Defence Diary: New Weapons Systems Branch in IAF Will Plug Gap in a Key Personnel Issue — Shortage of Pilots
The creation of a new Weapons Systems Branch for Indian Air Force officers will tackle a critical personnel issue plaguing the service for the last several years —shortage of pilots. Stating that this is the first time since Independence that a new operational branch is being created, the Air Chief said IAF personnel in the new branch will man four specialised streams of surface-to-surface and surface-to-air missiles, remotely piloted aircraft and weapon system operators in twin and multi-crew aircraft. However, with the creation of this new branch, the IAF will no longer have to pull out active pilots from flying units for posting them to weapon systems units. “It would also perhaps improve career prospects and promotion avenues for these officers since certain vacancies are likely to be allotted to the new branch for higher ranks.” Focus on new weapon systems in IAF A dedicated branch like this for specialised streams of the IAF has been in the pipeline for some time now.
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