List of Indian Air Force Gallantry Award winners

This is a list of Indian Air Force personnel who have received awards for gallantry related to their service.

## Param Vir Chakra

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* Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon[1][2]

## Maha Vir Chakra

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* Wg Cdr Jag Mohan Nath (1962, 1965)
* Harcharan Singh Manget[3][4]

• Air Commodore William Macdonald "Jimmy" Goodman

## Vir Chakra

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* Wing Commander Amar Jit Singh Sandhu[5]
* Jasjit Singh (IAF officer)[6][7]
* Krishan Kant Saini[8][9]
* Trevor Keelor[10][11]
* Denzil Keelor
* Ajay Ahuja[12]
* Abhinandan Varthaman[13]
* Vinod Neb[14] (Received twice (bar to VrC). Once in 1965 and 1971.)

## Ashoka Chakra

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* Suhas Biswas[15][16][17]
* Rakesh Sharma
* Jyoti Prakash Nirala[18][15][19]

## Kirti Chakra

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* Denzil Keelor[20][21]
* Dev Raj Singh Thakur
* Darryl Castelino

## Shaurya Chakra

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* Varun Singh (Indian Air Force Officer)[22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29]
* Devendra Mehta
* Khairnar Milind Kishor
* Nilesh Kumar Nayan
* Gursewak Singh
* Bilal Ahmad Magray[30]

## References

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3. ^ "Air Commodore Harcharan Singh Manget". Bharat Rakshak.
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8. ^ Gazette of India, 11 January 1964 – No.3 – Pres/64 dated 1 January 1964
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10. ^ Sabre Killers - Keelor Brothers Denzil Keelor at Mangalorean.com Archived 27 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine accessed June 2007
11. ^ 'Sabre Killers – Keelor Brothers' from Old Martinians' UK Archived 27 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine accessed July 2007
12. ^ "SQUADRON LEADER AJAY AHUJA | Gallantry Awards". gallantryawards.gov.in. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
13. ^ "Gallantry Awards | Ministry of Defence, Government of India". www.gallantryawards.gov.in. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
14. ^ "Service Record for Wing Commander Vinod Kumar Neb 8189 F(P) at Bharat Rakshak.com". Bharat Rakshak. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
15. ^ a b "Press Information Bureau". www.pib.nic.in. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
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17. ^ "Medal Rack". 18 February 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
18. ^ "Martyred Corporal Jyoti Prakash Nirala joins elite IAF club tomorrow – Times of India". indiatimes.com. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
19. ^ "IAF commando Jyoti Prakash Nirala awarded Ashok Chakra for role in Kashmir encounter that killed six terrorists. – Firstpost". www.firstpost.com. 25 January 2018. Retrieved 25 January 2018.
20. ^ "SQUADRON LEADER DENZIL KEELOR | Gallantry Awards". gallantryawards.gov.in.
21. ^ "Vir Chakra (VrC), Awardee: Air Mrshl Denzil Keelor, PVSM, KC, AVSM, VrC, VM @ TWDI". twdi.in.
22. ^ "IAF helicopter crash: Lone survivor had close call last year, got Shaurya Chakra for gallantry". The Indian Express. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
23. ^ "Who is Group Captain Varun Singh? Know about lone survivor of IAF chopper crash". Hindustan Times. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
24. ^ "Shaurya Chakra awardee Group Captain Varun Singh, sole survivor of IAF chopper crash, under treatment". India Today. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
25. ^ "Lone survivor of Mi17V5 helicopter crash is decorated IAF pilot who saved an LCA Tejas". Deccan Herald. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
26. ^ Quint, The (8 December 2021). "Shaurya Chakra Awardee Capt Varun Singh the Sole Survivor of IAF Chopper Crash". TheQuint. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
27. ^ "India: Shaurya Chakra awardee survivor can throw light on IAF chopper crash". Gulf News. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
28. ^ "IAF helicopter crash: Lone survivor had close call last year, got Shaurya Chakra for gallantry". The Indian Express. 9 December 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
29. ^ "President Kovind confers Shaurya Chakra on Wing Commander Varun Singh". ANI News. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
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