Air Marshal CR Mohan AVSM VSM recently took over as Senior Maintenance Staff Officer of HQ MC from Air Marshal M Baladitya AVSM VSM.
Air Marshal Mohan was commissioned as an Aeronautical Engineer in the Indian Air Force in the year 1986 and is an alumnus of the College of Defence Management, and Experimental Flight Test School (ASTE, IAF) IIT Mumbai and Tyagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai University Kamaraj.
The Air Officer is a recipient of the Chief of Air Staff commendation and the Presidential Awards of VSM & AVSM.
The Air Officer has held various field and staff appointments. He was the lead engineer in the Indian Air Force Hawk Project Team (IAFHPT) in UK responsible for the design, development, testing, manufacture and entry into service of the Hawk AJT aircraft.
He has tenated the appointments of the Chief Engineering Officer at a Hawk base, DS at CDM, Comdt of AFTC, ACAS (Eng T & H) & Eng B at Air HQ. He also served as SMSO at HQ EAC.