TIL Desk New Delhi/ Air Marshal Sadhna Saxena Nair took over as the Director General Hospital Services (Armed Forces) on promotion to the rank of Air Marshal on Monday. She was previously the Principal Medical Officer at Training Command of the Indian Air Force (#IAF) located at Bangalore. She is effectively only the second woman officer who has served throughout in the IAF to be promoted to the rank of Air Marshal; the first woman officer to achieve this was Air Marshal Padma Bandopadhyay (Retd).
#AirMarshalSadhana is the wife of #AirMarshalKPNair (Retd). The Nairs also happen to be the first and only Air Marshal couple in the IAF. She also has the unique distinction of being a daughter and sister of IAF doctors and of being a wife and mother of IAF Fighter Pilots. Three generations of her family have served in the IAF over the last seven decades.
Air Marshal Sadhna Saxena Nair, KP Nair becomes the first and only Marshal couple in Indian Air Force
