Air Marshal Arjan Singh is no more

NEW DELHI: Arjan Singh, Marshal of the Indian Air Force (IAF) and India’s oldest, five-star ranked air force officer, died at 7.47pm on Saturday after suffering a heart attack. He was 98.
Arjan Singh+ was the only officer of the IAF to be given a distinction equal to that of a Field Marshal.
In 2016, the IAF named its Panagarh (West Bengal) air base after Arjan Singh on the occasion of his 97th birth anniversary. The Panagarh base would be called Air Force Station Arjan Singh. He was the only living officer to have a base named after him.
In his glorious career+ , Arjan Singh flew over 60 different kinds of aircraft and his zest for flying didn’t end until the day he retired in 1969.