Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa to review parade on June 16

Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Birender Singh Dhanoa, will review the combined graduation parade at the Air Force Academy (AFA) in Dundigal on June 16, to commemorate the successful completion of pre-commissioning training by flight cadets of various branches of Indian Air Force (IAF).

The air chief will review the passing-out parade and confer the “President’s commission” on behalf of the President of India to graduating trainees of various branches. He will present the ‘wings and brevets’ to the newly-commissioned officers of the flying branch, and to



officers from sister services i.e. Navy and Coast Guard for successfully undergoing flying training.

Air chief Dhanoa will also present the President’s plaque and the ‘sword of honour’ to the flight cadet standing first in the order of merit in ‘flying branch’, who will also have the privilege of commanding the graduation parade. The reviewing officer will also award the President’s plaque to the toppers - first in overall merit - in the navigation branch and ground duty branches of the graduating course.