Air Marshal Seethepalli Shrinivas takes over as AOC-in-C, training command

Air Marshal Seethepalli Shrinivas has taken charge as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Indian Air Force’s Training Command. A veteran fighter pilot and instructor, he paid tribute to fallen personnel at the Training Command War Memorial.

Hyderabad: Air Marshal Seethepalli Shrinivas took over as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Training Command, Indian Air Force on Thursday. After assuming his new appointment, the Air Marshal paid homage to bravehearts by laying a wreath at the Training Command War Memorial.

An alumnus of National Defence Academy, Air Marshal Shrinivas was commissioned in the fighter stream of IAF on 13 June 1987. He is a ‘Category A’ Qualified Flying Instructor with over 4200 hours of flying experience on MiG-21, Iskra, Kiran, PC-7 Mk II, HPT-32 and Microlite, amongst other aircraft. He is also qualified as a 2nd pilot on Chetak/Cheetah helicopter and a categorised Operations Officer on the Pechora missile system.

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In his career, among others, he has been the Commandant of the Air Force Academy, Air Officer Commanding (AOC) of a frontline fighter base on the Western border, and a premier flying training base and AOC Advance HQ Western Air Command (Jaipur). He was awarded the Vishisht Seva Medal in 2017 and the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in 2024.