Article Posted on : - Oct 11, 2011

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with Defence Minister A K Antony & Indian Armed Forces Chiefs during the Annual Combined Commanders Conference in New Delhi. Photo: PTI.

NEW DELHI (PTI): Top commanders of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will review the security situation and take stock of the operational preparedness of the Force at a conference beginning here Wednesday.

The three-day conference will be chaired by IAF Chief ACM N A K Browne and will be attended by the Vice Chief, Commander-in-Chiefs of IAF's seven commands and the Principal Staff Officer (PSOs).

"The conference will take stock of the operational preparedness of the Force and will review the data base concerning maintenance, administration and other aspects," IAF officials said here.

Besides reviewing the security situation and preparedness of the force, the Conference will dwell upon the issue of maintenance and safety of its air assets, they said.

The conference comes in the backdrop of the Air Chief's statement that the security situation in the immediate neighbourhood is "extremely fragile and warrants close monitoring."