COIMBATORE: Air Commodore Vivart Singh took over the command of Air Force Station in Sulur on Monday.
Commissioned in June 1995, the Air Officer is a qualified flying instructor and an experimental test pilot with over 4,000 hours of flying. He has a rich experience of flying multiple variants of fighter, transport and trainer aircrafts, said a statement.
An alumnus of the prestigious National Defence Academy in Khadakwasla and Defence Services Staff College in Wellington, Air Commodore Vivart Singh has commanded a premier fighter squadron and had held important staff appointments at the Air Headquarters.
With rich and varied experience in test flying, the Air Officer immensely contributed as a test pilot in the indigenous fighter project for the homegrown Light Combat Aircraft, Tejas.