Amar Preet Singh

Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh, PVSM, AVSM is an officer of the Indian Air Force. He is serving as the 47th Vice Chief of the Air Staff. He assumed the office on February 1, 2023 succeeding Air Marshal Sandeep Singh.

Early life and education
Amar Preet Singh is an alumnus of Defence Services Staff College, National Defence College and National Defence Academy.

Career
Amar Preet Singh was commissioned as a fighter pilot in the Indian Air Force on 21 December 1984. In a distinguished career spanning 38 years, he has flown a variety of fighter and trainer aircraft with more than 4900 hours of operational flying. He is a Qualified Flying Instructor and an experimental test pilot with service flying on a variety of fixed wing and rotary wing aircraft.

With a long career of 38 years, he has commanded an air base. He has commanded the 22 squadron hosting the MiG-27. He served as the Chief Test Pilot at Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment and served as the Project Director at National Flight Test Center, Aeronautical Development Agency.

He spearheaded the MiG-29 upgrade Project Management Team at Moscow, Russia and was instrumental in flight testing of HAL Tejas.

As the Air Vice Marshal, he served as the Air Defence Commander of South Western Air Command and Project Director at National Flight Test Center, Aeronautical Development Agency.

He served as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), Central Air Command. He assumed the office on 1 July 2022 succeeding Air Marshal Richard John Duckworth. Prior to taking over command of Central Air Command as its AOC-in-C, he served as the Senior Air Staff Officer, Eastern Air Command.

Honours and decorations
During his career, Amar Preet Singh was awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in 2019 and Param Vishisht Seva Medal in 2023.

Personal life
He is married to Mrs Sarita Singh. The couple has a son and a daughter.