1	Air Marshal Sir Thomas Elmhirst 15 August 1947-21 February 1950
2	Air Marshal Sir Ronald Lvelaw Chapman 22 February 1950-9 December 1951
3	Air Marshal Sir Gerald Gibbs 10 December 1951-31 March 1954
4.	Air Marshal S. Mukherjee 1 April 1954-8 November 1960
5.	Air Marshal A.M.Engineer 1 December 1960-31 July 1964
6.	Air Chief Marshal Arjan Singh 1 August1964-15 July 1969
7.	Air Chief Marshal P.C. Lal 16 July 1969-15 January 1973
8.	Air Chief Marshal O.P. Mehra 16 January 1973-31 January 1976
9.	Air Chief Marshal H. Moolgavkar 1 February 1976-31 August 1978
10.	Air Chief Marshal I.H.Latif 1 December 1978-31 August 1981
11.	Air Chief Marshal Dilbagh Singh 1 September 1981-3 September 1984
12.	Air Chief Marshal L.M. Katre 4 September 1984-1 July 1985
13.	Air Chief Marshal D.A. La Fontaine 3 July 1985-31 July 1988
14.	Air Chief Marshal S.K. Mehra 1 August 1988-31 July 1991
15.	Air Chief Marshal N.C. Suri 1 August 1991-31 July 1993
16.	Air Chief Marshal S.K. Kaul 1 August 1993-31 December 1995
17.	Air Chief Marshal S.K. Sareen 31 December 1995-31 December 1998
18.	Air Chief Marshal A.Y. Tipnis 1 January 1999- 31 December 2001
19.	Air Chief Marshal Srinivasapuram Krishna Swamy 31 December 2001 - 31 December 2004
20.	Air Chief Marshal S.P. Tyagi 1 January 2005 - 31 March 2007
21	Air Chief Marshal Fali Homi Major 31 March 2007 - till date