He succeeded Air Marshal DK Patnaik who retired on Friday after more than 38 years of distinguished service in the IAF  Air Marshal SP Dharkar inspects a guard of honour at the Eastern Air Command Headquarters in Shillong after becoming it's Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C). (Photo by arrangement) Kolkata: The Eastern Air Command (EAC) of the Indian Air Force (IAF) got a new boss on Saturday. Air Marshal SP Dharkar, who is an experienced fighter pilot with over 3600 hours of flying, became the new Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C) of the EAC.

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