NEW DELHI, Sept 15: Indian Air Force (IAF) has released a Coffee Table Book titled ‘AFRO Through the Ages’ on completion of 80-year of Air Force Record Office (AFRO) here.
Western Air Command Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief Air Marshal RaghunathNambiar released the coffee table book.
AFRO Air Officer Commanding Air Commodore AR Shendye VM delivered a performance status report as a prelude to the ceremony.
The AFRO can justifiably take pride in being one of the oldest IAF formations. After its formation as IAF Record Office at Ambala in 1939, it changed several locations such as Lahore in 1941, Bombay in 1942, Madras in 1946 and New Delhi in 1947 before finding its permanent location at Subroto Park in 1966, an IAF spokesperson has said.
During its eight decades of existence, its growth has been closely interlinked with that of the IAF.
Initially handling the end to end HR management of only 14,100 Hawai Sepoys in 1947, today it has grown into a mammoth institution looking after nearly 1,43,000 Air Warriors.
Its aim now is to automate all manual processes and reduce paper movement between outlying field units and AFRO, thereby enhancing transparency and accountability.
The skilled and dedicated personnel of ‘Team AFRO’ follow the IAF tenet of “Mission, Integrity & Excellence” in the discharge of their duties so that the IAF touches the sky with glory. (UNI)
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