NEW DELHI : Government has decided to appoint Air Marshal V R Chaudhari, PVSM, AVSM, VM, presently Vice Chief of Air Staff, as the next Chief of the Air Staff after the retirement of Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria, PVSM, AVSM, VM, ADC on 30th September, 2021.
Air Marshal V R Chaudhari, PVSM, AVSM, VM, was commissioned into the Fighter stream of Indian Air Force on 29th December 1982 and has held various Command, Staff and Instructional Appointments at various levels including the present one as Vice Chief of Air Staff. V R Chaudhari Officer is decorated with PVSM, AVSM, VM.
It may be interesting to note that the Operation Vijay Star is a service medal that recognizes Armed Forces personnel and civilians who participated in combat operations during Operation Vijay — the operation by the Indian armed forces to clear the Kargil sector of infiltrators from Pakistan — in 1999.
The Siachen Glacier Medal was awarded to participants of Operation Meghdoot, which in itself was a part of the Siachen conflict, which lasted from 1984 to 2003.
The net result of the conflict was India gained control of around 2,500-2,600 km of territory in and around the eponymous Siachen glacier — the highest battleground on Earth, and that is no hyperbole — as a result of this conflict.
