Air Marshal Pankaj M Sinha takes over as Chief of IAF's Western Command

New Delhi: Air Marshal Pankaj Mohan Sinha on Sunday took charge as the commander-in-chief of Indian Air Force's Western Air Command that looks after the security of the air space in the sensitive Ladakh sector as well as some other parts of north India.

He succeeds Air Marshal S Prabhakaran who retired from service after



serving the force for more than 39 years.

Hours after taking charge of the Delhi-headquartered command, Air Marshal Sinha visited strategically located Thoise and Leh air bases in the Ladakh region where he reviewed the overall operational preparedness of the IAF, officials said.