In Part 1 of this series we saw the history of Indian Air force and the structure that is being followed in this force. Lets take the discussion ahead and see whats more in our Indian Air force. Currently the Chief of the Air Staff is Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha who is a
four star officer. The only officer who has been given the honorary five stars
is Marshal of the Indian Air Force Arjan Singh.
The IAF is divided into several branches
to carry out the various day to day operations. The branches are as follows:
- Flying Branch
- Technical Branch
- Ground Duty Branch
Flying
Branch – The Flying branch deals with flying
the fighter aircrafts and helicopters and is used to assist the Indian Army
during wartime operations. It also carries out the task of providing supplies
to troops which are stationed at high altitudes.
Technical
Branch – The Technical Branch is divided into
two sub categories. The first category comprises of Aeronautical Engineers in
Mechanical AE(M) which deal with keeping the aircraft combat ready.
The second category is Aeronautical Engineers in Electronics AE(E).
This sub category deals with creating
radar links with the fighter aircraft in air and vice versa. They are also
responsible for handling the defense radar, operating sophisticated computers
to keep things running during operations and practice.
Ground
Duty Branch – The ground branch is divided
into the following categories:
- Administrative Branch
The Officers of the administrative
branch are responsible for carrying out efficient management of both human and
material resources. Some of the Offices are also assigned with the following:
a)
Air Traffic Controller
Air Traffic controller officer will see
the orderly flow of air traffic, airspace management and provide advisory
services for orderly flow of military and civilian aircraft
b) Fighter Controller
Officers in the fighter controller
branch are responsible for close contact between the aircraft’s pilot and the
air defense radar system. They alert the pilot against the enemy’s threat using
electronic offensive equipment.
- Accounts Branch
As officer in the Accounts Branch is
responsible for maintaining the flow of money, where the money is being
utilized, plans the budgetary requirements. He mainly deals with the financial matters of the IAF, and also
handles the disbursement of pay and allowances to the IAF personnel.
- Logistics Branch
A Logistic officer basically deals with
providing the IAF personnel with aircraft clothing, he deals with providing the
personnel with fighter aircraft’s spare parts, rations, mechanical transport,
armament, missiles and makes the day to day working out of the organization
easier.
- Education Branch
The
teaching staff of the IAF comprises of the Education Branch
- Meteorology Branch
The meteorology branch deals with
handling the latest satellite imagery which enables IAF operators to be aware
of weather at all time.
With time to time the Indian Air Force
had proved its mettle, not lacking behind the Indian Army and Indian Navy, the
Indian Air force too has its own Special Forces unit known as the Garud Commandos. The Commando unit
undergoes a training of 72 weeks the longest Special Force unit training period
in Indian Armed Forces, thus making the IAF even more deadly.
In the present time many AFSB are going and it would definitely be benficial for the peer aspirants to prepare the basic knowledge about the force they are getting ready to serve. If you like our article do share it with your friends and follow us or subscribe for email notification here at the right side , so that you do not miss on any update.
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About the Author: Shekhar Tanwar is a computer science engineer who is working with a renowned MNC and is a die heart defense aspirant. Guitar is his passion and he is very firm believer of physical fitness. This article is a way to help defense aspirants to present his critical views on the topic, on the forum so that collective exchange of thoughts can take place. |
Excellent ,please elaborate about The Garud Commandos...
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