Air Marshal S Harpal Singh is Director General (Inspection & Safety)

Air Marshal S Harpal Singh AVSM VM assumed office of Director General (Inspection and Safety) on 21 March 2017. The Air Marshal was commissioned into the fighter stream of the IAF on 15 June 1980, and has over 2,400 hours of flying on various aircraft and has commanded a fighter squadron, was Chief Operations Officer of a major base in the western sector, commanded a radar base and was AOC of a major fighter station in the Eastern sector. He is a Fighter Combat Leader, a graduate of the Defence Services Staff College, and has undergone the General Course for Senior Officers at the National Institute of Defence Studies in Japan. Air Marshal Harpal Singh has served in various staff appointments at Air Headquarters, Tri-Services Organisations and was the Senior Air Staff Officer of South Western Air Command prior to assuming his present post.