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The final link-ups with Poonch, Kargil and Leh were established during the period he was in command of No. 1 Operational Wing. The effective support that the IAF was able to render the Army during these operations was in no small measures due to his determination, initiative and drive in planning and
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Commander Moolgavkar commanded No. 1 Operational Wing of the IAF in Kashmir from September 1948 to May 1949. In spite of having to plan out as well as conduct operations from both Jammu and Srinagar, this officer made time to take the air whenever the more difficult and dangerous commitments had
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arrived in India for a tour of demonstration flights. Moolgavkar led the team for this tour. He moved to Air HQ in June 1963, where he served as the Air
Officer-in-Charge Policy and Plans. He was promoted substantive Air Commodore on 1 April 1964. He served in this appointment for a year-and-a-half
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The air attack on the well defended Domel bridge and the Uri and
Saadabad sectors was led and directed by Wing Commander Moolgavkar personally. When the defences around Uri presented severe obstacles in the way of operational flight on that area, he evolved a plan and attacked the Uri guns in
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conjunction with one of his
Squadron Commanders. This attack not only exposed them to the fire of the anti-aircraft guns but also brought him within the dangerous probability of their aircraft entering the “Compressibility Zones” with a risky load of bombs at high altitudes.
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Director of Operations at Air HQ in May 1952. He became the first IAF officer to serve in this appointment, since the previous officers were from the RAF. After a two-year stint at Air HQ, he took command of
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In these tasks, he showed great leadership by his selfless devotion to duty and fearless readiness for offensive action against the enemy, this leader inspired great confidence in his
Squadron Commanders and pilots.
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of the command, and at the age of 55, he was the envy of many younger pilots. In April, he took over as the
Commodore Commandant of the squadron that he had commanded in the past - No. 10 Squadron.
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spotted the plane and rescued him. He had multiple crushed vertebrae which required surgery and he spent about six months with his back in plaster. He got back to flying soon, joining the
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role in supply dropping missions. In
January 1945, while on a sortie, the engine of his Spitfire failed. He crash landed on a beach and was stuck upside-down. Luckily, a couple of
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515:(MVC), the second highest military decoration in India. He was among four IAF officers who were awarded the MVC during the war, the other three being Air Commodore
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Marshal on 1 April 1968 and appointed
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Chief of Defence Staff and Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee
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On 1 April 1944, Moolgavkar was promoted to the acting rank of
1493:"AIR MARSHAL MOOLGAVKAR WINS STAFF PILOT CHAMPIONSHIP TROPHY"
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Transition to Triumph: History of the Indian Navy, 1965-1975
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1358:"WING COMMANDER HRUSHIKESH MOOLGAVKAR | Gallantry Awards"
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26 January 1950 (recommissioning and change in insignia)
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Moolgavkar as the Commandant, National Defence College
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were transferred to the Navy. On 8 October 1976, the
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1517:"AIR MARSHAL H. MOOLGAVKAR TO BE NEXT AIR CHIEF"
644:High Commissioner of India to the United Kingdom
1092:. The book was published and released in 2010.
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308:Moolgavkar was born on 14 August 1920 in
1305:"Top Gun of Pune, Hrushikesh Moolgavkar"
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774:discussed about the handing over of the
1303:Chandawarkar, Rahul (5 December 2010).
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561:co-ordinating the offensive to success.
778:role from the Indian Air Force to the
328:for higher education, he attended the
2599:Defence Services Staff College alumni
1174:Banerjee, Shoumojit (11 April 2015).
447:. The squadron was equipped with the
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2217:Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee
756:(CAS), succeeding Air Chief Marshal
752:appointed Moolgavkar to be the next
539:WING COMMANDER HRUSHIKESH MOOLGAVKAR
16:Indian Air Chief Marshal (1920–2015)
1587:from the original on 8 August 2017.
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784:Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation
603:from Group Captain H N Chatterjee.
353:on 30 November 1940. He joined the
2342:Royal Indian Air Force (1948–1950)
2312:Royal Indian Air Force (1947–1948)
1176:"Former IAF Chief Moolgavkar dead"
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2594:Recipients of the Maha Vir Chakra
1430:"The Air Chief Moolgavkar I knew"
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882:25 February 1947 (substantive)
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357:, commanded by Squadron Leader
237:Indo-Pakistani War of 1947–1948
2040:Radhakrishna Hariram Tahiliani
465:Defence Services Staff College
208:Chief of the Air Staff (India)
1:
2574:Indian Air Force air marshals
1086:Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu
906:15 August 1948 (substantive)
718:. He assumed the office from
332:. He was studying there when
314:Chandraseniya Kayastha Prabhu
2516:Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria
2363:Indian Air Force (1950–1955)
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2481:Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy
2359:Chief of the Air Staff and
2338:Chief of the Air Staff and
2115:Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy
1046:26 June 1972 (substantive)
1022:1 April 1968 (substantive)
998:1 April 1964 (substantive)
974:1 April 1955 (substantive)
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1935:Kodandera Subayya Thimayya
1619:Hiranandani, G.M. (1999),
628:Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
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2160:Norman Anil Kumar Browne
2105:Sundararajan Padmanabhan
2060:Sunith Francis Rodrigues
1102:National Defence College
1020:25 January 1967 (acting)
904:16 January 1947 (acting)
766:Chief of the Naval Staff
316:family. He attended the
304:Early life and education
254:Param Vishist Seva Medal
2397:Chief of the Air Staff
2310:Air Marshal Commanding,
2015:Ronald Lynsdale Pereira
1683:Air Force Station Palam
1080:Personal life and death
776:maritime reconnaissance
601:Palam Air Force Station
296:. He served as the 9th
2299:Chief of the Air Staff
2135:Joginder Jaswant Singh
2050:Jayant Ganpat Nadkarni
1990:Tapishwar Narain Raina
1955:Jayanto Nath Chaudhuri
1950:Bhaskar Sadashiv Soman
1881:Chief of Defence Staff
1822:Tapishwar Narain Raina
1799:Chief of the Air Staff
1362:gallantryawards.gov.in
1275:www.bharat-rakshak.com
854:Royal Indian Air Force
832:Royal Indian Air Force
754:Chief of the Air Staff
676:Hawker Siddeley HS 748
667:
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385:where Squadron Leader
359:Karun Krishna Majumdar
298:Chief of the Air Staff
168:Royal Indian Air Force
2511:Birender Singh Dhanoa
2446:Lakshman Madhav Katre
2431:Hrushikesh Moolgavkar
2180:Birender Singh Dhanoa
2080:Vijai Singh Shekhawat
1995:Hrushikesh Moolgavkar
1975:Gopal Gurunath Bewoor
1965:Adhar Kumar Chatterji
1762:Minoo Merwan Engineer
1605:, Lancer Publishers,
1603:My years with the IAF
1211:indianairforce.nic.in
1044:1 April 1971 (acting)
996:12 June 1962 (acting)
880:1 April 1944 (acting)
748:In January 1976, the
727:Western Naval Command
679:before moving to the
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648:Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
485:Minoo Merwan Engineer
483:from Wing Commander
278:Hrushikesh Moolgavkar
186:Years of service
2486:Shashindra Pal Tyagi
2361:Commander-in-Chief,
2340:Commander-in-Chief,
2257:British Armed Forces
2130:Shashindra Pal Tyagi
2085:Shankar Roychowdhury
2035:Arun Shridhar Vaidya
2030:Oscar Stanley Dawson
1985:Sourendra Nath Kohli
1734:Sourendra Nath Kohli
1403:. 11 September 1954.
1151:"AIR HQ APPOINTMENT"
972:17 May 1952 (acting)
723:Sourendra Nath Kohli
576:de Havilland Vampire
439:and took command of
418:Supermarine Spitfire
216:No.1 Operations Wing
2521:Vivek Ram Chaudhari
2496:Pradeep Vasant Naik
2471:Satish Kumar Sareen
2461:Nirmal Chandra Suri
2370:Sir Thomas Elmhirst
2349:Sir Thomas Elmhirst
2319:Sir Thomas Elmhirst
2150:Pradeep Vasant Naik
2070:Bipin Chandra Joshi
2065:Laxminarayan Ramdas
2005:Om Prakash Malhotra
1907:Sir Thomas Elmhirst
1885:Indian Armed Forces
1772:Western Air Command
1711:Central Air Command
1659:No. 10 Squadron IAF
1269:Singh, Pushpindar.
750:Government of India
734:Western Air Command
697:Central Air Command
681:Maintenance Command
652:India House, London
636:Operational Command
549:to be carried out.
430:No. 10 Squadron IAF
404:and transferred to
219:No. 10 Squadron IAF
213:Western Air Command
2536:Seconded from the
2421:Pratap Chandra Lal
2255:Seconded from the
2155:Nirmal Kumar Verma
2120:Nirmal Chander Vij
1751:Lieutenant General
1681:Station Commander
1656:Commanding Officer
1601:Lal, P.C. (1986),
1526:. 12 January 1976.
1457:. 19 October 1962.
1394:"IAF APPOINTMENTS"
1346:. 6 December 1951.
788:No. 6 Squadron IAF
744:Chief of Air Staff
738:Commander-in-chief
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612:Pratap Chandra Lal
523:reads as follows:
477:partition of India
461:partition of India
441:No. 6 Squadron IAF
406:No. 4 Squadron IAF
355:No. 1 Squadron IAF
223:No. 6 Squadron IAF
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2451:Denis La Fontaine
2436:Idris Hasan Latif
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2045:Denis La Fontaine
2020:K. V. Krishna Rao
2010:Idris Hasan Latif
1924:Sir Charles Pizey
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1748:Succeeded by
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1690:Succeeded by
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1643:Military offices
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1084:The Moolgavkars,
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1059:Air Chief Marshal
871:Flight Lieutenant
836:30 November 1940
762:Air Chief Marshal
620:Supermarine Swift
616:Flight Lieutenant
608:Air Chief Marshal
501:close air support
455:Post-Independence
449:Hawker Tempest II
426:British Commandos
402:Flight Lieutenant
395:RAF Station Kohat
371:Westland Lysander
275:Air Chief Marshal
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198:Air Chief Marshal
115:Pune, Maharashtra
78:Bombay Presidency
26:Air Chief Marshal
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2426:Om Prakash Mehra
2406:Subroto Mukerjee
2388:Subroto Mukerjee
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2303:Indian Air Force
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2110:Madhvendra Singh
1980:Om Prakash Mehra
1930:Subroto Mukerjee
1913:Sir Edward Parry
1901:Sir Rob Lockhart
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1816:Preceded by
1792:Om Prakash Mehra
1789:Preceded by
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1728:Preceded by
1701:Hari Chand Dewan
1698:Preceded by
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1016:Indian Air Force
1011:Air Vice Marshal
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992:Indian Air Force
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786:aircraft of the
758:Om Prakash Mehra
689:Air Vice Marshal
622:, and chose the
387:Subroto Mukerjee
324:. Moving to the
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