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An IAF official has disclosed that Air Marshal K.J. Mathews has assumed the position of the head of human resources on Wednesday.
Mathews assumed his position as the new Air Officer-in-Charge Personnel (AOP), succeeding Air Marshal Sumit Mukerjee.
Commissioned in the year 1973, Mathews has over 3,500 hours of flying to his credit on various aircraft that include HF-24 (Marut), Hunter, MiG-21M and MiG-29. He was also a team member of "Thunderbolts" -- IAF's erstwhile aerobatic team.
He has been into the selection procedures for quite a while. He has appointed a station commander of an operational base during Kargil operations, air officer commanding of air force station Adampur, Principal Director of Concept Studies, Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Operations) at Air HQ and Commandant Air Force Academy.
Air Marshal Mathews is a member of the alumni group of the National Defence Academy, Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, and Air War College, the US.
