Air Marshal VR Chaudhari will be the new Chief of the Indian Air Force. He is now the Vice Chief. The current Chief of the Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal RKS Bhadauria, is retiring on 30 September. Choudhary will replace him. As Deputy Chief, Chaudhari was closely associated with the Rafale program. He was the head of the bilateral high level group monitoring the progress of the fighter jet project in France. Chaudhary has been a student of National Defense Academy (NDA). He is also a graduate from Defense Services Staff College. His full name is Vivek Ram Chaudhari. He