Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, Vayu Sena Medal took over as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C), South Western Air Command (SWAC) at Gandhinagar on 01 May 2023. He succeeds Air Marshal Vikram Singh Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, Vishisht Seva Medal, who retired on 30 Apr 2023.
On arrival, the Air Marshal placed a wreath on the War Memorial and was presented with an impressive Guard of Honour at HO SWAC, Gandhinagar.
The Air Marshal was commissioned in the Fighter Stream on 07 Jun 1986. He is an alumni of the National Defence Academy and passed out as the President Gold Medalist. He has flown over 3600 hours on various types of aircraft. He is a Qualified Flying Instructor as well as an Experimental Test Pilot. The Air Marshal has rich field experience which also includes operational testing of various weapons and systems, primarily on the Mirage-2000. He was actively involved in the operations and took part in many important missions during the Kargil conflict He has also commanded a frontline fighter base in the Rajasthan sector. Thereafter, he served as the Chief Test Pilot of ASTE, the Air Force's premier flight testing establishment. He was Air Attaché at Paris from 2013-16. On return from France he commanded Air Force Station Jodhpur. He took over as Project Director (Flight Test) at National Flight Test Centre in Oct 2018, where he was actively involved with the development and operationalisation of Light Combat Aircraft TEJAS.
Prior to assuming charge as the AOC-in-C SWAC, the Air Marshal was Deputy
Chief of the Air Staff at Air HO(VB). F or his distinguished service, he was awarded the ‘Vayu Sena Medal’ in 2008 and ‘Ati Vishisht Seva Medal' in 2022.