| List of Chiefs of Air Staff in India (1947 to 2024) | ||
| Name | Life Period (Born-Died) | Tenure |
| Air Officer Commanding, Royal Indian Air Force | ||
| Sir Thomas Elmhirst | ||
| Commander-in-Chief, Royal Indian Air Force | ||
| Sir Thomas Elmhirst | ||
| Sir Ronald Ivelaw-Chapman | ||
| Gerald Ernest Gibbs | ||
| Shri Subroto Mukerjee | ||
| Chief of the Air Staff | ||
| Shri Subroto Mukerjee | ||
| Shri Aspy Engineer | ||
| Shri Arjan Singh | ||
| Shri Pratap Chandra Lal | ||
| Shri Om Prakash Mehra | ||
| Shri Hrushikesh Moolgavkar | ||
| Idris Latif | ||
| Shri Dilbagh Singh | ||
| Shri Lakshman Mohan Katre | ||
| Shri Denis La Fontaine | ||
| Shri Surinder Mehra | ||
| Shri Nirmal Chandra Suri | ||
| Shri Swaroop Kaul | ||
| Shri Satish Sareen | ||
| Shri Anil Yashwant Tipnis | ||
| Shri Srinivasapuram Krishnaswamy | ||
| Shri Shashindra Pal Tyagi | ||
| Shri Fali Homi Major | ||
| Shri Pradeep Vasant Naik | ||
| Shri Norman Anil Kumar Browne | ||
| Shri Arup Raha | ||
| Shri Birender Singh Dhanoa | ||
| Shri Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria | ||
| Shri Vivek Ram Chaudhari | ||
