🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗔𝗶𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝗞𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗶 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗱𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗽 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗙𝗦𝗢𝗗 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗚𝘂𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 🇮🇳 || SAC spearheads high-intensity Kalari Leap exercise in Lakshadweep seas alongside Armed Forces Special Operations Division (AFSOD) and Indian Coast Guard, showcasing tri-service maritime domain awareness and rapid response integration. 💥 The drill hones amphibious ops, ISR coordination and anti-piracy tactics across India's strategic island chain, fortifying Andaman-Lakshadweep security amid rising Chinese naval assertiveness in Indian Ocean Region. #SouthernAirCommand #KalariLeap #Lakshadweep #AFSOD #IndianCoastGuard #MaritimeSecurity 📍 @ResonantNews

✈️ Operational Efficiency through Decision Autonomy Air Chief Marshal AP Singh, Chief of the Air Staff, presided over the annual Southern Air Command Commanders’ Conference on 16 Feb. The conference focused on strengthening adaptive leadership and enhancing modern warfare readiness. The Chief reviewed operational preparedness, presented trophies for outstanding station performance, and highlighted the pivotal role of Southern Air Command in securing the Indian Ocean Region through jointness, integration, and mission-ready capability. 🇮🇳✈️ #IndianAirForce #CAS #APSIngh #OperationalReadiness #DecisionAutonomy #AirPower #SouthernAirCommand #IndianOceanRegion #Jointness #MilitaryLeadership #DefenceIndia @IAF_MCC @IafSac @SWAC_IAF

🚨 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚: 𝗩𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗼𝗹𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮’𝘀 𝗔𝗶𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗼-𝗣𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 🇮🇳 𝘈𝘪𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭 𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘒𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢, 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 4,000 𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵-𝘧𝘳𝘦𝘦 𝘧𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘈𝘪𝘳 𝘖𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨-𝘪𝘯-𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘈𝘪𝘳 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦’𝘴 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘈𝘪𝘳 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘳𝘶𝘷𝘢𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘮. ⚡ 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 1986, 𝘒𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘢, 𝘢 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘈𝘵𝘪 𝘝𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘵 𝘚𝘦𝘷𝘢 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘝𝘢𝘺𝘶 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘢 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘭, 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦, 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘢𝘤𝘬, 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘯𝘢𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘧𝘢𝘳𝘦. 💥 𝘈 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘺 ‘𝘈’ 𝘘𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘍𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘯𝘶𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘈𝘤𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘮𝘺, 𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘣𝘢𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘊𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘍𝘭𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘰𝘵𝘴𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘢 𝘋𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘴. 🔥 𝘏𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘢 𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦, 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘢𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘥 𝘳𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘖𝘤𝘦𝘢𝘯 𝘙𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯. #IndianAirForce #SouthernAirCommand #ManishKhanna #DefenseNews #AeroIndia #AirForce #MilitaryLeadership #IndoPacific #NationalSecurity #Aviation

Air Marshal #ManishKhanna, an accomplished officer with over 4,000 hours of #flyingexperience on various fighter and trainer aircraft, on Sunday assumed the charge of the #SouthernAirCommand. deccanherald.com/india/air-m…

एयर मार्शल मनीष खन्ना ने 1 जून 2025 को तिरुवनंतपुरम में दक्षिणी वायुसेना कमान का पदभार संभाल लिया है. उन्हें दक्षिणी वायु कमान (SAC) के नए एयर ऑफिसर कमांडिंग-इन-चीफ (AOC-In-C) के रूप में नियुक्त किया गया है. एयर मार्शल खन्ना ने पास 4000 घंटे से अधिक उड़ान का अनुभव है.. . #AirMarshal #ManishKhanna #SouthernAirCommand #IndianAirforce tv9hindi.com/india/air-marsh…

#AirMarshalKhanna assumes charge as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of #SouthernAirCommand tribuneindia.com/news/airfor…

✈️ Air Marshal Manish Khanna Assumes Command of Southern Air Command On 01 June 2025, Air Marshal Manish Khanna (AVSM, VM) took charge as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Southern Air Command at Thiruvananthapuram. ➡️ Over 4000 hours of flying experience ➡️ Fighter pilot & international flying instructor (Botswana Defence Forces) ➡️ Expert in Air Defence, Ground Attack, Reconnaissance & Electronic Warfare ➡️ Alumnus of NDA, DSSC, CAW & NDC ➡️ Former SASO at South Western Command With nearly four decades of decorated service, the IAF gains a seasoned leader at a crucial command. @IAF_MCC @SWAC_IAF #IndianAirForce #SouthernAirCommand #AirMarshalManishKhanna #DefenceLeadership #RakshaSamachar #ForTheNation

🇮🇳✈️ एयर मार्शल मनीष खन्ना AVSM, VM ने 1 जून 2025 को तिरुवनंतपुरम में Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief के रूप में कार्यभार ग्रहण किया। वायुसेना में उनका सेवा अनुभव चार दशकों से अधिक का है। #IndianAirForce #SouthernAirCommand #SAC #Defence #PIBIndia

Air Mshl B Manikantan AOC-IN-C, #SouthernAirCommand, #Trivandrum & Brig Anurag Upadhyaya,Station Commander #TrivandrumMilitaryStation congratulate Shri Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar on taking the oath as the Hon'ble Governor of #Kerala .

#IndianArmedForces #RaisingAndCommissioning #SouthernAirCommand #40Years

‘Bolstering Jointness’ Lt Gen A K Singh, GOC-in-C, #SouthernCommand, interacted with Air Marshal Balakrishnan Manikantan, AOC-in-C, #SouthernAirCommand, in Thiruvananthapuram. They discussed contemporary challenges, highlighting #TriServiceSynergy and #Interoperability in maritime operations. @IafSac @HQ_IDS_India #UnifiedDefense

#Kerala: Static display of #FighterJets at #Shanghumukham by #SouthernAirCommand of IAF, watch! | 🛰️ Catch the day's latest news and updates ➠ tinyurl.com/229jx9e5

AOC-in-C #SouthernAirCommand visited Army Mukkunnimala range in #Thiruvananthapuram, witnessed HADR readiness & transformational initiatives in tech domain for enhancing operational readiness. #IndianArmedForces #IAF_ MCC

Aircrafts have started arriving for #AeroIndia2023 #Bengaluru #Airforce #SouthernAirCommand ✈️

ஆந்திராவில் தேசிய நெடுஞ்சாலையில் போர் விமானங்கள் தரை இறங்கும் வசதி; வெற்றிகரமாக சோதனை ஓட்டம் #IAFfighterandtransportaircraft #conductstrialrun #emergencylandingfacility #AndhrapradeshHighway #BapatlaDistrict #SouthernAirCommand dailythanthi.com/News/India/…

Visiting #PortBlair to attend #TriServicesCommandersConference at #ANC & hosted by #CINCAN, Lt Gen JS Nain, #GOCINC @IaSouthern, VAdm AB Singh #FOCINC @IN_WNC, VAdm MA Hampiholi, #FOCINC @IN_HQSNC, Air Mshl J Chalapati, #AOCINC #SouthernAirCommand @IafSac and (1/2)

#CAS Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria visited Thiruvananthapuram on 15 & 16 July 2021 for #SouthernAirCommand Commanders' Conference. Press Release: pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.…

1.7 tons of #covid19 relief materials including oxygen concentrators has been airlifted by IAF aircraft from Sulur to Agatti. #SouthernAirCommand #IndiaFightsCorona

#NATIONAL | Air Marshal Takes Charge As Chief Of Southern Air Command #AirMarshal #ManavendraSingh #TookCharge #SouthernAirCommand pratidintime.com/air-marshal…

Southern Air Command Gets First BrahMos-capable Su-30 MKI Squadron indiastrategic.in/2020/01/20… @IAF_MCC #IAF #SU30 #Brahmos #Thanjavur #Defence #Military #NEWS #SouthernAirCommand