Current Affairs - Defence - Discussion

Air Marshal Inderpal Singh Walia has been appointed as the next Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS) of the Indian Air Force. He assumed responsibility on 1 November 2026, succeeding Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit. Before this appointment, he served as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Air Command. Commissioned as a fighter pilot in 1988, Walia has nearly four decades of distinguished military service. He has held several important operational and command positions and served as Defence Attaché in Japan and South Korea. He has also received the Vayu Sena Medal and Ati Vishisht Seva Medal for his distinguished service.