List of Indian Air Force Gallantry Award winners
Appearance
This is a list of Indian Air Force personnel who have received awards for gallantry related to their service.
Param Vir Chakra
[edit]Maha Vir Chakra
[edit]- Wg Cdr Jag Mohan Nath (1962, 1965)
- Harcharan Singh Manget[3][4]
• Air Commodore William Macdonald "Jimmy" Goodman
Vir Chakra
[edit]- Wing Commander Amar Jit Singh Sandhu[5]
- Jasjit Singh (IAF officer)[6][7]
- Krishan Kant Saini[8][9]
- Trevor Keelor[10][11]
- Denzil Keelor
- Virendera Singh Pathania
- Ajay Ahuja[12]
- Abhinandan Varthaman[13]
- Vinod Neb[14] (Received twice (bar to VrC). Once in 1965 and 1971.)
Ashoka Chakra
[edit]Kirti Chakra
[edit]Shaurya Chakra
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "IAF scales 3 virgin peaks in Ladakh region". Hindustan Times. 27 July 2012. Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2012.
- ^ "Batchmates remember of IAF's lone Param Vir Chakra awardee recall his valour". The Indian Express. 5 June 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
- ^ "Air Commodore Harcharan Singh Manget". Bharat Rakshak.
- ^ Chakravorty, B. (1995). Stories of Heroism: PVC & MVC Winners. 237: Allied Publishers. p. 387. ISBN 9788170235163.
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: CS1 maint: location (link) - ^ "Service Record for Wing Commander Amar Jit Singh Sandhu 4705 F(P) at Bharat Rakshak.com". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
- ^ "PM condoles Air Commodore Jasjit Singh's death, calls him inspirational military leader". Business Standard. IANS. 5 August 2013. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
- ^ "Former Directors of IDSA". Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
- ^ Gazette of India, 11 January 1964 – No.3 – Pres/64 dated 1 January 1964
- ^ "Bharat Rakshak:Indian Air Force -".
- ^ Sabre Killers - Keelor Brothers Denzil Keelor at Mangalorean.com Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine accessed June 2007
- ^ 'Sabre Killers – Keelor Brothers' from Old Martinians' UK Archived 27 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine accessed July 2007
- ^ "SQUADRON LEADER AJAY AHUJA | Gallantry Awards". gallantryawards.gov.in. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ "Gallantry Awards | Ministry of Defence, Government of India". www.gallantryawards.gov.in. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
- ^ "Service Record for Wing Commander Vinod Kumar Neb 8189 F(P) at Bharat Rakshak.com". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
- ^ a b "Press Information Bureau". www.pib.nic.in. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ "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. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
- ^ "Who is Group Captain Varun Singh? Know about lone survivor of IAF chopper crash". Hindustan Times. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
- ^ Bharatvarsh, TV9 (25 November 2021). "राष्ट्रपति भवन में पदक लेते जिस मां का वीडियो वायरल हो रहा है, जानिए उसके बहादुर बेटे की कहानी". TV9 Bharatvarsh (in Hindi). Retrieved 22 November 2023.
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