In recognition of his fent, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) on the spot by the Supreme Allied Commander of South East Asia, the first Indian pilot to have received it. Singh was selected for the Empire Pilot training course at Royal Air Force (RAF) Cranwell in 1938 when he was 19 years old He retired from service in 1969
Singh
born on April 15, 1919, in Lyalpur
(now Faslabad, Pakistan), and completed his education
at Montgomery (now Sahiwal, Pakistan). His first
assignment on being commissioned was to fly Westland
Wapiti biplanes in the North Western Frontier Province
as a member of the No.1 RIAF Squadron After a brief stint with the newly formed No. 2 RIAF Squadron where the Marshal flew against the tribal forces, he later moved back to No.1 Sqn as a Flying Officer to fly the Hawker Hurricane He was promoted to the rank of Squadron Leader in 1944
For his role in successfully leading the squadron in combat, he was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) in 1944 On August 15, 1947, he achieved the unique honour of leading a fly-past of over a hundred IAF aircraft over the Red Fort in Delhi
After his promotion to the rank of Wing Commander, he attended the Royal Staff College at the UK Immediately after Indian independence, he commanded Ambala in the rank of Group Captain. In 1949, he was promoted to the rank of Air Commodore and took over as Air Officer Commanding (AOC) of an operational command, which later came to be known as Western Air Command
Singh had the distinction of having the longest
tenure AOC of an operational base, initially from
1949-1952 and then again from 1957-1961 After his
promotion to the rank of Air Vice Marshal, he was
appointed as the AOC-in-C of an operational command
Towards the end of the 1962 war, he was appointed as the Deputy Chief of the Air Staff and he became the Vice Chief of the Air Staff in 1963 He was the overall commander of the joint air training exercise "Shiksha" held between IAF, RAF (Reyal Air Force) and RAAF (Royal Australian Air Force)
1)What enabled arjan Singh to the DFC award?
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