AIR MARSHAL D C KUMARIA TO TAKE OVER AS VICE CHIEF OF AIR STAFF
Posted by- Neelam Mathews May 30, 2012 Air Marshal DC Kumaria, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Air Command, will assume charge as the new Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS) at Air Headquarters on Jun 1. Having done his early schooling from Rashtriya Indian Military College(RIMC), Dehradun he went on to join the Khadakwasla, located National Defence Academy (NDA) and was commissioned into the Fighter Stream of the Indian Air Force on 02 Jun 1973. Early in his career he flew all variants of the MiG-21 aircraft, and was among the first batch of fighter pilots chosen to convert on the Jaguar aircraft in the United Kingdom. He also underwent the Qualified Weapon Instructor (QWI) course in UK, as well as the Instrument Rating Instructor and Examiner (IRIE) and the Fighter Combat Leader (FCL) Course, with a tenure as a Directing Staff at Tactics and Combat Development Establishment(TACDE) at Gwalior. Kumaria ...