Air Marshal Manavendra Singh on Monday took over as Air Officer Commanding-in-chief of the Southern Air Command. An impressive guard of honour was presented to the Air Marshal on taking over the Command here, a Defence press release said.

Singh, who was commissioned in the flying branch of the Indian Air Force on Dec 29, 1982 as a helicopter pilot, has flown a wide variety of copters and trainer aircraft and has over 6600 hours of flying in various challenging sectors, including in Siachen, the North East and Uttarakhand, the release said.