Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor takes charge as IAF's Vice Chief of Air Staff

National desk:

Air Marshal Nagesh Kapoor on Thursday took charge as the IAF's Vice Chief of Air Staff, succeeding Air Marshal Narmdeshwar Tiwari, who retired on Wednesday after four decades of illustrious service to the nation.During his distinguished flying career, Air Marshal Kapoor has flown all variants of the MiG-21 and MiG-29, accumulating more than 3,400 hours of flying experience on a variety of combat and trainer aircraft, the defence ministry said .Prior to this appointment, he served as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the South Western Air Command (SWAC).