Air Vice Marshal S C Chafekar today assumed charge of Senior Air and Administrative Staff Officer (SAASO) of the IAF Maintenance Command here.
Born and brought up in Nagpur, Chafekar is an alumnus of Defence Service Staff College, Wellington. During his 33 years of service, he has flown more than 7000 hrs on various types of aircraft, a defence release said here.
He is a Qualified Flying Instructor with over 3500 instructional hours and an expert in Air Maintenance.
Chafekar was the main coordinator during Uttarakhand flood relief, Yemen evacuation, J&K flood relief and Nepal earthquake relief work.
He commanded a Transport Squadron in Northern Sector, served as Chief Operations Officer of largest Base in IAF and was the Air Officer Commanding of premier transport Station.
Prior to his present appointment he was Assistant Chief of Integrated Staff (Financial Planning) at Headquarters Integrated Defence Staff.
