Anjan Gogoi

Air MarshalAnjan Kumar Gogoi, PVSM, VSM, AVSM (born February 1953) is an Indian retired Air Force officer who served as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief (AOC-in-C) of the South Western Air Command from 2011 to 2013 and as a Member of the North Eastern Council (NEC) from 2020 to 2023.

Born in Dibrugarh, Gogoi is the eldest son of former chief minister of AssamKeshab Chandra Gogoi. He attended Sainik School in Goalpara and the National Defence Academy. In 1973, he was commissioned into the Indian Air Force (IAF) a fighter-stream pilot. In a career that spanned nearly four decades, he held various command appointments, including of the No. 108 Squadron IAF from 1992 to 1994. He served as Station Commander of the 35 wing at Suratgarh from 1999 to 2001, during Operation Safed Sagar in the Kargil War.

Gogoi was promoted to Air Vice Marshal in 2006, and was the Assistant Chief of Air Staff (operations) from 2008 to 2009. He was promoted to Air Marshal in 2009, and served as Director General Air Operations 2009 to 2010. Gogoi served as the AOC-in-C of the South Western Air Command from 2011 until his retirement in 2013. After his retirement from the IAF, he was nominated to serve a term of three years as a member of the NEC in 2020.