Air Cmde Ran Singh took over as the Air Officer Commanding of Kalaikunda Air Force Station on Monday. Air Cmde Tarun Chaudhry handed over the charge to him.

Air Cmde Chaudhry addressed the personnel of the Indian Air Force at the station and complimented them for maintaining the operational tempo amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

Sources said Air Cmde Singh had been commissioned in the flying branch of the IAF in December 1992. He has an experience of around 3,250 flying hours as the pilot.

An alumnus of Defence Services Staff College and College of Air Warfare, Air Cmde Singh had previously commanded a frontline fighter squadron and an operational surveillance unit. Before Kalaikunda, he had been serving at the IAF headquarters in New Delhi.