This is a list of Indian Air Force personnel who have received awards for gallantry related to their service.
Param Vir Chakra
Maha Vir Chakra
- Harcharan Singh Manget[3][4]
- Ajjamada B. Devaiah[5]
- SK Kaul
- Ramesh Sakharam Benegal
- Man Mohan Bir Singh Talwar
- Madhavendra Banerji
- Harcharan Singh Manget
- Cecil Vivian Parker
- Chandan Singh
- Ravinder Nath Bhardwaj
- Padmanabh Gautam (awarded twice, in 1965 and 1971)
- Jag Mohan Nath (awarded twice, in 1962 and 1965)
- Hrushikesh Moolgavkar
- Minoo Merwan Engineer
- Mehar Singh
Vir Chakra
- Amar Jit Singh Sandhu[6]
- Jasjit Singh (IAF officer)[7][8]
- Ranjan Dutt
- Alfred Tyrone Cooke
- Krishan Kant Saini[9][10]
- Trevor Keelor[11][12]
- Denzil Keelor
- Lawrence Frederic Pereira
- Virendera Singh Pathania
- Ajay Ahuja[13]
- Abhinandan Varthaman[14]
- Vinod Neb[15] (Received twice (bar to VrC). Once in 1965 and 1971.)
- Manish Arora
Ashoka Chakra
Kirti Chakra
Shaurya Chakra
Vayu Sena Medal
(This list is not complete)
References
- ↑ IAF scales 3 virgin peaks in Ladakh region. Hindustan Times(27 July 2012). Retrieved 27 July 2012.
- ↑ Batchmates remember of IAF's lone Param Vir Chakra awardee recall his valour. The Indian Express(2017-06-05). Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- ↑ Air Commodore Harcharan Singh Manget. Bharat Rakshak.
- ↑ Stories of Heroism: PVC & MVC Winners{{#if:Chakravorty|, Chakravorty}. Allied Publishers(1995). ISBN 9788170235163
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- ↑ Service Record for Wing Commander Amar Jit Singh Sandhu 4705 F(P) at Bharat Rakshak.com. Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
- ↑ PM condoles Air Commodore Jasjit Singh's death, calls him inspirational military leader. Business Standard(5 August 2013). Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ↑ Former Directors of IDSA. Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. Retrieved 2013-08-08.
- ↑ Gazette of India, 11 January 1964 – No.3 – Pres/64 dated 1 January 1964
- ↑ Bharat Rakshak:Indian Air Force -. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
- ↑ Sabre Killers - Keelor Brothers Denzil Keelor at Mangalorean.com Template:Webarchive accessed June 2007
- ↑ 'Sabre Killers – Keelor Brothers' from Old Martinians' UK Template:Webarchive accessed July 2007
- ↑ SQUADRON LEADER AJAY AHUJA | Gallantry Awards. gallantryawards.gov.in. Retrieved 2020-06-24.
- ↑ Gallantry Awards | Ministry of Defence, Government of India. www.gallantryawards.gov.in. Retrieved 2021-11-23.
- ↑ Service Record for Wing Commander Vinod Kumar Neb 8189 F(P) at Bharat Rakshak.com. Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 2022-08-01.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Press Information Bureau. www.pib.nic.in. Retrieved 2018-01-27.
- ↑ Ashoka Chakra. bharat-rakshak.com. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ↑ Medal Rack(18 February 2017). Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ↑ Martyred Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala joins elite IAF club tomorrow – Times of India. indiatimes.com(25 January 2018). Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ↑ IAF commando Jyoti Prakash Nirala awarded Ashok Chakra for role in Kashmir encounter that killed six terrorists. – Firstpost. www.firstpost.com(25 January 2018). Retrieved 25 January 2018.
- ↑ SQUADRON LEADER DENZIL KEELOR | Gallantry Awards. gallantryawards.gov.in.
- ↑ Vir Chakra (VrC), Awardee: Air Mrshl Denzil Keelor, PVSM, KC, AVSM, VrC, VM @ TWDI. twdi.in.
- ↑ IAF helicopter crash: Lone survivor had close call last year, got Shaurya Chakra for gallantry. The Indian Express(2021-12-09). Retrieved 2021-12-09.
- ↑ Who is Group Captain Varun Singh? Know about lone survivor of IAF chopper crash. Hindustan Times(2021-12-08). Retrieved 2021-12-08.