Former IAF Vice Chief

Guwahati/New Delhi, Oct 31, IAF's former Vice Chief, Air Marshal P.K. Barbora (retd) passed away on Monday at the Army Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi following illness. He was 72. Defence spokesman Lt. Col Mahendra Rawat said that Air Marshal Barbora, who was born in Shillong and was commissioned into the IAF as a fighter pilot on June 13, 1970, was the first personality hailing from northeast India to reach such a coveted high post in the armed forces. He had served as IAF Vice Chief from June 2009 to December 2010. A highly experienced aviator with over 3,500…