Air Marshal D Choudhury is new Commandant of National Defence College

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New Delhi : Air Marshal D Choudhury took over as Commandant of National Defence College from Vice Admiral Srikant here on December 16, 2019. Prior to this appointment, Air Marshal Choudhury was senior Air Staff Officer at the Headquarters of Western Air Command, New Delhi.

Air Marshal Choudhury is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy and was commissioned into the fighter stream of the India Air Force on December 22, 1983. The Air Marshal is also an alumnus of the Royal College of Defence studies, UK, and Post Graduate in Strategy and International Security from King’s College, London, and also holds an M.Phil degree in Defence and Strategic Studies.

He has a vast operational flying experience on all variants of the MiG-21, MiG-27, MiG-29 and Su-30 aircrafts. He is a Fighter Combat Leader and Instrument Rating Examiner. He has commanded a frontline fighter Squadron and two frontline fighter bases apart from heading the prestigious Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment and the Composite Battle Response and Analysis (COBRA) Group. He has been actively involved in planning and execution of air operations at Strategic, Operational and Tactical levels. He has held important appointments at the Air Headquarters and operational Command Headquarters, according to a PIB release.

The National Defence College, established on April 27, 1960, is a premier Institution under the Ministry of Defence and is the highest seat of Strategic Education of the Nation.