The central government has decided to appoint Air Vice Chief Air Marshal RKS Bhadauria as the next Chief of the Air Staff. He will be succeeding Air Chief Marshal B S Dhanoa on September 30th.

Air Marshal Bhadauria was commissioned into the fighter stream of the IAF in June 1980 and has held various Command, Staff and Instructional Appointments at various levels. 

He is an alumnus of National Defence Academy, Pune and has clocked over 4000 hours of flying.