New Delhi: Air Marshal Vikram Singh on October 1 took over as Senior Air Staff Officer (SASO), Headquarters Western Air Command.

He was commissioned into the fighter stream on December 21, 1984. The Air Marshal flew MiG-21 and Mirage-2000 aircraft before undergoing the Flying Instructor’s Course, Experimental Flight Test Course and Staff Course at Pretoria, South Africa.

Air Marshal Singh has performed Flight Test duties at the National Flight Test Centre, commanded an Air Force Station, served in various staff appointments in Air Headquarters and has been the Air Attache in Moscow. He has also served at the Integrated Defence Staff Headquarters and was Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Plans) at Air Headquarters before taking over the present appointment.