Air Force officer, who served as the Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force, having assumed office on 30 September 2019 after the retirement of Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa.
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RKS Bhadauria retired on 30 September 2021 and was succeeded by Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari.
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RKS Bhadauria is an alumnus of Defence Services Command and Staff College Bangladesh, National Defence Academy, Pune and holds a Masters in Defence studies from Command and Staff College.
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RKS Bhadauria was commissioned into the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force on 15 June 1980 with the Sword of Honour.
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RKS Bhadauria has clocked over 4,250 hours of flying and has experience on 26 different types of fighter jets and transport aircraft.
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RKS Bhadauria is an experimental Test Pilot, a Category A qualified Flying Instructor and a Pilot Attack Instructor.
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RKS Bhadauria served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Air Command from 1 March 2017, succeeding Air Marshal Sunderraman Neelakantan, to 1 August 2018.
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RKS Bhadauria served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Training Command from 1 August 2018 after retirement of Air Marshal S R K Nair, and held the office till his elevation to the Vice Chief of the Air Staff.
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RKS Bhadauria took office of Vice Chief of the Air Staff on 1 May 2019 after the retirement of Air Marshal Anil Khosla.
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RKS Bhadauria is married to Asha Bhadauria and they have two children namely Sonali Singh and Sourabh Bhadauria.
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RKS Bhadauria's Father is Mr Suraj Pal Singh Bhadauria, who is from IAF, and a VSM holder.
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RKS Bhadauria was appointed as the honorary air force ADC to the President of India on 1 January 2019.
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RKS Bhadauria was inducted into Mirpur Hall of Fame at Defence Services Command and Staff College, Bangladesh.
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IAF Chief ACM RKS Bhadauria Bhaduria undertaking sortie on Tejas from SQ 45 during SQ 18 commissioning ceremony.
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IAF Chief RKS Bhadauria Bhaduria handing over ceremonial key to SQ 18 CO Manish Tolani.
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