EAC send off for Air Chief

The Air Chief Staff, Air Marshall Dilbagh Singh who relinquishes office was given a hearty farewell by the officers and men of the Air Force Eastern Command at Up-per Shillong on Aug.10. He inspected a guard of honour at the helipad and then boarded an open jeep which, according to the tradition, was pulled by the seniors officer with the help of rope. He took off in an IAF chopper for Gauhati on his way to Delhi. Earlier, The Air Chief Marshall in a brief address to the officers, recalled how the Air Force had spectacularly grown from seven squadrens in 1947 to 47 squadrons at present.