Air Commodore Rathore takes over in Air Force Station Tezpur

Article Posted on : - Aug 14, 2012

GUWAHATI (PTI): Air Commodore Ajay Rathore Monday took over as the new Air Officer Commanding of Air Force Station Tezpur.

The Tezpur base is one of the premier forward fighter bases of the Indian Air Force in the eastern sector.

Rathore replaces Air Commodore Sandeep Singh, a defence release said here.

Prior to his new appointment, he was on deputation to Israel as Air Attache.

Rathore was commissioned as a fighter pilot in 1986.

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