Who assumed charge as the 29th Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force on 1 November 2026?
- A.Air Chief Marshal Ashutosh Dixit
- B.Air Marshal Mehtab Singh Deswal
- C.Air Chief Marshal Amar Preet Singh
- D.Air Marshal Sanjeet Kumar
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Explanation
The correct answer is Air Chief Marshal Ashutosh Dixit. He took over as the 29th Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force on 1 November 2026, marking the start of his tenure with a wreath-laying at the National War Memorial and a ceremonial Guard of Honour at Air Force Station New Delhi. He holds the PVSM, AVSM, VM and VSM, is an Experimental Test Pilot and a Qualified Flying Instructor, and has flown for more than 3,500 hours. Option B is wrong because Air Marshal Mehtab Singh Deswal took over on the same day as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Eastern Air Command, a command appointment and not the office of the service chief. Option C is wrong because no such name figures in this appointment; the office passed to Air Chief Marshal Dixit, who had been serving as Vice Chief of the Air Staff. Option D is wrong because Air Marshal Sanjeet Kumar is not connected with this appointment either. Only Air Chief Marshal Ashutosh Dixit became the head of the Indian Air Force on this date.
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Practice Questions
In the 'VAYU' vision announced by the new Chief of the Air Staff, what does the letter 'Y' stand for?
- A.Yudh
- B.Yukti
- C.Yojana
- D.Yatra
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The guiding theme has four pillars, one for each letter. V is for Vigilance, Victory and Readiness, which asks every formation to hold the highest state of operational preparedness and seeks to restore combat strength to sanctioned levels.
Read the full explanation →The 'Unity of Effort' pillar of the VAYU vision is linked to the national vision of JAI. What does JAI stand for?
- A.Jointness, Aatmanirbharta and Innovation
- B.Jawan, Agniveer and Infrastructure
- C.Jointness, Agility and Integration
- D.Jal, Akash and Imarat
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While setting out the fourth pillar of his vision, the Chief of the Air Staff said that stronger jointness with the Army, the Navy and national agencies would be pursued in keeping with the national vision of JAI, whose three words are Jointness, Aatmanirbharta and Innovation.
Read the full explanation →In which sea was INS Trishul deployed when it called at Souda Bay?
- A.Red Sea
- B.Black Sea
- C.Mediterranean Sea
- D.Baltic Sea
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The port call at Souda Bay on 31 October 2026 took place during an ongoing deployment of Indian Naval Ship Trishul to the Mediterranean, and Souda Bay is a Greek port in that sea.
Read the full explanation →The Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Centre at Souda Bay, whose facilities the crew of INS Trishul is to see, is run by which organisation?
- A.European Union
- B.NATO
- C.United Nations
- D.Indian Ocean Naval Symposium
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The establishment at Souda Bay is the NATO Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Centre, usually written as NMIOTC, and the crew of Indian Naval Ship Trishul is to be familiarised with its facilities during the port call, along with those of Naval Support Activity Souda Bay.
Read the full explanation →Souda Bay, where INS Trishul made a port call, is located in which country?
- A.Italy
- B.Greece
- C.Cyprus
- D.Egypt
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Souda Bay is the Greek port where Indian Naval Ship Trishul called on 31 October 2026 while deployed in the Mediterranean Sea.
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