{"id":13641,"date":"2025-12-10T15:34:54","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T10:04:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=13641"},"modified":"2025-12-10T15:34:54","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T10:04:54","slug":"commanders-conference-2025-western-air-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=13641","title":{"rendered":"COMMANDERS\u2019 CONFERENCE -2025 WESTERN AIR COMMAND"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"text-center event-heading-background\">\n<h2 id=\"Titleh2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>COMMANDERS\u2019 CONFERENCE -2025 WESTERN AIR COMMAND<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"Subtitleh3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"PrDateTime\" class=\"ReleaseDateSubHeaddateTime text-center pt20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Posted On: 28 NOV 2025 8:05PM by PIB Delhi<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pt20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>The two-day Commanders&#8217; Conference of Western Air Command (WAC) with the theme of \u201c\u0935\u093f\u0915\u093e\u0938\u0936\u0940\u0932\u00a0\u0938\u0915\u094d\u0937\u092e\u00a0\u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924\u0940\u092f\u00a0\u0935\u093e\u092f\u0941\u00a0\u0938\u0947\u0928\u093e\u201d, held on 27 &amp; 28 November 2025 at New Delhi, culminated today, with Air Chief Marshal AP Singh, Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), presiding over the proceedings as the Chief Guest. On arrival, he was received by Air Marshal Jeetendra Mishra, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, WAC and accorded a ceremonial Guard of Honour.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Addressing the Commanders, the CAS highlighted the importance of investing in air warriors\u2019 training, emphasising on leadership, welfare and quality of life initiatives that enhance morale and mission effectiveness. He also lauded WAC\u2019s humanitarian relief efforts, which exemplify the spirit of \u201c\u00a0\u0939\u0930 \u0915\u093e\u092e \u0926\u0947\u0936 \u0915\u093e \u0928\u093e\u092e\u201d .Reaffirming IAF\u2019s commitment to national security, the CAS called upon all air warriors to uphold the core value of Mission, Integrity and Excellence.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>The Commanders\u2019 Conference, spread over a two-day period, involved intense deliberations, discussions and brainstorming amongst\u00a0\u00a0all commanders of WAC, along with senior military functionaries from DMA, civil functionaries and domain experts on military matters.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>General Anil Chauhan, Chief of Defence Staff, addressed the Commanders\u2019 of Western Air Command\u00a0\u00a0and emphasised upon importance of professional competence and operational readiness. He called for continuous adaptation, tactical innovation and strategic foresight in the evolving security environment. Highlighting mental and physical agility as key force multipliers, he urged sustained focus operational preparedness.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Prof Ajay Kumar Sood, Principal Scientific Adviser to the Government of India, addressed the Western Air Command Commanders\u2019 Conference 2025. Speaking on Technology and Sovereignty, he emphasised that a self-reliant and technologically advanced Indian Air Force remains essential for protecting India\u2019s sovereign interests.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>During the Conference, Dr. K Rajalakshmi Menon, Director General (Aero), DRDO, gave a talk on Future Technologies in Airborne surveillance System, and underscored the rising importance of autonomous aerial systems, long endurance platforms and space-enabled ISR.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Discussions and brainstorming were also undertaken towards embracing \u201c<em>Atmanirbharta<\/em>\u201d in all aspects of operational thought and further the Nation\u2019s and IAF\u2019s commitment towards becoming a true \u201cMade in India\u201d and \u201cMade for India\u201d force.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>WAC holds the onerous task of securing the Westerns and Northern airspace. Recent operations showcased the high standards of operational preparedness and professionalism that has been a hallmark of WAC.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/Photo-4PVKR.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/Photo-1NAHK.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/Photo-3C3R6.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/Photo-2M1DE.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/WACCommandersXMTR.jpeg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COMMANDERS\u2019 CONFERENCE -2025 WESTERN AIR COMMAND Posted On: 28 NOV 2025 8:05PM by PIB Delhi The two-day Commanders&#8217; Conference of Western Air Command (WAC) with the theme of \u201c\u0935\u093f\u0915\u093e\u0938\u0936\u0940\u0932\u00a0\u0938\u0915\u094d\u0937\u092e\u00a0\u092d\u093e\u0930\u0924\u0940\u092f\u00a0\u0935\u093e\u092f\u0941\u00a0\u0938\u0947\u0928\u093e\u201d, held on 27 &amp; 28 November 2025 at New Delhi, culminated today, with Air Chief Marshal AP Singh, Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), presiding over &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-education-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13641"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13641\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13643,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13641\/revisions\/13643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}