| Unit Name: | Southern Air Command |
| Country: | India |
| Branch: | Indian Air Force |
| Type: | Operational Air Command |
| Garrison: | Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala |
| Garrison Label: | Headquarters |
| Motto: | Sanskrit: Antariksham Prashasmahe We Command the space |
| Commander1: | Air Marshal Balakrishnan Manikantan, AVSM,VM |
| Commander1 Label: | Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief |
| Start Date: | 19 July 1984 |
The Southern Air Command (SAC) of the Indian Air Force (IAF) is headquartered in Thiruvananthapuram, which is on the southwestern side of India. This is one among the seven commands of IAF. This command was started on 19 July 1984 and is relatively new among the other commands. The conflicts in Sri Lanka and the need for establishing a strong base over the Indian Ocean resulted to the formation of this new command. The SAC was inaugurated by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.[1]
From 1984 to 1999, the command grew from 5 lodger units to 17 lodger units under its jurisdiction. Air-sea rescue in the Indian Ocean may be among the command's tasks.
Squadrons include:
| +List of Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief | Rank | Name | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air Marshal | Joseph Desa | [7] | ||
| Rajagopal Sriramulu Naidu | ||||
| Gandharva Sen | ||||
| Suresh Chand | ||||
| Sukh Dev Mohan | ||||
| Ravinder Nath Bharadwaj | ||||
| Sherwin Derek Leslie Tully | ||||
| Bharat Kumar | ||||
| Krishnan Narayan Nair | ||||
| Darshan Singh Basra | ||||
| Manjit Singh Sekhon | ||||
| Tej Mohan Asthana | ||||
| Anil Kumar Trikha | ||||
| Sunil Kumar Malik | ||||
| Sharad Yeshwant Savur | ||||
| Padamjit Singh Ahluwalia | ||||
| Yashwant Rao Rane | ||||
| Suresh Chandra Mukul | ||||
| Sadasivan Radhakrishnan | ||||
| Sumit Mukerji | ||||
| Satish Pal Singh | ||||
| Rakesh Kumar Jolly | ||||
| Arun Purushottam Garud | ||||
| Jasbir Walia | ||||
| Sunderraman Neelakantan | ||||
| Rakesh Kumar Singh Bhadauria | ||||
| Balakrishnan Suresh | ||||
| Amit Tiwari | ||||
| Manavendra Singh | ||||
| Jonnalagedda Chalapati | ||||
| Balakrishnan Manikantan | Incumbent[8] |