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PRESIDENT’S PPRESIDENT’S PPRESIDENT’S PPRESIDENT’S PPRESIDENT’S PAAAAAGEGEGEGEGE

Eagle’s Eye has great pleasure in devoting considerable space in this issue

to inform the specifies of the improvements in pensionary and associated benefits

announced by the Government. Additionally, the IAF has taken a big step in

providing a single window to Air Force Veterans looking for institutional relief by

constituting the Directorate of Air Veterans. The Air Force Veteran community is

really thankful for such a step.

The Air Force Association and its activities are moving from strength to strength. Trends of

enrolment figures are increasing. The joy and vibrancy at the Senior Citizen Home finds mention in a

poem in this issue. More veterans are coming forward to institute scholarships on merit cum need basis

for children of Air Force Veterans. The Marshal of the Air Force Trust has issued grants to 143 needy

veterans and families to the tune of Rs. 8,35,500/- during the last six months (Sep 2012 to Mar 2013).

All this is indicative of the strength of the bonds in the community.

The Eagle’s Eye continues to work hard to improve. The QUIZ column has been appreciated.

We hope the magazine will add more popular features soon.

The strength and vigor in the veteran community is best epitomized by octogenarian Wg Cdr

(Retd) Marathe being awarded Senior Citizen Cyclist Award at Pune. Ex-Sgt G Balakrishnan Nair has

also achieved kudos, the Karma Shreshta Ratna Award for his yeoman work in the field of psychology.

Godspeed to these luminaries.

Air Chief Marshal (Retd) PV Naik PVSM VSM



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Thanks to the very determined efforts of some Senior Air Veterans at

Bangalore, and the interface provided by the AFA Head Office with the

Directorate of Air Veterans (DAV), Air HQ has signed a MOU with Bangalore

Metro in which nearly 50% of the manpower will be from the Armed Forces.

There is a similar tie up with the BEG at Bangalore and we have informed the

Indian Navy at Bombay to sign this MOU. The Head Office has impressed on

the DAV to sign similar agreements with existing and upcoming metros. We

wish them success.

The Head Office (HO) had initiated a dialogue with ONGC for five scholarships for college

going GIRL wards of our members for an amount of Rs 1 Lakh annually. Sadly when the proposal

was in the final stages of clearance, the workers union of ONGC sought a similar arrangement for

their workers. This scuttled the proposal and ONGC had to call off the arrangement. Our attempts

at providing such a scholarship still continue. We are finding ways of funding this scholarship. May

I request members to consider opening their purse strings and show the benevolence they are well

known for and contribute towards the AFA College Education fund. AFA will undertake the task of

providing support through professional college to deserving and needy children of our members.

You may have noticed that AFA is slowly becoming Net savvy. The HO and branches have,

over a period of time, collected the email addresses and mobile numbers of a large number of

members. Those who have provided us with this data are now being informed personally of all

important issues related to Air Veterans. Two important issues on which members were sent information

of late were to remind them to sign the ‘Life Certificate’ with the banks in Nov 12, and all members

were sent the format of the applications that Air HQ required to pay the arrears of the Fourth Pay

Commission. It is planned to enhance our communication on the net as much as possible. As a

reminder please do log on to the AFA web site and the Face book page. Some interesting discussions

take place on the Face book. Why don’t you join in and make the discussions more meaningful.

Also those who have not given us your email address and mobile numbers, please do so at the

earliest so that you could be informed of the important issues straight away.

In an endeavour to spread the AFA network, two new chapters have been added to the

Gujarat Branch. These have been operationalised at Jamnagar and Baroda. Gujarat is well on its

way to bring many Veterans into the AFA family. Bhuj will also be added as a chapter to the Gujarat

Branch shortly. We wish the new chapters all the best in all their endeavours. Andhra Branch has

also resurrected a chapter at Tirupati. The process of adding Branches and Chapters will continue

and we hope to enhance our coverage for all our members. There is also a proposal to start a Branch

in the United States of America. The Head Office has responded very positively to the proposal and

we hope that there will be adequate volunteers to start this branch. The branch will provide support

to the many Veterans settled in the US and to the many who visit that country regularly.



One of the ‘Works in Progress’ is our proposal to Air HQ requesting that serving Air Warriors

who Volunteer to become members of the AFA after retirement be charged a minimal amount regularly,

like the contribution to the Benevolent Fund, and they will be provided membership on retirement.

This will help Air Warriors pay the membership fees over an extended period. The proposal if

accepted will bring very large numbers of soon to be Veterans into the AFA fold.

AFA would also wish to thank our team of Lawyers who along with many Ex-Servicemen

agencies pursued the case of the IV pay commission in the Supreme Court with positive results.

AFA, on a case to case basis, joins in with service litigants to make ‘Class Action Cases’ in the High

court and Supreme Court. This helps every affected serviceman get the benefit of the court decision

without having to file individual cases.

It is the desire of us at AFA to have a Senior Citizen Home for Air Veterans in every region of

the country. A request has been sent to AOsC-in-C of EAC, SAC and CAC to seek land at

concessional rates from state govts in their jurisdiction. Once we have a positive response from any

C-in-C, we will initiate the process of setting up a SCH with the assistance of Air HQ. The present

SCH at Delhi is running very well, thank to its able administrators. We have sent a proposal to Air

HQ to reduce the initial cost to the Airmen wanting accommodation in the SCH. This is likely to

happen soon. I hope the occupancy increases.

During our service careers we come across many personalities who have done so much for

the service in their restricted work areas. Their dedication to their jobs is worth emulating. Their

service is and has been beyond compare. Not many avenues are open to them to improve their

position, yet the enthusiasm for their jobs does not suffer. We often speak of them in glowing terms.

They do get rewarded with an odd Commendation Card from the CAS or the AOC-in- C. But

besides that, there is no recognition. AFA, through the ‘Eagles Eye’ and its members, wants to start

a regular feature for such ‘UNSUNG HEROS’. In this issue we start with a feature on Shri Mohinder

Singh, the Golf Professional at the AF Sports Complex, Race Course, New Delhi. It is our request

to members, as well as serving officers, to send us articles on such individuals who have practically

given their life time to the Air Force. Let’s use the ‘Eagles eye’ to give credit to our Unsung Heroes.

There are many relevant aspects in this issue of Eagles Eye. It is been our hope to keep

Veterans informed of the latest policies of the Govt of India relating to Veterans. Wishing you all good

health and a great time ahead.

Air Mshl (Retd) TS Randhawa PVSM VM



EDITEDITEDITEDITEDITORSPEAKORSPEAKORSPEAKORSPEAKORSPEAK

Eagle’s Eye is a magazine of air veterans, for air veterans and by air

veterans who have a duty of passing on the right Samskars (values) to Air Warriors.

One of these samskars is to know and respect yourself. Another samskar is to

educate yourself.

Eagle’s Eye AFA tries to pass such values to the air warriors through its

various columns and articles – some contributed by the members themselves.

Talking of the Quiz in Sep 2012 issue of Eagle’s Eye, only Miss Aswathy

of Kerala won the award of Rs. 100/- by sending all correct answers. I am sure more readers will be

sending all correct solution to the Quiz published in this issue and be eligible for the prize.

March 8 was the International Women’s Day. During an interview by your Editor, Marshal of

the Air Force conveyed that the Indian women always maintain their ‘samskar’, however advanced they

may be or wherever they live. This is the beauty of Indian women which they transfer to the next

generation. In fact, according to him, Indian women become more Indians when they are in some other

countries. He is happy that a number of women are now donning the Air Force uniform.

Besides the welfare activities of the branches, this issue contains the first part of a long poem on

‘Aastha’ – the Senior Citizen Home being maintained by AFA. It carries a lot of meaning because it is

composed by an inmate of the ‘Aastha’ himself. Next parts will be published in the coming issues. There

is a legal tip to air veterans regarding their WILL. The scholarships for the wards of Air veterans being

given through AFA have now increased. Eagle’s Eye is more colourful and in a new format. Readers may

like to send their comments on its new look. 22 new scholarships have been added to the existing

scholarship for the wards of Air Veterans and Air Warriors.

Your Editor is writing the biography of Marshal of the Air Force, Arjan Singh DFC in Hindi.

If any of the AFA members has any episode to narrate, he may please mail it to [email protected]

in Hindi or English. If found apt, it will surely be included in the biography with due acknowledgement.

AFA thanks all members for their literary as well as monetary contributions to Eagle’s Eye. It

also thanks the advertisers for their support.

Wishing all AFA members and their families a very colourful and happy Holi.

Wg Cdr (Retd) Dr. ML Bala



PRESIDENT EMERITUSPRESIDENT EMERITUSPRESIDENT EMERITUSPRESIDENT EMERITUSPRESIDENT EMERITUS

Marshal of the Air Force Arjan Singh DFC

GOGOGOGOGOVERNINVERNINVERNINVERNINVERNING CG CG CG CG COUNOUNOUNOUNOUNCILCILCILCILCIL

PRESIDENT Air Chief Marshal (Retd) PV Naik PVSM VSM

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT Air Marshal (Retd) TS Randhawa PVSM VM

VICE PRESIDENT Air Vice Marshal (Retd) R Chopra

AFA BRANCH PRESIDENTS (For details kindly see page 19 & 20)

SECRETARY Wg Cdr (Retd) RS Johar

TREASURER Wg Cdr (Retd) TC Sood

NNNNNOMINOMINOMINOMINOMINAAAAATED MEMBERSTED MEMBERSTED MEMBERSTED MEMBERSTED MEMBERS

AVM (Retd) DK Dhingra VM Tel: 0120-2536667, 9810282549

Gp Capt (Retd) Shailendra Mohan Tel: 011-25094630, 9811078880

Mrs. Rita Ghosh Tel: 0124-4032800, 9810629082

Ex-WO JK Sarkar Tel: 0120-2531348, 9818392726

Ex-Sgt (Dr.) VS Mahandiyan Tel: 0120-2886222, 9310112323

Ex-Sgt RK Mulani Tel: 011-29250329, 9868121826

ELECTED MEMBERSELECTED MEMBERSELECTED MEMBERSELECTED MEMBERSELECTED MEMBERS

Gp Capt (Retd) JK Kaushik Tel: 011-27015482, 9811055642

Gp Capt (Retd) SC Gaur SC VSM Tel: 0120-2639356, 9312703467

Sqn Ldr (Retd) DS Mehra Tel: 0120-2898012, 9910154515

Ex-MWO NC Gautam Tel: 0120-2630391, 9999853037

Ex-WO OVS Panwar Tel: 0120-2658315, 9811295529

Ex-JWO KK Kapoor Tel: 0124-2468781, 9811419745

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CEO, Senior Citizen’s Home Air Cmde (Retd) KK Badhwar 011-29958867 AVSM Vr C

Legal Advisors Gp Capt (Retd) KS Bhati 011-23711238Air Cmde (Retd) IJ Singh 0120-2444073

Director, Placement Cell Gp Capt (Retd) Ashok Sethi 011-23011208

Editor, Eagle’s Eye Wg Cdr (Retd) Dr. ML Bala 011-23011211

Web Administrator Wg Cdr (Retd) Dinesh Bharat 0124-2351241

Admin Officer Wg Cdr DS Kahlon 011-23015762

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THE HEAD OFFICE

ANNUAL DAY

The 32nd Annual General Meeting of the Air Force Association was held on 15 Sep 2012 at the Air Force

Auditorium, Subroto Park, New Delhi. The meeting was preceded by a solemn Wreath laying Ceremony at 0900hat the Amar Jawan Jyoti, India Gate. The Wreath Laying ceremony was attended by the Marshal of the Air Force.The President AFA, Former Air Chiefs, Senior Vice President AFA and a large number of Air Force veterans

including ladies were present.

The AGM was held under the Chairmanship of Air Chief Marshal (Retd) PV Naik. The Senior Vice President

extended a warm welcome to all who were present at the meeting. On behalf of Air Force Association, he conveyedhis appreciation and gratitude for their enthusiasm and willingness in participating in AFA activities. In his address,President AFA stated that he felt proud and privileged to be among the galaxy of veteran Air Warriors. The president

informed that the Govt of India has implemented the recommendations of the Cabinet Secretary Committee forrevision of Pension of PBORs wef 01 Jul 2009. He informed that Prime Minister of India in his address to the Nationon 15 Aug 2012 mentioned that recommendation of the Committee of Secretaries when received will be favourably

considered and will meet the expectation of Defence veterans and families. The President advised AFA membersto remain in touch with AFA and its branches and bring to their notice individual problems, if any, for pursuing thesame with appropriate authorities.

During the function, out of 61 Octogenarians settled in NCR, 35 including Nonagenarians were honoured. Onbehalf of all AFA members, the Secretary conveyed his thanks to the Octogenarian members and their families for

their gracious presence and recalled the contributions of the Octogenarians to IAF by reading the citations of each.The Vice President presented the Annual Report of AFA for the year 2011-12. He stated that AFA was primarily asocial and welfare organization and its major role is to promote the welfare of its members. To achieve this aim,

multi-pronged welfare activities have been undertaken.

The Chief of the Air Staff Air Chief Marshal NAK Browne in his address stated that he is honoured to be with

Air Veterans celebrating the 80th anniversary of the IAF. He conveyed his gratitude and salutation to the veteransfor laying a strong foundation for the enhancement of capability challenges of the Air Force. The Chief of the AirStaff elaborated on some of the achievement of the IAF during past one year. He stated that a Tri-Service Committee

has submitted detailed presentation to Committee of Secretaries under Cabinet Secretary set up by Prime Ministeron the anomalies arising out of the VIth CPC recommendations. The detailed report is expected soon. He furtherstated that the three services are vigorously pursuing with Govt the issue of One Rank One Pension.

GOVERNING COUNCIL MEETING

The Governing Council Meeting (03/2012) was held on 19 Dec 2012 at 1130h under the chairmanship of Air

Marshal (Retd) TS Randhawa Senior Vice President, Air Force Association.

The Chairman in his address informed that a number of projects have been undertaken for upgrading the

facilities in the Senior Citizen Home (SCH) at Delhi to ensure a comfortable stay of the residents. AFA is exploringproposals for setting up of SCH in consultation with AFNHB at other locations. A Directorate of Air Veterans hasbeen established at Subroto Park and started functioning as a single point of contact for Air veterans and their

dependents. A proposal to review the benefit or PRIC age beyond 70 years was discussed in the AFGIS GoverningCouncil Meeting held in Sep 2012 and a Committee has been formed to look into the aspect of increase in agecoverage for both serving and retired Air Force personnel. He stated that a number of scholarships have been

sponsored by the AFA members for classes IX to XII and two for engineering students. He suggested that the AFAshould independently establish the scholarship encompassing all the existing one to cover schools/college education.A review of the scholarship schemes will be undertaken and a new policy will be formulated.


ANDHRA PRADESH

The Annual General Meeting of the Branch was held on 16 Sep 12. Octogenarian mementos were presented.

ACM (Retd) IH Latif and Padmashree Mrs. Latif were present besides 430 life members. Governing Council

Meeting was held on 18 Nov 12 with newly elected and nominated members of the Governing Council. Annual

Social get-together of members and families was held on 02 Dec 12 attended by over 700 members and families.

Gp Capt EK Prasad, Stn Cdr AF Stn Begumpet was briefly present amidst his other commitments. A very informative

talk on ‘Health and Body Care’ was given by one of the AFA members Ex-Cpl JR Sharma. AVM (Retd) CV Parker

was felicitated with AFA Octogenarian memento by ACM (Retd) IH Latif. It was a full day event from 0930h to

1700h.

A ladies interactive session was held as per published Annual Calendar of Events on 06 Jan 13 in the Branch

conference hall, as part of the efforts to bring awareness among wives of members and prepare them to face

widowhood with fortitude. The session was conducted by Wg Cdr TJ Reddy, President of the branch assisted by

Mrs. Khursheed, one of the members of Ladies Counselling Team. The branch introduced ‘Voice Guidance System’

from Sep 2012, a facility to store pre-recorded messages for accessing by members at any time to know the updated

information on new benefits/concessions including changes in pension and upcoming functions and activities of the

branch as a reminder in advance. This is a unique facility introduced by the branch.

BIHAR

The Annual General Meeting of the Branch was held on 23 Dec 12 at 1100h at Youth Hostel, Frazer Road,

Patna under the Chairmanship of Wg Cdr (Retd) Narendra Kumar, President. The meeting was attended by 120

members. The members paid homage to Late Wg Cdr AB Srivastava who is the first President of Bihar branch and

Gp Capt TP Vyas (died on 19 Dec 12) who was the officer in charge of ECHS, Danapur Cantt. The President

remembered the contribution given by him to the Association.

Secretary read out the details of last AGM and the President briefed about the development of agenda points

of the last AGM to the members such as Placement Cell, Instant help to widows, Mobile Canteen Facility, Empanelment

of Mahavir Arogya Sansthan and Exemption of House Tax. The President in his closing address thanked the AFA

members and organizers for the arrangements of the meeting. He emphasized that there is a need to create an

effective system for effective dissemination of information for that he requested the cooperation and participation of

all members from district levels.

HARYANA

Annual General Body Meeting of the branch was held on 12 Jan 13 at 1100h at Information Hall, Air Force

Station Gurgaon. Air Mshl (Retd) DR Nadkarni, President, extended a warm welcome to all the members present.

Before commencement of the function, President expressed condolence on sad demise of thirteen members of the

chapter and observed two minutes silence while standing as a mark of respect to the departed soul. After passing of

minutes of last AGM held on 27 May 12, Wg Cdr Suresh Bhadrawala, Secretary read out all the important

communications/policy letters received from AFA HQ, New Delhi. During the meeting, Mrs Asha Puri W/O Late

Wg Cdr NM Puri has donated Rs.5,000/- for award of scholarship. The Branch planned to organize a social get

together for its members on 24 Feb 13 at SNCOs’ Mess of 54 ASP, Gurgaon. The President in his closing address

conveyed his appreciation of the good services rendered by M/S Suraj Singh & Co in auditing the branch accounts

for the last 11 year without charging any fee and expressed gratitude to Stn Cdr, 54 ASP and his staff for rendering

all admin support for the branch.

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JHARKHAND

AFA Jharkhand branch was formed on 06 Jan 2012 and on completion of one year, the branch published its

first issue of quarterly news named ‘AFA Jharkhand News’ which will now be published in Jan, Apr, Jul and Oct

every year. The newsletter covered details on the formation of Jharkhand branch and name of office bearers. It

covered many important information such as becoming life member of AFA, subscription details for AFA News

‘Eagles Eye’, AF Placement Cell, information on additional pension after reaching 80 years of age, generating

pension pay slip through SBI and formation of Air Veterans Directorate at Suborto Park, New Delhi.

KARNATAKA

The 32nd Annual General Meeting of the Branch was held on 21 Jul 2012 at 1000hrs at Arjan Hall, HQ

Training Command, Bangalore. Air Mshl (Retd) BU Chengappa, President, welcomed all the members and briefed

them about various activities undertaken by the Association. He informed about the conduct of Katre memorial

lecture and participation in Aero India – 2011. He apprised the members on the status of veteran home project,

placement mela, ECHS helpline and Ambulance availability. During the meeting, the house placed on record its deep

sorrow on the demise of 32 members and as a mark of respect, all members stood in silence for two minutes. The

minutes of 30th AGM held on 23 Oct 10 and audited statement of accounts for the period from 01 Apr 2010 to 31 Mar

were passed. The president highlighted the achievement of its members who made tremendous progress in civil

after retiring from the Air Force.

Gp Capt (Retd) Sunil Kapur, Secretary thanked all members present for their participation in the AGM. He

thanked the AOC-in-C Training Command, PSOs, OC HQ TC(U) and his staff for the support rendered to the

Association. He conveyed special thanks to Mrs. Pamela Ann Pereira for her initiative in conducting tambola for the

families and Air Mshl (Retd) KDK Lewis for the special inputs provided.

NORTHERN ZONE

The General Body Meeting of the Branch was held on 20 Oct 2012 at 1100h at Station Briefing Hall, 12 Wing

AF. Air Mshl (Retd) RS Bedi, Branch President presided over the meeting. Eight octogenarians were honoured during

the meeting. The members were apprised about the action taken on the points raised during the last meeting held on 08

Apr 12. Important welfare news and policy matters received from various offices and those published in AFA News

magazine concerning the retired fraternity were brought to the notice of the ex-air warriors.

Two ex-air warriors Ex-Sgt Dinesh Mahato presently lawyer practicing in Chandigarh court and Ex-Sgt Rakesh

Sharma presently Insurance agent with LIC offered free help, advice and guidance in their field of expertise to all

retired air veterans in need. The President in his closing address asked the members to keep all the important documents

such as PPO, Discharge Book, Medical Cover and Bank Account and all other documents readily accessible and in

safe custody with family members in order to facilitate follow up action in case of unfortunate demise.

UTTAR PRADESH

During Annual function of the branch on 23 Dec 2012, four Octogenarians were honoured by Chief Guest Air

Cmde Gulshan Rai, Air Officer Commanding, Air Force Station Kanpur. Total 34 Octogenarians have been honoured

by this branch since September 2004. Chief Guest appreciated the branch performance and donated Rs.10,000/-.

President AFWWA(L) Mrs. Anju Rai appreciated the assistance being given to spouse members and donated

Rs. 5,000/-. Air Mshl (Retd) RC Bajpai, Ex-President of this branch gave Rs. 5,000/- for scholarship to needy student.

Ex-Sgt BR Kakkar Rs.250/-, Ex-MWO Pramod Shukla Rs.105/-, Ex-Sgt Balveer Singh Rs.1,000/-, Amit Cement

Supply Rs.500/-, Mr. Arun Gupta Rs.501/-, Akash Sanjay Tent House Rs.100/-, Mr. Suresh Bhatia(Aswini Agencies)

Rs.1500/- all this as donation. This branch sold all the flags and remitted the proceeds to AFA HQ on 10 Oct 12. Few

complex cases of family pension, ECHS, IAFBA, AFGIS were resolved. Legal cell was quite active. Some of our young

men got absorbed in banks. Branch carried out normal/routine functions with humility, compassion and generosity.


REVISION OF ENHANSED RATE OF ORDINARY FAMILY PENSION IN RESPECT OFPRE-2006 ARMED FORCES FAMILY PENSIONERS

With effect from 1.1.2006, the revised consolidated enhanced rate of Ordinary Family Pension during theapplicable period, shall not be less than fifty percent of the minimum of the pay in the pay band plus the grade paycorresponding to the pre-revised scale from which the pensioner/deceased Government servant had retired/died.In cases where full revised pension is otherwise not authorized to a retired employee in terms of 6th CPC orders,the revised enhanced rate of Ordinary Family Pension shall be restricted to that amount. However, the amount ofrevised enhanced rate of Ordinary Family pension in no case shall be less than thirty percent of the sum ofminimum of the pay in the pay band plus the grade pay or thirty percent of minimum pay scales in case of HAGand above.

Authy : GOI, MOD Deptt of Ex-Servicemen Welfare letter No. 2(1)/2012/D(Pen/Policy) dated 16 Jan 13

PENSION/FAMILY PENSION OF PERSONNEL BELOW OFFICER RANK DISCHARGEDFROM SERVICE ON OR AFTER 1.1.2006

The weightage for the purpose of calculation of Pension in terms of para 2 of MOD letter No. 17(4)/08(2)/D(Pen/Policy) dated 18.8.2010 for the rank of Sepoy, Naik and Havildar shall be taken as 12,10 and 8 yearsrespectively subject to a maximum qualifying service of 32 years. However, in case an individual’s qualifyingservice works out to be more than 32 years with existing weightage, he would continue to get the benefit of thatand there will be no enhancement of weightage in such cases. The provisions of above letter dated 18.8.2010shall also be applicable to post 1.1.2006 JCO/OR granted honorary Commission as Lieutenant and Captain. Thenotional pay in the revised pay structure for these ranks shall be worked out by adding pay in the revised pay bandcorresponding to the fixed pay of Fifth CPC plus the Grade pay and Military Service pay introduced under SixthCPC revised pay structure. The other terms and conditions prescribed vide Para 2 & 3 of above letter dated18.8.2010 shall remain unchanged.

The enhanced and normal rate of Ordinary family pension of post 1.1.2006 JCO/OR shall in no case be lessthan 100% and 60% respectively of the pension determined in terms of above letter dated 18.8.2010 as modifiedvide this order subject to fulfillment of other prescribed conditions as hithertofore.

These orders shall take effect from 24.09.2012 and shall also cover cases of post 1.1.2006 retiree/death inservice cases. The financial benefit in past cases shall, however, be granted from 24.09.2012 only. The pension/family pension of all JCO/OR including honorary commissioned officers who retired/discharged/invalided out/diedwhile in service on or after 1.1.2006, shall be re-calculated in terms of these orders by the Pension SanctioningAuthorities concerned. However no commutation on enhanced pension in terms of these orders shall be allowedto the JCO/OR who retired/discharged/invalided out of service prior to date of implementation of this order.

Authy : GOI, MOD Deptt of Ex-Servicemen Welfare letter No. 1(15)/2012/D(Pen/Policy) dated 17 Jan 13.

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GRANT OF FAMILY PENSION FOR LIFE TO HANDICAPPED CHILDREN OFARMED FORCES PERSONNEL ON MARRIAGE

The son or daughter of an Armed Forces Personnel who is suffering from any disorder or disability of mind oris physically crippled or disabled so as to render him or her unable to earn livelihood will be granted family pensionfor life even after his/her marriage subject to fulfillment of other prescribed conditions as hithertofore. This ordershall take effect from 24 Sep 2012 and shall also cover past cases. The financial benefit in past cases shall,however, be granted from 24 Sep 12 only.

Authy : GOI, MOD DESW letter No. 2(3)/2010-D(Pen/Policy) dated 17 Jan 13, PCDA circular No. 505



IMPROVEMENT IN PENSION OF JCO/OR RETIRED/DISCHARGED/INVALIDED OUTOF SERVICE PRIOR TO 1.1.2006

With effect from 24 Sep 2012, the service pension, invalid pension, special pension, service element of disabilitypension and service element of war injury/liberalized disability pension (in release cases only) of all pre-1.1.2006JCO/OR pensioners of Army, Navy and Air Force (including DSC & TA) shall be recomputed in terms of Para 2of MOD letter No. PC 10(1)/2009-D (Pen/Policy) dated 8.3.2010 after determining the highest of notional pay inthe revised pay structure corresponding to maximum of pay scales of Fifth CPC across the three Services equivalentto the rank and group in which pensioned. Before determining highest of notional pay of equivalent ranks acrossthree Services, 50% of highest classification allowance (rates effective from 1.9.2008) shall also be added in thenotional pay of the ranks in Army, wherever applicable.

For computation of pension in terms of this order, the rank weightage in qualifying service for the rank ofSepoy, Naik and Havildar (except for TA personnel) shall be taken as 12, 10 and 8 years subject to a maximumqualifying service of 32 years. However, in case an individual’s qualifying service works out to be more than 32years with existing weightage, he would continue to get the benefit of that and there will be no enhancement ofweightage in such cases.

Authy : GOI, MOD DESW letter No. 1(13)/2012/D(Pen/Policy) dated 17 Jan 13, PCDA circular No. 501


ENHANCEMENT OF ORDINARY FAMILY PENSION IN RESPECT OFPRE-2006 JCO/OR FAMILY PENSIONERS

With effect from 24.09.2012 the minimum guaranteed ordinary pension in respect of pre-2006 JCO/OR includinghonorary commissioned officers and NCs(E) of Army, Navy, Air Force, DSC & TA family pensioners shall bedetermined as thirty percent of the minimum of the fitment table for the rank in revised pay bend as indicated underfitment table annexed with SAI 1/S/2008 as amended and equivalent instructions for Navy & Air Force, plus theGrade pay corresponding to the pre-revised scale from which the pensioner had retired/discharged/invalided out/died including Military Service pay and ‘X’ group pay, wherever applicable.


GRANT OF DUAL FAMILY PENSION FROM MILITARY AS WELL AS CIVIL EMPLOYMENT

The families of Armed Forces pensioners who got re-employed in Civil Departments/PSUs/Autonomousbodies/Local Funds of Central/State Governments after getting retired from military service and were in receipt ofmilitary pension till death, shall be allowed to draw Family Pension from military side in addition to the familypension, if any, authorized from the re-employed civil department subject to fulfillment of other prescribed conditionsas hithertofore. These provisions shall be applicable to the Armed Forces Personnel who got discharged/retired/invalided out from service with effect from 24 Sep 12 or thereafter. Benefit of these provisions shall also beallowed in past cases, however, the financial benefit shall be granted from 24 Sep 12 only.

Authy : GOI, MOD Deptt of Ex-Servicemen Welfare letter No. 1(05)/2010-D(Pen/Policy) dated 17 Jan 13.

MINIMUM GUARANTEED PENSION TO PRE-2006 COMMISSIONED OFFICERSPERNSIONERS/FAMILY PENSIONERS

With effect from 24 Sep 2012 the minimum guaranteed pension and ordinary family pension in respect of pre-2006 Commissioned Officers pensioners/family pensioners shall be determined as fifty and thirty percent respectively,of the minimum of the fitment table for the rank in the revised pay band. Also with effect from 24 Sep 2012 theminimum guaranteed pension and ordinary family pension in respect of pre-1996 EC/SSC pensioners / familypensioners shall be determined as fifty and thirty percent respectively, of the pay in the pay band corresponding tothe pre-revised pay of Rs. 10,500/- plus the Grade pay of Rs. 5400/- and Military Service Pay of Rs. 6000/-)

Authy : GOI, MOD DESW letter No. 1(11)/2012-D(Pen/Policy) dated 17 Jan 13, PCDA Circular No. 500



IMPROVEMENT IN CASUALTY PENSIONARY AWARDS FORPRE-2006 ARMED FORCES OFFICERS AND JCO/OR

With effect from 24 Sep 12, the minimum guaranteed Special Family pension, Dependent Pension (Special),Liberalized Family pension, Dependent Pension (Liberalized) and 2nd Life awards (in case of JCO/OR) in respectof pre-2006 family pensioners of commissioned officers & JCO/OR including honorary Commissioned Officersand NCs(E), shall be determined with reference to the minimum of the fitment table for the rank in the revised payband as indicated under fitment tables annexed with SAI 1/S/2008, SAI 2/S/2008 & SAI 4/S/2008 as amended andequivalent instructions for Navy & Air Force, plus the Grade Pay corresponding to the pre-revised scale fromwhich the pensioner had retired/discharged/invalided out/died including Military Service Pay, ‘X’ Group pay whereverapplicable, under the same rates and conditions as prescribed vide Para 3 to 8 of MOD letter No. 17(4)/2008(1)/D(Pen/Policy)/Vol-V dated 15 Feb 11.

Authy : GOI, MOD DESW letter No. 1(16)/2012/D(Pen/Policy) dated 17 Jan 13, PCDA Circular No. 507

ELIGIBILITY OF UNMARRIED DAUGHTERS OF ARMED FORCES PERSONNELFOR GRANT OF FAMILY PENSION BEYOND 25 YEARS OF AGE

Unmarried/widowed/divorced daughter shall also be eligible for grant of liberalized/special family pensionbeyond 25 years of age subject to fulfillment of other prescribed conditions as hitherto fore. It has also beendecided that all unmarried/widowed/divorced daughters, who were earlier sanctioned or otherwise eligible forchildren allowance, shall also be sanctioned special/liberalized family pension subject to other conditions beingfulfilled. The children allowance, if being paid, shall be discontinued from the date special/liberalized familypension is sanctioned under these orders.

The family pension to unmarried/widowed/divorced daughters above the age of 25 years shall be payable if allother eligible children below the age of 25 years have ceased to receive family pension and there is no disabledchild to receive the family pension. Family pension shall be payable to unmarried/widowed/divorced daughter inorder of their date of birth and younger of them shall not be eligible unless the next above has become ineligible forgrant of family pension. This order shall take effect from 6.9.2007 i.e, the date from which Ordinary FamilyPension was allowed to unmarried daughters by DoP&PW.

Authy : GOI, MOD Deptt of Ex-Servicemen Welfare letter No. 2(2)/2012/D(Pen/Policy) dated 14 Dec 12.


REVISION OF PROVISIONS REGULATING CASUALTY PENSIONARY AWARDSFOR POST-2006 JCO/OR

Based on the rank, group, length of service and nature of award sanctioned to the deceased JCO/OR pensioner,the revised service pension/service element of disability/liberalized disability/war injury pension as the case maybe, shall be determined in terms of MOD letter no. 1(13)/2012/D(Pen/Pol) dated 17 Jan 13 on notional basis. Incases of JCO/OR died while in service, the entitlement of revised notional pension shall be determined by consideringthe individual as deemed invalided out of service under the same circumstance in which the casualty was occurred.With effect from 24 Sep 2012, the rates of Special family pension & Liberalized family pension in respect of post-2006 JCO/OR family pensioners including honorary commissioned Officers and NCs (E), shall be worked out as120% and 200% respectively of the revised notional pension determined as per above provisions. The 2nd lifeawards of family pension shall also be worked out as per the rates prescribed vide para 5.7 and 6.5 of MOD letterNo. 1(2)/97/D(Pen-C) dated 31.1.2001 in terms of the rates of Special/Liberalized family pension determined asabove.




NNNNNOOOOOTICETICETICETICETICEPROCEDURE FOR PROCESSING OF FAMILY PENSION CASES

FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN

Earlier, during the life time of the pensioner and his spouse, family pension endorsement was not beingnotified in the PPO in favour of disabled son/daughter. The pensioner or his spouse can now apply for the sameon the Performa provided overleaf along with the following documents :-

(a) A medical certificate (in original) from a Doctor not below the status of civil surgeon or medicalofficer of the rank of Brigadier and equivalent rank of Navy/Air Force stating out the disability certifyingthat the individual is unable to earn his/her livelihood throughout his/her house.

(b) An affidavit (in original) sworn before a first class magistrate stating out as far as possible theexact physical/mental condition of the child and inability to the child earn his/her livelihood throughouthis/her life. Percentage of disability is also required to be mentioned. Affidavit is to be submitted inoriginal.

For processing the Family Pension case for handicapped children after the demise/ disqualification of othereligible heirs, the following documents are required to be produced by the guardian of the handicapped child ifPOR has been promulgated and endorsement has been made in the service records of the pensioner. Documentsmentioned at para (a) and (b) are also required in case no POR has been promulgated :-

(a) Income certificate stating monthly and annual income of the claimant from all the sources issuedby Revenue Officer/Tehsildar.

(b) Certificate of Marital status of the claimant obtained from First Class Gazetted Officer/VillageSarpanch.

(c) In case of the mentally handicapped children, the family pension shall be payable to personnominated by the Armed Forces personnel or pensioner, as the case may be, and in case no suchnomination has been furnished by the Armed Forces personnel or pensioner during his life time, to theperson nominated by the spouse of the deceased personnel or pensioner. In case service personnel,pensioner or family pensioner fails to nominate guardian during his/her life time, a Legal GuardianshipCertificate obtained from a competent Court of Law under Guardianship and Ward Act 1890 wouldbe mandatory.

ADDITIONAL DOCUMENT/CERTIFICATE REQUIRED FOR PROCESSING FAMILY

PENSION CASES OF UNMARRIED DAUGHTERS ABOVE 25 YEARS OF AGE

The following documents/certificates are required for processing the family pension cases of unmarried

daughters above 25 years of age.

(a) Certificate of present marital status of claimant obtained from First Class Gazetted Officer/

Village Sarpanch.

(b) Certificate of employment status of claimant obtained from First Class Gazetted Officer/

Village Sarpanch.

(c) Income certificate of claimant issued by Revenue Officer/Tehsildar stating monthly and

annual income from all the sources.

(d) Dependency certificate obtained from First Class Gazetted Officer/Village Sarpanch.

(e) An affidavit sworn before a first class magistrate stating marital/employment status

and dependency.

(The case for Family Pension for unmarried daughter above 25 years of age can be taken up only after thedemise of the pensioner and death/disqualification of other heirs eligible for the same before her. Eligible only if

the income is below Rs.3,500/- pm)


NNNNNOOOOOTICETICETICETICETICEESTABLISHMENT OF DIRECTORATE OF AIR VETERANS (DAV)

Directorate of Air Veterans has been established at Subroto Park, New Delhi and started functioning

from 08 Oct 2012. Directorate dealing with pension/family pension/disability pension/ legal /personnel services/medical board etc will be single point contact for all Air Veterans and their families to assist/seek help in variousmatters. The address/ telephone numbers and E-mail IDs of directorate are:

Dte of Air Veterans, Air HQ (SP), First Floor, SMC Building, Subroto Park, New Delhi – 110010

Tele No. 011-25683190/25683191. E-mail ID – [email protected] & [email protected]

INCLUSION OF UID NUMBER IN ECHS SMART CARDS

The UID number on Adhar Cards of all retirees will be included in the particulars furnished on ECHS smart

cards issued to the beneficiaries with effect from 01 Apr 2013. ECHS applications submitted thereafter should

include the UID number in the field given in the application. Existing members will also be asked to submit a

photocopy of the Adhar card at their parent Polyclinic. The parent Polyclinic will thereafter forward the same to

respective Regional Centre ECHS, who will in turn forward the same to the SITL duly compiled by 30 Sep 2013.

SITL will integrate the UID number of all beneficiaries in the ECHS database accordingly.

ADDITIONAL DOCUMENT/CERTIFICATE REQUIRED FOR PROCESSING

FAMILY PENSION CASE OF WIDOWED/DIVORCED DAUGHTER

The following documents/certificates are required for processing the family pension cases of widowed/divorceddaughters :-

(a) Original affidavit sworn before a 1st class magistrate showing the details of claimant’s marriage including thename of bride, bridegroom and date of death (widowed daughter/date of divorce decree absolute (divorced daughter).

(b) Certificate of present marital status of claimant obtained from First Class Gazetted Officer/Village Sarpanch.

(c) Income certificate of claimant issued by Revenue Officer/Tehsildar stating monthly and annual incomefrom all sources.

(d) Unemployment Certificate obtained from competent authority.

(e) Original/Ink signed attested copy of Death Certificate of her husband issued by Registrar of Deaths (incase of widowed daughter).

(f) Original/Ink signed attested copy of Divorce Decree obtained from Court of Law (in case of divorced daughter).

(g) Dependency Certificate obtained from First Class Gazetted Officer/Village Sarpanch.

(h) An affidavit sworn before a first class magistrate stating that claimant was fully dependent on her father/mother at the time of his/her death. The affidavit must include your family income, details of children includingtheir name, sex, age, marital & employment status.

(j) Affidavit sworn before a first class magistrate stating that there is no eligible heir for family pensionbefore the claimant amongst the children of the pensioner. The affidavit must also contain full details of allchildren of the pensioner with their age and marital/employment status.

(The case for Family Pension for widowed/divorced daughter can be taken up only after the demise of thepensioner and death/disqualification of other heirs eligible for the same before her. Eligible only if the incomeis below Rs. 3,500/- pm).

SERVICES AT LODHI ROAD CREMATORIUM, NEW DELHI

Mortury and Ambulance services are available at Lodhi Road Crematorium, New Delhi. For details pleasecontact Arya Samaj, Lodhi Road, Delhi- 110003. Tele: 011-24311403, 07838178283, 09990928575 or 197.


NNNNNOOOOOTICETICETICETICETICEAFA SCHOLARSHIP SCHEMES

(a) Mrs & Sqn Ldr (Retd) Pritam Singh Scholarship: Five Scholarships, each of Rs. 600/- per month, for

the students of class XI and XII for a period of two years to coincide with the Academic year.

(b) Shri Venkateswara Scholarship by Wg Cdr (Retd) Dinesh Bharat : Two Scholarships, each of Rs. 250/-

per month, for the students of Class IX & X for a period of two years to coincide with the Academic year.

(c) Mrs. Suwarna Chaudhary Scholarship by Wg Cdr (Retd) RK Chaudhary : Two scholarships, each of

Rs. 4,000/- per annum, for Girl students of Class XI & XII for a period of two years to coincide with the

Academic year.

(d) Mrs. Kamla Karir Scholarship by Gp Capt (Retd) Brij Mohan Karir : Two Scholarships of Rs. 4000/-

each per annum to female wards of Ex-Air Force Personnel/ Widows of Class XI / XII.

(e) Smt. Satbhawan & Shri Jamandas Ghuriani Memorial Scholarship by Wg Cdr (Retd) SK Ghuriani :

One Scholarship of Rs. 1000/- per month to the wards of Ex-Air Force Personnel/ widows, on quarterly

basis to the Engineering students on means cum merit basis, based on marks (60% minimum) in the 12th

Standard.

(f) Shri KundanLal Scholarship by Ex-Cpl Vijay Dhall : One Scholarship of Rs. 5,000/- per annum, to the

wards of Ex-Air Force Personnel / Widows, for students of Class XI / XII on means cum merit basis.

(g) Shri Kundan Lal, Smt Raj Dhall and Shri Jagdishwar Nath Kapoor Scholarship by Ex-Cpl Vijay Dhall :

Three Scholarships, each of Rs. 1000/- per month for a year to the Wards of Air Force Personnel/ Widows,

pursuing Engineering Courses in Colleges of Engineering in Delhi, on means cum merit basis, based on

marks (60% minimum) in Class XII.

(h) Smt Urmila Handa Scholarship by Ex-Sgt PP Handa : Two scholarships of Rs.4000/- per annum for

Girl ward of Air Force personnel/Widows for Class X & XI (60% minimum).

(j) GD Course 96P – 34 & 35N by Gp Capt (Retd) JK Kaushik : Two scholarships of Rs.5000/- per

annum for Girl ward of Air Force personnel/Widows for Class IX & X (50% minimum).

(k) ARAFLO Scholarship : One scholarship of Rs. 1000/- per month for wards of Ex-Air Force personnel/

widows for class XI & XII (60% minimum)

(l) Mrs. Satya Mehra Memorial Scholarship by Air Chief Marshal OP Mehra : Ten scholarships each of

Rs. 250/- per month for wards of serving Air Warriors studying in classes 5 to 8 in Air Force schools and

Kendriya Vidyalayas & Ten scholarships each of Rs. 500/- per month for wards of Air Veterans and families

studying in classes IX to XII on need/income basis, effective from the academic year 2013-14.

‘ARMED FORCES TRIBUNAL’ UNDER THE AMBIT OF THE LAW MINISTRY

In a land-mark judgement which is bound to go a long way in establishing the independence of judicial functioningin India, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed that the Armed Forces Tribunal (AFT) be brought underthe control of Ministry of Law and Justice rather than the Ministry of Defence as is the case at present. It hadbeen observed that all orders by the AFT were to be passed against the Defence Ministry and the same Ministryhad been made the parent controlling Ministry of the Tribunal, wielding all pervasive control over the AFT includingappointments, funding, rule-making and infrastructure thereby, making it seem more of an extension of the Staterather than an independent judicial body.

The High Court has directed to take immediate steps for bringing the Tribunal under the purview of the LawMinistry. Suitable amendments in the selection committee be made and all vacancies of judicial members wouldbe filled up in the near future.


“In your article, you have stated (at page 27 under the sub-heading ‘Circulation’) that during periods of

activity the whole blood in the body is circulated in mere ten seconds instead of one minute. This by

implication means that the heart beat increases by six times i.e. to 420 beats/minute instead of the normal

rate (say) 70 beats/minute. (Presuming the volume of blood pumped during each cycle remains same and

cannot increase). This is amazing. However, during my search on internet gives me the impression that

heart beat under extreme conditions of activity or fear can increase to only to about 220 beats/minute.

You may like to verify the facts from the source from where you compiled the data”.

Sqn Ldr (Retd) CL Bedi

***********************************************************************************Reply :- This was discussed with some officers from the medical profession. In their opinion, the increase in

rate of heartbeat does not follow the simple arithmetic as mentioned by Sqn Ldr (Retd) CL Bedi. The figure

given in the internet is correct and the statement given in circulation (under ‘Your Amazing Body’) is also correct

……………..Editor

FEED BACK

LEGALITIES OF NOMINATION/ EXECUTION OF WILL

Wg Cdr (Retd) RS Johar, Secretary AFA

Introduction

Did you think that your nominee is the person who will on your demise, automatically get all the moneylegally from your LIC/Mutual Fund, Bank account and many other investments. That is exactly what many thinkwho are not aware of the legal aspects. It is therefore essential to know the legalities of the Nomination.

What/Who is Nominee?

According to law, a nominee is a trustee and not the owner of the assets. In other words, he is only a caretaker of your assets. The nominee will hold your money/assets as a trustee till such time as the legal heir/ heirsclaim the money.

Who is the Legal Heir?

A legal heir will be the one who is mentioned in the Will. However, if the will is not made, then legal heirs ofthe assets are decided according to the succession laws where the structure is redefined on who will get howmuch: For example, if a man during his life time executes a will and there in mentions his wife and children aslegal heirs, then after his death his wife and children are the legal owners of the assets.

Execution of the WILL

It is essential that one executes a WILL. It is ultimate source of truth and replaces the successionlaw. Nominee can also be one of the legal heirs. It is important that one must state the Full Name,Address, Age with DOB and relationship to the nominee. If the nominee is a minor, appoint a personwho is a major as an appointee giving his/her Full Name, Age, Address and Relationship with thenominee.

NOMINATION IN SAVING/CURRENT/FD/RD ACCOUNT IN BANKS

While opening a new account there is a column for nomination and it should be filled. One can nominatetwo person with first and second option. In case you have not done any nomination till now, you should approachyour bank and fill up the necessary form for assignment of a nominee. In case you wish to change / cancel thenomination, approach your bank.

Advice

MAKE A WILL AND NOMINATION. DO YOUR NEXT OF KIN A HUGE FAVOUR. MAKESURE YOU UNDERSTAND THE IMPLICATION OF EXTANT LAWS.


AIR FORCE ASSOCIATION(Head /Branch Offices)

BRANCH TELE/FAX ADDRESS &E-MAIL NEAREST

OF BRANCH AF UNIT

AFA HEAD OFFICE 011-23015762 Air Force Station AF Station011-23792415 Race Course Camp Race Course,011-23011211 New Delhi – 110 003 New Delhi011-23011208 [email protected]

BRANCH PRESIDENTS

ANDHRA PRADESH

Wg Cdr (Retd) TJ Reddy 040-27112808 (R) C/O 404 AF Station 404 AF Stn VSM 09391027020 Bowenpally Post Begumpet

Secunderabad– 500011 [email protected] Extn :283

BIHAR

Wg Cdr (Retd) Narendra 9334114839 Alankar Motors ComplexKumar 0612-3257683 East Boring Canal Road

0612-2340736 (Rajapur Pul), Patna - 800 [email protected]

GOA

Air Cmde (Retd) PK Pinto 0832 - 2414912 32, Defence Colony AVSM Alto Porvorim, Bardez, Goa-403521

[email protected]

GUJARAT

Air Marshal (Retd) PK Desai 9898574245 Himavan PVSM AVSM VSM Opp. Shefali Centre

Paldi Char Rasta, Ahmedabad-380 [email protected]

HARYANA

Air Mshl (Retd) DR Nadkarni 0124-6348704 H No. 305, Sector 17, 54 ASP PVSM AVSM VM 9811213201(M) Gurgaon – 122 001 Gurgaon

[email protected]

JAMMU & KASHMIR

Wg Cdr (Retd) AN Raina 0191-2453323 (O) Air Force Station AF Station09205045556 (M) Satwari, Jammu Cantt–180 003 Satwari

JHARKHAND

AVM (Retd) Yash Kumar 09430702001 H1-204, Harmu Housing Colony AVSM Ranchi – 834 002

[email protected]

KARNATAKA

Air Mshl (Retd) BU Chengappa 080-23513319 Manoranjan Cinema Complex HQ TC, IAF PVSM AVSM VSM 080-23411061 HQ, Training Command, IAF Bangalore

Extn : 4555 JC Nagar (Post), Bangalore – 560 [email protected]

Website : www.afakarnataka.org

KERALA

Air Cmde (Retd) NUK Nair 0471-2551361/E-7606 C/O HQ SAC (U), AF HQ SAC, IAF VSM 0471-2494902 (R) Akkulam, Thiruvananthapuram –695031 Akkulam

09846086134 (M) [email protected]


MADHYA PRADESH

Wg Cdr (Retd) GS Grover 0755-2727158 (R) Flat No. 003-A, Shalimar Regency09826715057 (M) E – 8/G-2, Gulmohar Colony

Bhopal –462039afa.bhopal @gmail.com

NOIDA

Gp Capt (Retd) R Mohan 0120-2539956 JVSAS Complex09811923560 Sector – 21, Jalvayu Vihar

Noida –201301 (UP)[email protected]

NORTHERN ZONE

Air Mshl (Retd) RS Bedi 0172-2637390 12 Wing, AF 12 Wing, AF AVSM VM C/O AF Station, Chandigarh-160003 C/O AF Station

[email protected] ChandigarhNORTH EASTERN ZONE

Wg Cdr (Retd) MK Borah 0361-2620117 C/O RJ Junior College AF Station0361-2263676 Dispur-Basistha Road Guwahati

Guwahati - [email protected]

ORISSA

Gp Capt (Retd) J Brahma 0674-2434233 PP 20, Pandav Nagar Air Sqn NCC09861113414 Tanka Pani Road Bhubaneshwar

Bhubaneswar – [email protected]

RAJASTHAN

Gp Capt (Retd) JR Swarnakar 0291-2511516 Station Medicare Centre 32 Wing, AFExtn : 2520 Air Force Station C/O 56 APO0291-2540545 Jodhpur – 34201109460106445 [email protected]

TAMIL NADU

AVM (Retd) S Swaminathan 044-22392546 C/O 413, Air Force Station, AF Station AVSM VSM 044-22395553 Tambaram, Chennai – 600 046 Tambaram

Extn -7868 [email protected]

UTTAR PRADESH

Gp Capt (Retd) AK Tripathi 0512-2451730 Main Guard Room Building AF Station VM Extn-4273 AF Station, Chakeri, Kanpur –208008 Chakeri

[email protected]

WESTERN ZONE

Gp Capt (Retd) SS Phatak 020-26442344 69, Koregaon Park, Pune – 411001 Adv HQ09421003200 [email protected] SWAC, IAF

WEST BENGAL

Wg Cdr (Retd) PK Basu 033-22236061 M-5,3, Janaki Shaw Road Adv HQHastings, Kolkata – 700 022 EAC, [email protected]

AUSTRALIA

Sqn Ldr (Retd) RT Oliver 02 - 99809335 No. 5A, Duffy Ave Thornleigh0407407495 (M) NNSW 2120, Australia

[email protected]

UNITED KINGDOM

Sqn Ldr (Retd) IS Loughran 01372-275700 7, Harding Road, Langle Vale VM Epsom, Surrey KT 186 HN England

[email protected]


POEMSPOEMSPOEMSPOEMSPOEMS

AN ODE TO THE RESIDENTS OF AASTHACdr Sanjay Thatte, INS Agrani, Coimbatore

Whether permanent or transiting through here

There is a lot in common they share

These senior citizens are a shining example

Of how life can never be dull

There is Air Cmde Badhwar

Decorated hero of the ’71 war

Full of knowledge, humour and wit

Just soak it all up, as we sit

Pramila Chaturvedi is the cat lover

At her sight, the wood mafia runs for cover

Salad bowl she carries at every meal

With forest officials, this BNHS member has to deal

For others, she is full of care

Jaya Agarwal has this quality, so rare

Her family has, for 4 generations

In 3 Services and Police, served the Nation

May Wg Cdr Kanak Singh never fall sick

Wearing that jersey of ‘National Geographic’

He has his own view of his –tory

But well, that is another story

Sqn Ldr Chaturvedi generally holds centre-stage

With free thoughts, unlike a bird in a cage

He keeps the atmosphere just right

Like a warm beam of sunlight

Wg Cdr Rajender has the patience of a sage

Perhaps this virtue comes with age

Or maybe he was always like that

To which, I doff my hat

Even at 85, Col Gupta walks straight

And he carries no excess weight

But he knows his limitation

And avoids the Railway Station

That decision had to be bold

And the 2 crore house had to be sold

Wg Cdr Jaiswal got his peace of mind

The care at Aastha, being one of a kind

Shiju is always on a high

Especially after seeing ‘Life of Pi’

Kamala Narayanan is generally so quiet

Always dignified and just right

You may contact Wg Cdr Kumar

In case you need a new Maruti car

AVM Chaturvedi’s manner is so mild

Coupled with the enthusiasm of a child

That you can’t fail to get impressed

Even if you are fully stressed

The senior most of all residents

Among all ladies and gents

Air Marshal Dewan may not say a word

It was the ‘Padma Bhushan’ the Govt. conferred

I am sorry, if I missed some

May be I was under the influene of rum

You people have made me feel so much at home

That I feel like an Italian staying in Rome!!

“““““SONSONSONSONSONG OF THE BLG OF THE BLG OF THE BLG OF THE BLG OF THE BLAAAAACCCCCK CRK CRK CRK CRK CROOOOOWWWWW”””””

Ex-WO MK Balachandran Nair

The throat of the black crowWas itching, to sing in the misty morningShe perched on the low bough ofThe mango tree that stood in the middle of my garden

Cared she not, who the listeners were,Nor the time was proper for her concert.She sang with a gentle swing of her body,Relishing her tune, and fully delighted.

Flew back my thoughts to my childhood daysMy granny used to admonish the singing crowTo sing in triplets or vanish in the junglesFor, the old lady knew that triplex singing of a crowForewarned the visit of guests to her home.

Fond of guests, she welcomed them and treated well,Those scenes flashed like a movie, in my mindOne again, I looked at the black crow on the treeUnperturbed she continued to sing, enjoying herself.

“EAGLE EYED”“EAGLE EYED”“EAGLE EYED”“EAGLE EYED”“EAGLE EYED”

Mrs Jyoti Nigam

Eagle eyed, air winged crew,Determined, brave…On skies blue :

High aims, ambitious strong,Rising up mountains, like song,Youth gallant in colourful attire,Precious, rare, opal sapphire !Luminous like pearl…Of morning dew !

Grit colossal…Threat to foe,Order like…Sermons follow!Amagic cast peak caps up hue…In rage sheer, when challenge sue !


UNSUNG HEROES

Air Mshl (Retd) TS Randhawa PVSM VM

How many of us have met ‘UNSUNG HEROES’ in our service life and later. These aren’t people with achest full of medals of valour. Decorated heroes and their deeds of valour are well recorded. The Nationand the Service have honoured them at various occasions. But many individuals who dedicate their lives tothe Service/Institution, in not so important positions, have only been spoken about. As an organization weappreciate their good deeds but except giving them an odd Commendation Card, they are only appreciatedat various occasions.

Personally, I can recount many names. Right from the time when I was a young officer in Halwara, wehad ‘Bhagat Singh’ the No. 1 in the Officers’ Mess. There was ‘Gurdial Singh’ who was a cook ‘par excellence’also in the Halwara Mess. My orderly Ram Prasad who took me under his wings to teach me many lessonsin life.

In the neighbouring station of Adampur, ‘Talib’ is well known to make ‘Maps’ for the next morningsorties between serving drinks at the Bar, while remembering each officers drink for accounting. Similarlyevery ‘Old Station’ in the IAF had its stalwarts without whose presence the Air Force would have been apoorer organization.

Closer in Delhi, in the CV mess there was Sqn Ldr Prabhu Singh in the earlier days. When I was postedto Vayu Bhavan, there was the great presence of ‘Pratap’ in all Zakir Hussain Mess functions. Also in Delhi,at the Race Course there was the Golf PRO, Shri Mohinder Singh. Ever since I started to play golf in Delhi,Mohinder Singh has been the great presence on the Golf course. This article is about Shri. Mohinder Singh,the first amongst many Unsung Heros to be acknowledged.

Shri Mohinder Singh learnt his golf at the Delhi Golf Course as a very young lad in the late 50’s. Likemost young boys of those days he too wanted to move up in life and golf was his selected medium. So soonafter he learnt the nuances of the game, he left to become a teaching professional at the Railway Golf Club,Gorakhpur. It is while teaching golf to the railway officers and civilians, that he coached the first Air ForceOfficer, Sqn Ldr DP Singh, who was a relative of the then Defence Minister.

Shri Mohinder Singh left Gorakhpur to continue teaching at the Agra Golf Course in 1960. Here hiscontact with the Armed Forces increased and a large number of budding golfers were under his care. Golfwas not a ‘Sought after’ game in those days and only a few had the equipment to play the game. Golf ballswere probably more precious than a bottle of good Scotch whisky.

From the Agra Golf Course, Shri Mohinder Singh went to the Aravalli Golf Course, Faridabad. Finally,he came to the AF Golf course Race Course in 1964. Then Gp Capt, later Air Mshl Mulk Raj was instrumentalin getting Shri Mohinder Singh to the AF Golf Course. It is here that he has stayed since and is almostcompleting 50 yrs of service to the Course. Not many in the Service will be able to emulate the kind ofdedication that he has given to the AF Golf Club and its patrons.

His involvement was not only restricted to coaching budding golfers but he also was in charge of themaintenance of the Golf course and the greens. I came in close contact with Shri Mohinder Singh in 1990when I was first posted to Delhi. I wanted to improve my golf game and there was no better coach than ShriMohinder Singh. Every weekend and sometimes even on weekdays I would collar him to give me a fewlessons. If he was busy, I would ask him to look at my swing and advise adjustments to improve the game.All this while he ensured that the greens and fairways were well maintained.

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I am certain that becoming a Golf Professional is not easy. Many a times when Mohinder Singh wasmissing for a few days, we heard that there was a foreign coach in town and Shri Mohinder Singh wasattending his clinic/classes. This was to imbibe new techniques being used the world over. This newlearning was then imparted to us pupils.

Shri Mohinder Singh has produced many good amature and professional golfers. To name a few,Mr. SS Mundi, Mr. Amit Luthra, Mr. ND Sharma, Mr. Vinay Goel and Mr. Aditya Chand. Amongst the AFofficers, who went on to become senior officers in the Service are ACM OP Mehra, Air Mshl AK Singh, AirMshl Mulk Raj and Air Mshl DC Kumaria.

My first close interaction with him started when I was appointed as ‘Captain’ of the AF Golf Course in1999. The directive given was to improve the Course. In this herculean task, I was ably assisted by a teamof professional, the Secretary Wg Cdr Arun Kumar Singh and Shri Mohinder Singh. While the course wascoming up, Mohinder took over the responsibility of teaching the ‘Caddies’. I learnt of the extent of hissuccess when I went to play a round of golf at the Delhi Golf Course. Waiting at the first Tee, I wasapproached by an elderly gentleman. After confirming my name, he thanked me for the wonderful trainingthe AF Golf Course was imparting to the Caddies. Many had come to work at the DGC because the AF GolfCourse was closed for some time. This is just one small example of his involvement with the Course.

Shri Mohinder Singh has a family of Golfers. There are two in the AF. Another is a teaching professionalat the AF Golf Course, Race Course. JWO Nawab Singh, a regular member of the AF Golf Team, is his son.He plays excellent golf and is now i/c Maintenance of the AF Golf Course Race Course. I have had theopportunity of playing with all of them.

The other day a friend rang up from Dehradun. He was coming to town and wanted to play golf at theRace Course. But more than that, he wanted me to book slots with Shri Mohinder Singh for golf lessons.Mohinder Singh’s reputation has travelled far and wide and most golfers today, professionals and amaturesknow him well. He is ever ready to help out golfers who seek his advice.

There are many such individuals who have practically given their all for the Service. Shri MohinderSingh has given nearly 50 yrs to the AF Golf Course. He is today being acknowledged as one of the‘UNSUNG HEROS’.

(Note : Members are requested to write article on “Unsung Heroes” and forward it to AFA(Note : Members are requested to write article on “Unsung Heroes” and forward it to AFA(Note : Members are requested to write article on “Unsung Heroes” and forward it to AFA(Note : Members are requested to write article on “Unsung Heroes” and forward it to AFA(Note : Members are requested to write article on “Unsung Heroes” and forward it to AFAfor publishing in Eagle’s Eye).for publishing in Eagle’s Eye).for publishing in Eagle’s Eye).for publishing in Eagle’s Eye).for publishing in Eagle’s Eye).

‘AASTHA’– SENIOR CITIZENS’ HOME

The Senior Citizens Home has 74 double-bedded rooms (37 for officers and 37 for PBORs). In

addition to providing permanent occupancy to senior citizens retired from the Indian Air Force, SCH

provides Transit facility to serving & retired Air Force, Army, and Navy personnel for short stay at Delhi.

Desirous Senior Citizens – Retired Air Force personnel – may register their name with SCH.

Accommodation is available.

Senior Citizens Home Tel: 011 – 2995886762-64, Tughlakabad Institutional Area Telefax: 26058866MB Road , New Delhi – 110 062 Email: [email protected]

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow; Learn as if you were to live forever”“Live as if you were to die tomorrow; Learn as if you were to live forever”“Live as if you were to die tomorrow; Learn as if you were to live forever”“Live as if you were to die tomorrow; Learn as if you were to live forever”“Live as if you were to die tomorrow; Learn as if you were to live forever”


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MY SECOND REBIRTH AFTER A ‘MID AIR COLLISION IN IRAQ’

Sqn Ldr (Retd) A Patwardhan

While I was posted to JBCU (Jet bomber Conversion Unit), I upgraded my flying instructor’s category from ‘B’ to ‘A-2’

some time in Aug 1969 on Canberra aircraft. That put me in a selected bunch of pilots who could be posted on foreign

assignments as flying instructors. However, as per the then Air Force policy, only officers of the rank of Squadron Leaders

and above were sent on such deputations. My next rank of Sqn Ldr was due only after two years so I was least bothered

about any such deputations abroad!! However a few things happened in the Air Headquarters, the earlier policy was

changed and three Flight Lieutenants were assigned for a deputation to Iraq as Flight Instructors. One was Anil Tipnis who

later on became the Air force Chief; second one was A K Singh, who is no more and I. Things moved so fast that we were

in Baghdad, Iraq by December end and celebrated the ‘New Year’s day’ of 1970 there.

After reaching Baghdad we joined the Indian Air Force Training Team which was already there imparting flying

training to the Iraqi students. The training was given on L-29 Delfin aircrafts which were made in Czechoslovakia. We

started our flying at Rashid Air Base which was close to Baghdad, however later on moved to a place called Kirkuk, about

three hundred kilometers North of Bagdad. The Iraqi Air Force Academy was being built at a place called Tikrit, which

happened to be Saddam Hussein’s village!

L-29 DELFIN

This single engine jet trainer was made by Czechoslovakia, designed and built for communist countries. This aircraft

was very nice to handle even for a beginner, providing a very stable and docile platform. So Iraqi Air force used them for

Basic and Intermediate training. Both student pilot and the instructor had ejection seats and were positioned in tandem,

under separate canopies with slightly raised instructor position. This aircraft was very rugged so it could operate from

unprepared fields .It had gun pods so one could carry out weapons training too. After flying for more than a year at Kirkuk

we were asked to move to a place called ‘Habbaniya’ which is located west of Bagdad. This was because the runway at

Kirkuk required repairs. Habbaniya was a major Iraqi fighter base. So we all shifted to the new place in the month of August

1971. By now, I had spent more than a year and half in Iraq, and this was my second batch of Iraqi students. I had three

pupils and had known them fairly well.

ON THE FATEFUL DAY

After the shift, we started our flying training on the 28th August 1971. That was the first day of operations there and

the fateful day too. I was planned to fly with Flight Cadet Jamil Abdul, a general handling sortie. Since it was the first ever

sortie on that base for both of us, it was decided to do some flying in the local flying area and then get back to the airfield

for circuits and landings. After doing some general handling we got back on the circuit. Most the instructors thought the

same way so there about seven to eight L-29’s in circuit at the same time. After doting about three normal circuits and touch

& go’s I decided to show Jamil a ‘flapless’ landing. Normally this exercise is done to show a pupil what to do when the flaps

do not come down because of some problem. Here the approach is slightly flatter and longer and at a higher speed. So

I gave my R/T call to the ATC on the downwind about my intentions about flapless approach and landing. I was cleared


by the ATC for same. When we were established on the final approach I was explaining to Jamil about the peculiarities of

the approach I found him somewhat uneasy and fidgety. As I was asking him the reason for that, I suddenly found the tail

of another aircraft coming in my view from the left and below, very close by. That aircraft must have been in my blind spot.

I realised the gravity of the situation and immediately shouted ‘I got controls’. I bash opened the throttle and tried to turn

away from that aircraft! But -

THE COLLISION

While I was reacting, we hit that aircraft from behind and both the aircraft seemed to have lost control. Thereafter things

happened so fast that everything is a blur in the memory. I don’t remember what actions I took but later on it was

established that the actions taken by me were alright. We must have been at about four to five hundred feet of altitude. We

came tumbling down from that height. The ejection seat in that aircraft could only be operated above 600 feet, so an

ejection was out of question. I had just about managed to get the wings level when we hit the ground on the right side of the

runway. There was a big noise and lots of dust was thrown up. As soon as everything came to a standstill I opened my seat

straps and the canopy and got on the wings. I moved forward to Jamil’s cockpit, opened his hood. He was pretty shaken

up. I pulled him out of the cockpit. Luckily he too was not injured like me. We jumped off the wings of the aircraft and ran

behind the plane. At this stage I saw two more guys running like us. They were from the other aircraft which had crashed

along with mine. That was an Iraqi instructor and his pupil getting away from the aircraft. They too seemed safe and sound,

uninjured like us. We all must have run for about forty seconds and there was a big blast!! Both the aircrafts had gone up

in a fireball. Soon people started gathering around us and they took us away to a safe distance. We all were taken to the

medical section and after a cursory check-up we were allowed to go home. When I got home I told Jayashree, that there

was a small accident and that is how I am home early. But by evening when all my friends started coming home and

congratulating me on my good fortune, she realised the gravity of the whole ACCIDENT!

AFTERMATH

The next morning when the whole thing was discussed, very many things came out and the power of the Destiny

became very evident. Most important was that all four of us were safe and sound. Even if there was a fatality or injury to any

one of us, the whole accident could have had a sad ending. Anyway, the following things worked in our favour. Firstly, as

both aircrafts were coming in to land, the undercarriages of both aircraft were down and the impact of hitting the ground

was taken by the wheels. Then the most important thing happened and that was, none of the ejection seats fired on the

impact. That would have certainly lead to some fatalities. We all were very lucky on that account. Then we had sufficient time

to get out of the aircrafts and get sufficiently far away from the aircrafts. What more could we ask from God Almighty !

I got to know later that the ATC officer was put in the prison for about fifteen days for his lapse in his duty, the Iraqi way

of instant justice! But it was not his fault. He was not used to handling so many aircrafts on the circuit at one time. The fault

was with the lookout on the runway. He did not give any warning to the aircraft of close proximity of two aircrafts on the

approach.

Any way this was the second rebirth for me!! As I said earlier the first rebirth was when I walked safely out of my

glider crash way back in NDA. Then this one was even more critical and dangerous! One thing is sure - if your number is

not up, then nobody can pack you off. As I said earlier that someone must like me up there for sure.


GRANTS : MARSHAL OF THE AIR FORCE & ARJAN SINGH TRUST

During IInd and IIIrd quarter of the FY 2012-2013, the following 33 Ex-AF personnel/widows have been given the

financial grants of Rs. 7,59,780/-.

SN. BENEFICIARIES GRANT PURPOSE

1. Ex NC(E) Nand Singh (806819) Rs. 60,000/- Construction of house

2. SmtUshaViswambharan, Wd/O Ex SgtViswambharan Rs. 11,000/- Daughter’s marriage

(645050)

3. Ex Sgt S Subramaniam (272044) Rs. 1,00,000/- To repay the loan

4. SmtGayatri Devi, Wd/O Ex Cpl A Jha (617345) Rs. 4,500/- Self maintenance

5. Ex WO JunaidAlam (232702) Rs. 10,000/- Waterproofing of house

6. SmtSurjitkaur, Wd/O Ex Sgt S Singh(282041) Rs. 30,000/- Daughter marriage

7. Ex Sgt N Sudhakaran Nair (282147) Rs. 25,000/- Daughter marriage

8. Smt Merlin John, Wd/O Ex Sgt A John (604988) Rs. 10,000/- Medical treatment

09. Ex JWO SK Khajuria (294862) Rs. 21,000/- Daughter’s marriage

10. Ex JWO Ajaib Singh (618762) Rs. 11,000/- Daughter marriage

11. Mrs J Chowdhury, Wd/O Ex Sgt S Chowdhury (299128) Rs. 6,000/- Education of son

12. SmtGurjeetKaur, Wd/O Ex JWO RS Matharu (651611) Rs. 21,000/- Daughter’s marriage

13. Ex NC(E) Ram Kumar (802568) Rs. 3,000/- Medical treatment

14. Ex CplKarthikeyan (773027) Rs. 3,000/- Self maintenance

15. Ex NC(E) Mukhtiar (800774) Rs. 30,000/- Daughter marriage

16. SmtRambati, Wd/O Ex NC(E) Shivcharan (817302) Rs. 3,000/- Maintenance of handicapped son

17. EX AC CS Sharma (281811) Rs. 3,000/- Self maintenance

18. NC(E) Kaptan Singh (804539) Rs. 3,000/- Medical treatment

19. Mrs. Babita, Wd/O Ex Sgt RK Singh (732749) Rs. 3,000/- Children education

20. SmtSarla Devi, Wd/O Ex JWO Ram Lakhan (296690) Rs. 51,000/- Daughter marriage

21. NC(E) H Singh (818941) Rs. 2,280/- Purchase of wheel chair

22. Ex LAC KK Ragahvan (48450) Rs. 3,000/- Self maintenance

23. NC(E) K Lama (802257) Rs. 60,000/- Children education

24. SmtMeeraBai H, Wd/O Ex Cpl H Singh (234673) Rs. 3,000/- Self maintenance

25. Smt M Devi, WD/O Ex WO RB Singh (250375) Rs. 30,000/- Daughter’s marriage

26. Miss Tarang Sharma, D/O Ex Sgt CK Sharma (700909) Rs. 30,000/- Education of brother and sister

27. Ex Cpl G Jeyaprakash (257283) Rs. 60,000/- Medical expenses

28. Ex AC EC Venkataiyah (638176) Rs. 60,000/- Daughter’s education

29. Ex SgtRakesh Kumar (717827) Rs. 3,000/- Self maintenance

30. Smt Maya C, Wd/O Ex Sgt M Pillai K (680999) Rs. 20,000/- Medical treatment

31. Ms. Lakshmi, D/O Ex Sgt N Govindan (239107) Rs. 9,000/- Self maintenance

32. Smt VL Jamwal, Wd/O Ex Sgt SS Jamwal (602712) Rs. 21,000/- Daughter marriage

33. SmtVijayamma, Wd/O EX Sgt PR Nair (214505) Rs. 50,000/- Self maintenance


APPEAL FOR DONATION

Donate generously by Cheque /Drafts /Money Orders towards the corpus of the ‘Marshal of the Air Force &Mrs. Arjan Singh Trust’. Please forward the cheques at the following address:-

Marshal of the Air Force & Mrs Arjan Singh TrustC/o 412 Air Force Station, Race Course Camp, New Delhi – 110003

The name of the donors will be uploaded on the website of the Trust. The name of donors contributing more

than Rupees one Lakh will be displayed on the Board, in the list of donors, maintained in the Trust office. The

donations are exempted from Income Tax (50%) under section 80G (5) (VI) of the Income Tax Act 1961. The

donors will be issued with a receipt for claiming the Income Tax exemption.

DETAILS FOR ONLINE DONATION TO THE“MARSHAL OF THE AIR FORCE & MRS ARJAN SINGH TRUST”

Beneficiary A/C No. - 3011972927

Beneficiary A/C Name - Marshal of the Air Force & Mrs. Arjan Singh Trust

Beneficiary RTGS/NEFT IFSC Code - CBIN0283463

MICR No. - 110016070

Bank - Central Bank of India

Branch - Air Force Station, New Delhi – 110003

Please note down the reference no of your transfer and intimate the same to the Trust. This will help in

linking your payment with your name.

DONATIONS MIAF TRUST – OCT 2012 TO MAR 2013

Particulars of the Donors Amount Particulars of the Donors Amount

Ex-Sgt VM Mohan 50,000/- $ Gp Capt (Retd) Ashok Sethi 45,000/-

Wg Cdr (Retd) KS Chandrasekar 25,000/- Gp Capt (Retd) PS Gill 20,000/-

Wg Cdr (Retd) Tony Aroon Kotwal 10,000/- Gp Capt (Retd) Shailendra Mohan 10,000/-

Sqn Ldr (Retd) SS Y adav 10,000/- Wg Cdr (Retd) M Mukherji 10,000/-

Sqn Ldr (Retd) Dharam Singh 10,000/- Wg Cdr (Retd) SS Sidhu 10,000/-

Gp Capt (Retd) T Radhakrishnan 10,000/- HFO (Retd) Om Prakash 5,000/-

Gp Capt (Retd)Surinder Singh 5,000/- * Air Cmde (Retd) VK Seth 5,000/-

Wg Cdr (Retd) NM Sharma 5,000/- Air Mshl (Retd) Anil Chopra 5,000/- @

Anonymous (32 GDOC) 5,000/- Wg Cdr (Retd) NL Kinra 3,200/-

Wg Cdr (Retd) NK Batra 2,100/- Wg Cdr (Retd) RK Kapoor 1,100/- #

Gp Capt (Retd) HP Singh 1,000/- Ex-Sgt RK Bhargava 1,000/-

Ex-Sgt Srinivasan 500/-

$ He has earlier contributed Rs. 51,000/- * He has earlier contributed Rs. 6,100/-

@ He has earlier contributed Rs. 15,000/- # He has earlier contributed Rs. 1,500/-

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Ser No Rank Name Branch/ Date of

Trade Demise

19779 Sqn Ldr CB Singh AE(L) 14 Aug 11

220218 Sgt N Varada Chari Inst Fit 04 Sep 11

219442 WO DVR Rao Fit-I 26 Oct 11

229840 JWO John Dhas Daniel MT Fit 10 Jan 12

5486 Air Cmde G Venugopal Edn 11 Jan 12

217267 Sgt M Joseph WOM-I 16 Jan 12

293838 Sgt VV Rambabu WS Fit 19 Feb 12

645087 Sgt R Bajpai 26 Feb 12

632717 JWO Ajaya Pal 02 Mar 12

6874 Sqn Ldr A Sadanandan AE (L) 13 Apr 12

702627 Sgt A Ravindran Eq Asst 13 Apr 12

10523 Gp Capt DK Sandhir F (P) 22 Apr 12

253094 HFO OP Verma 23 Apr 12

681542 JWO Shirish Kumar 10 May 12

13893 Wg Cdr SK Sharma Adm 11 May 12

819318 NC(E) Kalu Ram Lascar 22 May 12

245971 HFL SSS Yadav Crypto 23 May 12

14701 Sqn Ldr KAR Nair Adm 24 May 12

299107 Sgt S Danakodi Ach GD 27 May 12

19767 Sqn Ldr Karnail Singh AE(L) 29 May 12

15362 Gp Capt KS Malimath Lgs 30 May 12

256377 Sgt Subramanyam Rad Fit 30 May 12

10686 Wg Cdr PL Sharma 02 Jun 12

218418 HFO A Anjaneyulu Wpn Fit 02 Jun 12

280621 Cpl M Lal 15 Jun 12

226173 Sgt C Doorvasalu MT Fit 17 Jun 12

270156 Cpl O Mansood Eng Tech 18 Jun 12

5277 Gp Capt H Rajagopal F (P) 1 Jul 12

4654 Wg Cdr SVV Prasad F (P) 03 Jul 12

12567 Wg Cdr VB Dhawan Met 03 Jul 12


Trade Demise

10191 Flt Lt Winston RS Rao 03 Jul 12

12567 Wg Cdr VB Dhawan Met 03 Jul 12

293891 WO VS Ram WpnFit 04 Jul 12

220578 HFO K Singh 12 Jul 12

221408 HFO GR Kudale Med Asst 15 Jul 12

258001 WO A Krishnan Crypto 16 Jul 12

218659 Sgt RK Mishra AF Fit 18 Jul 12

11083 Wg Cdr RS thakur Adm 21 Jul 12

4330 Air Cmde VS Iyer F(N) 21 Jul 12

223725 Cpl G Thomas Elect Fit 23 Jul 12

286157 JWO DS Yadav IAF(P) 29 Jul 12

611700 HFL SK Sharma Eq Asst 30 Jul 12

278078 Sgt GC Debnath Ach GD 01 Aug 12

298589 WO HK Dey Eq Asst 06 Aug 12

10936 Wg Cdr KK Dilwari F (P) 09 Aug 12

10299 Air Cmde AA Joshi Edn 13 Aug 12

227027 JWO Sita Ram Singh MT Fit 13 Aug 12

8902 AVM BS Cheema AE (M) 16 Aug 12

219140 HFO GP Setty Elect Fit 16 Aug 12

227328 MWO Vishwakarma MTD 17 Aug 12

218654 JWO PM Nandakumar 18 Aug 12

9738 Gp Capt AK Dutta F(P) 24 Aug 12

721439 Sgt Senthil Kumar MTD 27 Aug 12

225971 HFO KK Das 31 Aug 12

20549 Wg Cdr Mahendra Singh AE(L) 01 Sep 12

286260 HFO J Vishwakarma MT Fit 10 Sep 12

610344 JWO DS Singh 10 Sep 12

658054 Sgt Asish Ghosh 12 Sep 12

701133 Sgt RS Chauhan Clk GD 12 Sep 12

215923 HFO AD Joy ADSO 17 Sep 12

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Trade Demise

269309 WO RN Sachan 20 Sep 12

641297 HFO Amarjit Singh AF Fit 20 Sep 12

728566 Cpl S Raychowdhury Eq Asst 28 Sep 12

618590 Sgt D Singh IAF(P) 04 Oct 12

257269 Sgt CEC Wilson Rad Fit 06 Oct 12

4480 Air Mshl P Singh F (P) 16 Oct 12

9095 Wg Cdr HL Ratta F(P) 22 Oct 12

227499 HFO T Narayanan 28 Oct 12

698004 Sgt GAK Reddy SEW 01 Nov 12

805886 NC(E) RB Singh Lascar 02 Nov 12

670884 Sgt PN Mani Eq Asst 08 Nov 12

210582 HFL KA Ramesh 13 Nov 12

10553 Wg Cdr PC Sidharth F(P) 14 Nov 12

11658 Wg Cdr Avinash Aroskar F(P) 18 Nov 12

227497 JWO A Vadivelu Photo Fit 18 Nov 12

3798 Gp Capt RS Sivaswamy AE(L) 21 Nov 12

641769 Sgt R Padmanabhan 22 Nov 12

298370 WO SN Bajpai Ach GD 26 Nov 12

208950 Sgt O Raghavan Fit Armr 29 Nov 12

610100 Sgt S Raman Kutty Clk GD 30 Nov 12

257001 WO B Ramkrishna Rad Fit 01 Dec 12

13685 Wg Cdr U Ganguly 05 Dec 12

6849 Wg Cdr VS Sharma AE(L) 19 Dec 12

738501 Sgt Mahesh Menon Eqpt Asst 24 Dec 12


Trade Demise

240433 WO VK Gautam Clk GD 24 Dec 12

286779 JWO M Sethumadhavan 25 Dec 12

49138 MWO N Jayaseelan 27 Dec 12

8662 Wg Cdr MS Bhomia F(P) 28 Dec 12

633374 WO S Thiagarajan Met Asst 29 Dec 12

249472 Sgt K Murugan 01 Jan 13

2015 Air Cmde J Chandra Adm 02 Jan 13

628459 Sgt N Gopakumar MTD 02 Jan 13

4263 Air Mshl Gursharan Singh AE (M) 15 Jan 13

267936 MWO Inderpal Singh AFSO 17 Jan 13

4204 Gp Capt GK Bakhle F(P) 19 Jan 13

36203 Cpl M Murthy FMT 22 Jan 13

5766 Wg Cdr PT Joseph AE(L) 23 Jan 13

16408 Gp Capt VV Singh F(P) 27 Jan 13

263046 Sgt T Chandraiah Eng Fit 28 Jan 13

5443 Sqn Ldr J Chandra Lgs 30 Jan 13

645322 MWO MK Prajapati Clk GD 30 Jan 13

723303 Sgt SN Kanungo 31 Jan 13

21699 Sqn Ldr SC Sharma Adm 31 Jan 13

247906 JWO Rameshwar Dayal Wks Fit 07 Feb 13

11449 Wg Cdr Anil Gadkari F(N) 11 Feb 13

620319 Sgt Ramesh Kumar 11 Feb 13

207196 HFO PP Kanotra 13 Feb 13

4583 Air Mshl HK Oberoi F (P) 20 Feb 13

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A section of the audience at the General Body Meeting ofAP Branch on 16 Sep 2012

ACM (Retd) IH Latif, PVSM felicitating AVM (Retd) CVParker, MVC VM with octogenarian memento at annualsocial get-together of AP Branch on 02 Dec 2012

Members of AFA J&K Branch during Annual get-together Wg Cdr (Retd) AN Raina, President and Ex-JWO SS Sahi,Secretary of AFA J&K Branch presenting octogenarianmemento to Ex-NC(E) Mohinder Singh


Air Marshal (Retd) RS Bedi AVSM VM presiding over thebi-annual meeting of AFA (NZ) on 20 Oct 2012.

Octogenarians honoured during bi-annual meeting of AFA(NZ) Branch held on 20 Oct 2012.




Ex-Sgt O Raghavan receiving octogenarian memento from

Gp Capt (Retd) K.V Ashraf.

Shri. A Pradeep Kumar MLA inaugurating anniversary

celebration of AFA Kozhikode chapter on 23 Sep 2012.

Lighting the lamp by the President and the Secretary of

AFA WZ Branch

Octogenarian Felicitation Programme at AFA West Zone

Branch, Pune on 14 December 2012

Audience at AFA (UP & UK) Branch on Annual Day Air Cmde Gulshan Rai, AOC AF Stn Kanpur presenting

octogenarian memento to Ex-Sgt Dharam Singh



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RECOGNISE SUPREMACY OF WOMAN AS MOTHER FOR PEACE AND PROGRESS

Wg Cdr (Retd) Dr. SC Mahajan

When the nation and its people are introspecting to find ways and means to ensure our women feel secure,free from fear and anxiety, it is the duty of every citizen to be concerned and make relevant contribution towardssafety and honour of women. Every human being, has equal rights in the world. All religions and scripturesagree that helping fellow-beings in times of need and saving them from distress is the greatest virtue. In theworld all those who are held in high esteem, have earned their good name only by their character and conductwhich they owe to their noble mothers. I feel, concept of treating other woman as mother and the fact a womanwhen deemed as mother invokes spontaneous reverence from anyone, is a very valuable, valid and a rightstep in the present crisis.

Evidence of treating women of others as mothers.

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– Sloka of Chanakya Neeti

He who looks at all other women as mother, treats others’ wealth as stone, and treats everyone as himself,is really noble. Chanakya, a great politician says... “He is the learned man who sees all women as his motherexcept one’s married wife. Chanakya Neeti slokas are useful slokas composed by Chanakya (Kautalya), forour day-to-day life and environment. These slokas give us very valuable insight into society and political life.Even today these slokas have exactly the same value and meaning in our life as it was more than 2000 yearsback. But, today man has strayed too far away in practising in society such proven noble ideals.

Any system of education that does not help to discriminate between right and wrong, that does not instil thefear of sin and the love of God, train us in the codes of humility and reverence, widen the horizon of our wonder,encourage us to worshipfully serve our parents, and inspire us to dedicate our skills and attainments to theprogress of our family, village, community, language and nation, stands condemned. The corruption and crueltythat are rampant now can be traced to this grave defect. Selfishness, greed, pomp and injustice are prevalent inevery field. The nations have no peace and the sense of security is feeble. As science develops and technologyadvances, humility and mutual love should also develop to the same extent, otherwise a man becomes amenace to man. Human sensitivity should be so high that no one should tolerate the misery of others. But, whenone is not moved by the misery of even one’s own parents, how can this trait be cultivated? Today man andwoman must be seized of these facts and make sincere efforts to do good to the society.

Women are most virtuous. In Bhagavad Gita Chap 10 Sloka 34, Lord Krishna says among women I am Kirti,Sri, Vak, Smrti, Medha, Dhriti and Kshama, the Goddesses presiding over Glory, Prosperity, Speech, Memory,Intelligence, Steadfastness and Forbearance. Women are most virtuous. So, we should never look down uponwomen. With all the sacred feelings in our heart, we should respect women and be respected. Women, barringa few exceptions, never stray away from the path of truth and righteousness even in the face of adversities. House mirrors the qualities of a housewife. A married lady has many great titles like “Dharma Patni”, “Griha-Lakshmi”, and “Ardhaangi” (Equal partner of the husband). These title have real value for a woman. A lady mustlook after the home first and then work outside, if necessary. A lady should be an ideal to her children, look afterher husband and then do outside work. She can study, get degrees, enter politics or do any other work, but sheshould not neglect the home, which is the very foundation of her life. Husband and wife are both equallyresponsible for establishing harmony in the home.

Mothers are the makers of a nation’s fortune. Upanishad declares: “Mathru Devo Bhava, Revere mother asGod”. Revere the mother, serve the mother and trust the mother. This symbolizes worship of God. Once wehave blessings of our mother, we can achieve anything in this world. World is sustained by the prayers of


mothers. Mother is the first teacher of a child and she teaches from the heart with love. Noble mothers havenoble wishes. It is because of such pure women that Bharat became a Thyaga Bhumi (Land of sacrifice), a YogaBhumi (land of spirituality) and a Karma Bhumi (land of action) and could set an example to the rest of the world. In every country, the mother is held in high esteem. The mother is the pillar of the home, of society, of the nationand so of humanity itself. It is said, “If you honour your mother the mother of the universe will guard you againstharm” We may be able to pay back any debt; but the debt we owe our mother, we never can repay. Motheralways has our well being uppermost in her mind in whatever she says or does. Sankaracharya could becomeJagadguru because of his mother’s virtuous thoughts. Noble souls like Vivekananda and RamakrishnaParamahamsa could attain exalted positions in their lives only due to the sacred feelings of their mothers. Mothersare highly noble and virtuous. Some examples of noble mothers are Lord Rama’s mother Kausalya, Shivaji’smother Jijabai, Mahatma Gandhi’s mother Putlibai. Shivaji became a great warrior, Gandhi became a Mahatmaand Ishwar Chand Vidyasagar’s renown are all due to their mothers. The universal Vedic Mantra, the GayatriMantra is the embodiment of mother principle. Mothers are the makers of a nation’s fortune, for they shape thesinews of its soul. These sinews are toughened by two lessons - fear of sin and fondness of virtue. As themother, so the sweetness of culture. As the mother, so the progress of the nation. It is the righteous conduct,deep devotion and strict adherence to the moral values of the mothers that contribute to the greatness of theirchildren. If we want to know how advanced is a nation, study the mothers. Are they free from fear and anxiety,are they full of love towards all, are they trained in fortitude and virtue? If we like to imbibe the glory of a culture,watch the mothers, rocking the cradles, feeding, fostering, teaching and fondling babies. Very well said for themother, “Hands that rock the cradle rule the world.” Today, we need to promote such ideal mothers because themodern trends are disturbing.

Duty of parents. Parents are the living symbol of God. Parents should set example before young children andtake a pledge of leading a good life. Goodness is a natural quality of a woman. Money is not the goal of life.It is said “Money comes and goes; morality comes and grows” They should be inspired to selflessly serve thesociety to which we all owe our gratitude. The world today seems to be happy with TV and Cinema. But somepeople fall a prey to learning false values from cinema and TV and reading enervating or exciting stuff, whichexhaust or inflame the mind, thus ruining themselves, especially the children. Here one could select onlywholesome educative, informative and moderate entertaining programmes. Every one should cultivate humanqualities and lead the life of a true human being. There are, of course, parents who bring up their children withgreat love and affection and put them on the right path. Only such parents can be called ideal parents. Theirchildren grow up to be ideal and noble. Students should cultivate humility and obedience. When we helpothers that itself is our reward and we should never commit the sin of hurting others. Students, boys & girls oftoday will be grown up as men and women and all that happens to them in future will be in accordance with theirconduct today.

Mother and motherland are greater than heaven. The country is also our mother and its culture our father. We willbecome orphans if we forsake our motherland and its culture. The motherland of ours gave to the world Noblesouls renowned in all the continents. This Bharat is reputed for its scholarship. It is the sacred land, which stoodforth as the exemplar in the realms of music, literature and sacred lore. Born in the land of Bharat, noted for its finearts and natural beauty, it is bounden duty to foster the glory and prosperity of the motherland. Lord Rama declared:“Janani Janma Bhoomishcha Swargadapi Gareeyasi” mother and motherland are greater than heaven.

Conclusion

Thus this view is relevant and non-controversial, as mother is sacred and revered in all lands eventoday. I strongly feel and advocate propagating and strengthening this concept among the people will benefitthe society. But, a transformation in human thinking and behaviour are essential due to the fact “No society canfind its fulfillment, no social ideal can fructify without blossoming of the spirit of man”. This is expected to bringabout gradual but sure and lasting change in the mindsets of the people which will help in arresting the risingtrends in crime against women and in making our women feel safe and honoured.


WHAT TECHNOLOGY CAN GIVE YOU IN NEXT DECADE ?


1. Neuro Scientists may soon be able to predict what you will do before you do it.

2. Future cars will become producers of power rather than merely consumers.

3. An aquaponic recycling system in every kitchen.

4. Economy will become increasingly progress but there will be lot of work.

5. Next space age will launch after 2020, driven by competition & adventure capitalist.

6. ‘Cloud’ will be more intelligent, not just a place to store data.

7. Robots will become gentler caregivers in next 10 years.

8. Corporate reputation will be even more important to maintain since transparency will come with augmentedreality.

9. Noise vibrations and other ‘junk’ emerging will be harnessed from environments to power gadgets.

10. A hand held breathalyzers will diagnose early detection of infections microbes and even chemical attacks.

FORECASTFORECASTFORECASTFORECASTFORECAST

DONATIONS AFA – OCT 2012 TO MAR 2013

Particulars of the Donors Amount Particulars of the Donors Amount

Suren & Raj Goyal Trust 1,00,000/- Mr. Anil Bhatia & Mrs. Vandna Bhatia 50,000/-

Gp Capt (Retd) RK Agrawal 11,000/- Air Cmde (Retd) RK Vedwa 10,000/-

Wg Cdr (Retd) AN Gadeock 10,000/- ACM (Retd) SK Kaul 5,000/-

Wg Cdr (Retd) P Bakshi 5,000/- Ex-Sgt Durai Raj 2,000/-

Ex-WO MK Balachandran Nair 1,500/- Wg Cdr (Retd) RN Dawar 1,500/-

Ex-JWO K Kesavan 1,111/- HFO (Retd) Kameshwar Ram Sharma 1,000/-

Ex-Sgt Anil 1,000/- HFO (Retd) KR Sharma 1,000/-

HFO (Retd) KK Lazar 500/- HFL (Retd) NN Pandey 500/-

Ex-Cpl R Ganeshan 500/- Ex-Sgt RK Bhargava 500/-

“Nothing is impossible; the word itself says I'm possible!"“Nothing is impossible; the word itself says I'm possible!"“Nothing is impossible; the word itself says I'm possible!"“Nothing is impossible; the word itself says I'm possible!"“Nothing is impossible; the word itself says I'm possible!"


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Ex-Sgt G Balakrishnan Nair, a consultant psychologist fromKottarakkara Taluk, Quilon Dist, Kerala has conferred with‘KARMA SHRESHTA RATNA’ award for the year 2011 for hisvaluable services to eased the mental disorders and creatingawareness amongst the people about the necessity of undergoingpsychological counseling at the right time before the problemsaggravate to avoid the mental disorders, through his writings invarious publications, health magazines etc.

This award is constituted by Mythri Event Cultural Association (MECA), a charitable trust, doingcultural and charity works such as scholarship to children who are handicapped and mentally challengedand offering financial assistance to personnel suffering from serious illness of Kerala.

The award ‘KARMA SHRESHTA RATNA’ for the year 2011 includes a memento in teak woodand a citation, presented to Shri. Balakrishnan Nair by Shri. PK Abdu Rubb, Hon’ble Education Ministerof Kerala in a programme organized at Hotel Dubai International, Trivandrum on 16 May 2012.

Shri Balakrishnan Nair is the Vice President of Air Force Association, Kottarakara Taluk, QuilonDist, Kerala and an active participant of all functions of AFA.

(Congratulations, Ex-Sgt. Balakrishnan Nair, from AFA………….Editor)

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Did you know that the air veteran fraternity of AFA has an octogenarian

air veteran cyclist at Pune who is still going strong? He is Wg Cdr ( Retd ) Yashwant

L Marathe, presently based in Pune. He was recently in Delhi to attend “The 22

Direct Entry Officers’ (Air Force Technical College) Golden Jubilee Celebrations”

at Akash Air Force Officers Mess, Delhi on 03 Feb, 2013. I am proud to be one

of his Course-mates.

Marathe has done the Air force and the country proud by pedalling moremoremoremoremore

than 5,000 kilometersthan 5,000 kilometersthan 5,000 kilometersthan 5,000 kilometersthan 5,000 kilometers in various parts of India and abroad. This includes his

cycling around at Kyoto, Japan in 1999, Montgomery,USA 2000, in Valley of

Flowers at a height of 13,000 ft and on many national/state highways. And he

is still going strong. Now he plans to cycle up from Jammu to Srinagar at the age

of 82+, if the weather co-operates.

Yashwant was honoured with ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘ ‘The Senior Citizen Cylist AThe Senior Citizen Cylist AThe Senior Citizen Cylist AThe Senior Citizen Cylist AThe Senior Citizen Cylist Award’ ward’ ward’ ward’ ward’ on

the World Environment Day at Pune, an event in which more than 500 cyclists

took part.

AFA wishes Wg Cdr (Retd ) Marathe a very long healthy life and wishes many more happy

years of cycling, and hopes many air veterans and others will follow him.




QUIZWg Cdr (Retd) Dr. ML Bala

1. Name of the founder President of Air Force Association (India) ?

2. What was the contribution of Roginald Joseph Mitchell to Britain in World War II ?

3. Name of the Dutch who designed a very successful military aircraft which was named after him?

4. The Germans called the World War I sea battle as ‘The Battle of Sragerrak’. What did the British

called this was ?

5. What kind of aircraft was the ‘IInd World War Horse’ ?

6. Which IAF fighter was called ‘The Sabre-Killer’ during 1965 Indo-Pak War ?

7. Who was the Founder Secretary of Air Force Association (India) ?

8. Who was the first IAF officer to be decorated with ‘Param Vir Chakra’ ?

9. Who was the first Editor of Air Force Association (India) ?

10. What is understood by 8-pass Charlie with reference to Air Force ?

11. What is the speed of Hypersonic Missile ?

(a) Two times of the sound velocity (b) Five times of the sound velocity

(c) Seven times of the sound velocity (d) Ten times of the sound velocity

12. First German anti ship missile used the following method of guidance?

(a) Sound Wave (b) Radio Command

(c) Gamma Rays signal (d) Video detector

13. Which country’s tank in India never bought or never took a license for production?

(a) France (b) USA (c) Germany (d) Russia

14. Who was the Hawai Sepoy in RAF rose to the rank of AVM in IAF?

16. How many countries have developed anti satellite system?

(a) Three (b) Four (c) Five (d) None

17. What metal is Victoria Cross made ?

(a) Gold (b) Silver (c) Bronze (d) Copper

(Answers are to be sent to Chairman, Editorial Board, AFA, New Delhi in a sealed envelope by ordinary post.

Give your full address and on the top right of the envelop write “QUIZ” in red ink. The first three all correct

answers will be awarded Rs. 100 each. The last date for receipt of answers is 06 May 2013)

Answers of QUIZ published in EE-45

1. One Pound 2. Jessica Ennis 3. None 4. God Zeus 5. Normal Gilbert Pritchard

6. Two Silver Medals 7. Michael Phelps 8. Philip Noel baker 9. Eight 10. 1916, 1940, 1944

(Winner : Miss Aswathi, ‘AMBADI”, Near Olacheri Kavu, Talap, Kannur (Dist), Kerala)


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