Service No & Branch | 3844 F(P) (Orig: GD(P)) | Stream :Fighters | ||||||||||||||||||
Date of Birth: 17 Sep 1929 | Commissioned: 15 Apr 1950 | Course: 51/52 Course | ||||||||||||||||||
Service End: | Retired on 31 Jul 1988 Superannuated Died on 06 Apr 2011 (82 Years age) | Nick Name : | ||||||||||||||||||
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Fg Offr | Air Cmde | Air Chief Marshal |
Dates | Rank | Unit | Location | Appointment | Photo |
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- | Flt Lt | No.29 Squadron | Halwara | Flight Commander | |
- | Sqn Ldr | Western Air Command | Delhi | Ops 1 | |
17 Dec 1959 - 15 Apr 1962 | Sqn Ldr | No.47 Squadron | Halwara/ KKD | Commanding Officer | |
- 01 Dec 1967 | Wg Cdr | 11 Wing | Tezpur | Officer in Charge Flying | |
15 Dec 1964 - 16 Jan 1967 | Wg Cdr | No.14 Squadron | Kalaikunda | Commanding Officer | |
02 Jan 1970 - 12 Dec 1970 | Gp Capt | Air Force Flying College | Jodhpur | Chief Instructor | |
12 Dec 1970 - 07 Nov 1973 | Gp Capt | Air Force Academy | Dundigal | Chief Instructor (Flying) | |
24 Nov 1973 - 31 Dec 1974 | Gp Capt | 20 Wing | Bagdogra | Station Commander | |
02 Apr 1975 - 19 Jul 1976 | Air Cmde | Western Air Command | Delhi | Air-I | |
20 Jul 1976 - 21 Dec 1977 | Air Cmde | 8 Wing | Adampur | Air Officer Commanding | |
22 Nov 1978 - 09 Nov 1981 | AVM | Western Air Command | Delhi | Senior Air Staff Officer | |
10 Nov 1981 - 01 Jan 1983 | Air Marshal | Western Air Command | Delhi | Senior Air Staff Officer | |
01 Jan 1983 - 31 Dec 1983 | Air Marshal | PSO: Personnel, Air HQ | Delhi | Air Officer-in-Charge Personnel | |
01 Jan 1984 - 31 Oct 1984 | Air Marshal | Central Air Command | Allahabad | Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief | |
01 Nov 1984 - 02 Jul 1985 | Air Marshal | Western Air Command | Delhi | Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief | |
15 Feb 1984 - | No.47 Squadron | Commodore Commandant | |||
03 Jul 1985 - 31 Jul 1988 | Air Chief Marshal | Air Head Quarters | Delhi | Chief of Air Staff | |
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Vayu Sena Medal | ||||
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Gp Capt | Denis Anthony Lafontaine | 3844 F(P) | Award Date | Announced 26 Jan 1971 |
Details : | Wing Commander (now Group Captain) Denis Anthony Lafontaine served at an operation Wing during a significant phase of transition from subsonic and transonic aircraft to supersonic aircraft. The strategic importance of the Wing required it to become fully operational with the new equipment in the shortest possible time. Despite many problems and numerous other commitments, he set to the task with dedication, skill and high professional ability. He has, to his credit, 2,700 hours of accident-free flying on a wide range of aircraft. He has flown over fifty sorties on the new supersonic aircraft and from this experience found solutions to urgent problems connected with the re-equipment task. In a short time, he reorganised the flying pattern and raised the combat status of the Wing. Throughout, Wing Commander Denis Anthony Lafontaine displayed professional skill and devotion to duty. | |||
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Reference : Gazette of India dated 4th September 1971 - No.53 - Pres/71 dated 26th January 1971 |
Param Vishist Seva Medal | ||||
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Air Marshal | Denis Anthony Lafontaine | 3844 F(P) | Award Date 26 Jan 1984 | Announced 26 Jan 1984 |
Details : | Air Marshal Danis Anthony La Fontaine AVSM VM (3844) Flying (Pilot) was commissioned in the Indian Air Force in April, 1950. During his long service career he has held a variety of Command and staff appointments with distinction at various levels including the policy making level. His Command appointments include the Command of two frontline fighter Squadrons and two major operational bases when he accomplished high rate of aircraft serviceability, enhanced operational preparedness and all round efficiency. As Chief Instructor at Air Force Academy on its inauguration, Air Marshal DA La Fontaine was personally responsible for meticulous planning and methodical move of the entire Flying Training School from Jodhpur to the Academy, with speed and purpose. He, as Chief Instructor, reoriented the training pattern in the Air Force and designed the major training directives for the Academy which for the first time in the Air Force fixed the principles, standards and techniques for teaching in the air and on the ground. After successfully graduating from the National Defence College, he was appointed as Air 1 at Headquarters Western Air Command, and later as Air Officer Commanding of a major base in the western sector. In these appointments he made substantial contribution in achieving optimum utilization of fighter forces under his command. Air Marshal DA La Fontaine was Senior Air Staff Officer Western Air Command since December, 1978, until he took over as Air Officer Incharge Personnel in Jan 83. During this period he displayed qualities of dynamic leadership, coupled with professional and managerial competence, Air Marshal Danis Anthony La Fontaine AVSM VM has thus rendered distinguished service of the most exceptional order. | |||
Unit : WAC | ||||
Reference : GoI19840126 |