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| honorific_prefix = [[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]]
| name = Amar Preet Singh
| honorific_suffix = [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]]
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[[Air Marshal (India)|Air Marshal]] '''Amar Preet Singh''', [[Ati Vishisht Seva Medal|AVSM]] is an officer of the [[Indian Air Force]]. He is currently serving 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]].<ref name="pib-apsingh">{{cite press release|url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1838613|title=AIR MARSHAL AP SINGH ASSUMES THE APPOINTMENT OF AOC-IN-C CENTRAL AIR COMMAND|publisher=PIB|date=2022-07-01}}</ref> Previously, he served as Senior Air Staff Officer of the [[Eastern Air Command (India)|Eastern Air Command]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/others/air-marshal-ap-singh-takes-over-as-cac-chief-101656696842443.html|title=Air Marshal AP Singh takes over as CAC chief|publisher=Hindustan Times|date=2022-07-01}}</ref>

== Early life and education ==
Amar Preet Singh is an alumnus of [[Defence Services Staff College]], [[National Defence College (India)|National Defence College]] and [[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]].<ref name="cac-iaf">{{cite web|url=https://indianairforce.nic.in/central-air-command/|title=Central Air Command - IAF|publisher=Indian Air Force|date=2022-07-01|access-date=2022-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220730071237/https://indianairforce.nic.in/central-air-command/|archive-date=2022-07-30}}</ref>

==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 [[No. 22 Squadron IAF|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]].<ref name="apsingh-br">{{cite web|url=https://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/17695|title=Service record - Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh|publisher=Bharat Rakshak|access-date=2022-07-30}}</ref>

He spearheaded the [[MiG-29]] upgrade Project Management Team at Moscow, Russia and was instrumental in flight testing of [[HAL Tejas]].<ref name="pib-apsingh"/>

As the [[Air vice marshal (India)|Air Vice Marshal]], he served as the Air Defence Commanding of [[South Western Air Command]] and Project Director at National Flight Test Center, [[Aeronautical Development Agency]].

Prior to being promoted to AOC-in-C, he served as the Senior Air Staff Officer, [[Eastern Air Command (India)|Eastern Air Command]].<ref name="cac-iaf"/>

== Honours and decorations ==
During his career, Amar Preet Singh was awarded the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal in 2019.<ref name="avsm">{{cite web|url=https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1561462|title= Distinguished Service and Gallantry Awards to IAF Personnel on Republic Day 2019 |date=2019-01-25}}</ref>

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== Personal life ==
He is married to Mrs Sarita Singh. The couple is blessed with a son and a daughter.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jagran.com/uttar-pradesh/allahabad-city-air-marshal-ap-singh-appointed-as-aoc-in-chief-of-central-air-command-took-charge-in-bamrauli-22854384.html|title =Air Marshal AP Singh: सेंट्रल एयर कमांड के एओसी-इन-चीफ बने एयर मार्शल एपी सिंह, बमरौली में संभाला कार्यभार|publisher=Jagran|language=Hindi|date=2022-01-07}}</ref>

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| title = Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, [[Central Air Command]]
| years = 1 July 2022 - Present
| before = [[Richard John Duckworth]]
| after = Incumbent
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{{Succession box
| title = Senior Air Staff Officer - [[Eastern Air Command (India)|Eastern Air Command]]
| years = 1 February 2021 - 30 June 2022
| before = [[Gurcharan Singh Bedi]]
| after = [[Balakrishnan Manikantan]]
}}

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