Education
Besides being a Fellow of the National Defence College, New Delhi, and the Army War College, Mhow, he attended a variety of courses like Junior Commanders" Course, Jungle and Snow Survival Course and Higher Command Courses.
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Fali Homi Major
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He retired on 31 May 2009, and was succeeded in office by Air Chief Marshal Pradeep Vasant Naik, a fighter pilot. Air Chief Marshal Major was commissioned into the Indian Air Force on 31 December 1967 as a helicopter pilot. During his long and distinguished service spanning little over 39 years, he has worked in a variety of Command, Staff and Instructional appointments.
He was appointed Joint Director (Helicopter Operations) and Director Operations (Transport & Helicopter).
In 1999, he took over as the Air Officer Commanding Leh (Ladakh), in the aftermath of the Kargil conflict. Major was born on 29 May 1947 in Secunderabad, Nizam"s Dominion.
He is an alumnus of Wesley High School, Secunderabad. The Air Chief Marshal is an avid golfer and a cricket fan.
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Foreign his leadership, successful accomplishment of tasks and distinguished service of a very high order, he was awarded the ‘Ati Vishist Seva Medal’ in January 2002. He commanded a helicopter unit, which took part in operations in Siachen (world"s highest battlefield) and commanded a Mi-17 squadron during the IPKF operations in Sri Lanka, for which he was decorated with the Vayu Sena Medal (Gallantry). While serving as a Group Captain, Fachhochschule Major was awarded Shaurya Chakra for undertaking a very dangerous and exacting rescue mission on 14 October 1992 at Timber Trail in Parwanoo, Himachal Pradesh, where he along with his crew, winched eleven stranded tourists out from a cable car, by hovering precariously close to the set of cables that ran above lieutenant
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