Raha, who is tipped to be the successor of Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne, was commanding the Allahabad-based Central Air Command.
Raha was commissioned in the Flying Branch of the IAF in Dec 1974. He has to his credit nearly 3400 hours of flying, mainly on fighter aircraft, IAF officials said here.
An experienced Qualified Flying Instructor, Raha has served as one of the Directing Staff at Flying Instructors School, (FIS), Tambaram, Tamil Nadu as well as at the Gwalior-based Tactics and Combat Development Establishment (TACDE).
"From 1999 to 2001, he was appointed as the Military and Air Attach
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