NEW DELHI (PTI): Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne Friday took over as the Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee, from Admiral Nirmal Verma on the latter's superannuation.
In another senior appointment, Vice-Admiral S P S Cheema took over as chief of the tri-services Integrated Defence Staff.
The IAF Chief, who is the senior-most of the three Services heads, was handed over the charge of Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee, by Admiral Verma at a ceremony here.
It was due to this ceremony that ACM Browne could not go to Jamnagar Thursday itself after nine IAF personnel lost their lives there in a mid-air collision involving two helicopters.
The Air Force Chief is taking over as the COSC at a time when the three Services are working towards increasing coordination in their operations and procurement procedures.
Meanwhile, Vice-Admiral Cheema, a specialist gunnery officer, also assumed office Friday as the head of the tri-services organisation.
He was commissioned into the Navy in January 1977 and is a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College (DSSC), Wellington and the College of Naval Warfare (CNW), Mumbai.
The Vice-Admiral has spent majority of his time on afloat appointments. He also commanded missile corvette INS Khanjar and India's only aircraft carrier INS Viraat.
IAF chief Browne new Chairman, Chiefs of Staff Committee
Article Posted on : - Sep 03, 2012
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