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This is a list of [[Indian Air Force]] personnel who have received awards for gallantry related to their service.

==Param Vir Chakra==

* [[Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/IAF-scales-3-virgin-peaks-in-Ladakh-region/Article1-902882.aspx |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313012301/http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/IAF-scales-3-virgin-peaks-in-Ladakh-region/Article1-902882.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 March 2014 |title=IAF scales 3 virgin peaks in Ladakh region |work=Hindustan Times|date=27 July 2012 |access-date=27 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2017-06-05|title=Batchmates remember of IAF's lone Param Vir Chakra awardee recall his valour|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/batch-mates-of-iaf-lone-param-vir-chakra-awardee-nirmal-jit-singh-sekhon-recall-his-valour-on-50th-anniversary-of-passing-out-4688184/|access-date=2020-06-11 |df=dmy-all|website=The Indian Express}}</ref>

==Maha Vir Chakra==
*[[Harcharan Singh Manget]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/4666|title=Air Commodore Harcharan Singh Manget|publisher=Bharat Rakshak}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uzizVBSb4YsC&dq=Air+Commodore+Harcharan+Singh+Mangat&pg=PA237|title=Stories of Heroism: PVC & MVC Winners|last=Chakravorty|first=B.|publisher=Allied Publishers|year= 1995|isbn=9788170235163 |location=237 |pages= 387}}</ref>
*[[Ajjamada B. Devaiah]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/indianairforce/database/4810#google_vignette}}</ref>
*[[S. K. Kaul|SK Kaul]]
*[[Ramesh Sakharam Benegal]]
*[[Man Mohan Bir Singh Talwar]]
*[[Madhavendra Banerji]]
*[[Harcharan Singh Manget]]
*[[Cecil Vivian Parker]]
*[[Chandan Singh (air vice marshal)|Chandan Singh]]
*[[Ravinder Nath Bhardwaj]]
*[[Padmanabha Gautam|Padmanabh Gautam]] (awarded twice, in 1965 and 1971)
*[[Jag Mohan Nath]] (awarded twice, in 1962 and 1965)
*[[Hrushikesh Moolgavkar]]
*[[Minoo Merwan Engineer]]
*[[Mehar Singh (commodore)|Mehar Singh]]
==Vir Chakra==
* [[Amar Jit Singh Sandhu]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Service Record for Wing Commander Amar Jit Singh Sandhu 4705 F(P) at Bharat Rakshak.com |url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/4705 |access-date=2022-07-13 |website=Bharat Rakshak |language=en-gb}}</ref>
* [[Jasjit Singh (IAF officer)]]<ref name=toi>{{cite news |title=PM condoles Air Commodore Jasjit Singh's death, calls him inspirational military leader |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/pm-condoles-jasjit-singh-s-death-calls-him-inspirational-military-leader-113080500428_1.html |date=5 August 2013 |access-date=9 July 2020 |newspaper=Business Standard |agency=IANS}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Former Directors of IDSA |url=http://www.idsa.in/formerdirectors |access-date=2013-08-08 |df=dmy-all |publisher=Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses}}</ref>
* [[Ranjan Dutt]]
* [[Alfred Tyrone Cooke]]
* [[Krishan Kant Saini]]<ref>Gazette of India, 11 January 1964 – No.3 – Pres/64 dated 1 January 1964</ref><ref name="citation">{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Record/view.php?srnum=4436|title=Bharat Rakshak:Indian Air Force -|access-date=1 December 2021|archive-date=7 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240407072606/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Record/view.php?srnum=4436|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Trevor Keelor]]<ref name=mgl>[http://mangalorean.com/browsearticles.php?arttype=Feature&articleid=637 Sabre Killers - Keelor Brothers Denzil Keelor at Mangalorean.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927220140/http://mangalorean.com/browsearticles.php?arttype=Feature&articleid=637 |date=27 September 2007 }} accessed June 2007</ref><ref name=oldmartinians>[http://www.oldmartinians.co.uk/page102.html 'Sabre Killers – Keelor Brothers' from Old Martinians' UK] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070827140305/http://oldmartinians.co.uk/page102.html |date=27 August 2007 }} accessed July 2007</ref>
* [[Denzil Keelor]]
* [[Lawrence Pereira|Lawrence Frederic Pereira]]
* [[Virendera Singh Pathania]]
* [[Ajay Ahuja]]<ref>{{cite web|title=SQUADRON LEADER AJAY AHUJA {{!}} Gallantry Awards|url=https://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/squadron-leader-ajay-ahuja|access-date=2020-06-24|website=gallantryawards.gov.in}}</ref>
* [[Abhinandan Varthaman]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Gallantry Awards {{!}} Ministry of Defence, Government of India|url=https://www.gallantryawards.gov.in/awardee/4888|access-date=2021-11-23|website=www.gallantryawards.gov.in}}</ref>
* [[Vinod Neb]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Service Record for Wing Commander Vinod Kumar Neb 8189 F(P) at Bharat Rakshak.com |url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/8189 |access-date=2022-08-01 |website=Bharat Rakshak |language=en-gb}}</ref> (Received twice (bar to VrC). Once in 1965 and 1971.)
* [[Manish Arora (officer)|Manish Arora]]

==Ashoka Chakra==
* [[Suhas Biswas]]<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Awards/Peace/305-AC.html|title=Ashoka Chakra|website=bharat-rakshak.com|access-date=2 November 2017|archive-date=20 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220035320/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/awards/peace/305-ac.html|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://evergreenebr.com/defence/medal-rack/|title=Medal Rack|work=E B R|date=18 February 2017|access-date=2 November 2017|archive-date=7 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171107034042/http://evergreenebr.com/defence/medal-rack/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Rakesh Sharma]]
* [[Jyoti Prakash Nirala]]<ref name="indiatimes.com">{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/martyred-corporal-jyoti-prakash-nirala-joins-elite-iaf-club-tomorrow/articleshow/62647401.cms|title=Martyred Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala joins elite IAF club tomorrow – Times of India|date=25 January 2018|website=indiatimes.com|access-date=25 January 2018}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1517878|title=Press Information Bureau|website=www.pib.nic.in|access-date=2018-01-27 |df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/india/iaf-commando-jyoti-prakash-nirala-awarded-ashok-chakra-for-role-in-kashmir-encounter-that-killed-six-terrorists-4320221.html|title=IAF commando Jyoti Prakash Nirala awarded Ashok Chakra for role in Kashmir encounter that killed six terrorists. – Firstpost|date=25 January 2018|website=www.firstpost.com|access-date=25 January 2018}}</ref>

==Kirti Chakra==
* [[Denzil Keelor]]<ref>{{cite web |title=SQUADRON LEADER DENZIL KEELOR {{!}} Gallantry Awards |url=https://gallantryawards.gov.in/Awardee/squadron-leader-denzil-keelor |website=gallantryawards.gov.in}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Vir Chakra (VrC), Awardee: Air Mrshl Denzil Keelor, PVSM, KC, AVSM, VrC, VM @ TWDI |url=http://twdi.in/node/4040 |website=twdi.in}}</ref>
*[[Dev Raj Singh Thakur]]
*[[Darryl Castelino]]

==Shaurya Chakra==
* [[2021 Indian Air Force Mil Mi-17 crash|Varun Singh (Indian Air Force Officer)]]<ref>{{cite web|date=2021-12-09|title=IAF helicopter crash: Lone survivor had close call last year, got Shaurya Chakra for gallantry|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/iaf-helicopter-crash-lone-survivor-group-captain-varun-singh-cds-bipin-rawat-dead-7663185/|access-date=2021-12-09|website=The Indian Express}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite web|date=2021-12-08|title=Who is Group Captain Varun Singh? Know about lone survivor of IAF chopper crash|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/who-is-group-captain-varun-singh-know-about-lone-survivor-of-iaf-chopper-crash-101638970325763.html|access-date=2021-12-08|website=Hindustan Times}}</ref>
*[[Gursewak Singh]]

==Vayu Sena Medal==
(This list is not complete)
*[[Virendera Singh Pathania]]

==References==
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