Chief of The Air Staff Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari today (October 8) unveiled a new ensign of the Indian Air Force (IAF), replacing the existing one that was adopted more than seven decades back.The IAF Chief released the new ensign at the 91st IAF Day celebrations in Uttar Pradesh’s Prayagraj. In the new ensign, the IAF crest features in the top right corner. It is a momentous day in the annals of the IAF’s history, the force said on ‘X’.
The unveiling of the new ensign by the IAF came over a year after the Navy made changes in its ensign shedding its colonial past. The existing ensign was adopted in 1950, replacing the Royal Indian Air Force ensign that featured the Union Jack and the RIAF roundel (red, white and blue).
“As we start a new chapter in the history of IAF, let us all strive to be the change that we want to see,” Air Chief Marshal Chaudhari said in his Air Force Day address.
“Let us work together to take our air force to greater heights and let us use our commitment and collective capacity to achieve excellence in all that we do,” he said.
