Air Marshal Inderpal Singh Walia named next IAF vice chief

Learn the reported action together with its current status. Air Marshal Inderpal Singh Walia will be the next Vice Chief of the Air Staff, the defence ministry announced on Friday. He will succeed incumbent Vice Chief Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, who will take charge as as the 29th Chief of the Air Staff on Saturday.

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Distinguish the reported action from any further step explicitly stated in the report. Air Marshal Walia is currently serving as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Eastern Air Command.

• Air Marshal Inderpal Singh Walia will be the next Vice Chief of the Air Staff, the defence ministry announced on Friday. • He will succeed incumbent Vice Chief Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, who will take charge as as the 29th Chief of the Air Staff on Saturday. • The officer is an alumnus of the National Defence Academy and was commissioned in the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on June 11, 1988.