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| garrison_label = Headquarters
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| motto = {{lang-sa|Antariksham Prashasmahe}}<br />We Command the space
| colors =
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| battles =
| anniversaries = <!-- Commanders -->
| commander1 = Air Marshal [[Balakrishnan Manikantan]], [[AVSM]],[[Vayusena Medal|VM]]
| commander1 = Air Marshal [[Amit Tiwari (air marshal)|Amit Tiwari]], [[AVSM]], [[Vayu Sena Medal|VM]]<ref>{{cite tweet|user=DefencePROTvm|number=1190213088072462337|title=ir Mshl Amit Tiwari, has taken over as Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief,SAC. An impressive guard of honour presented to Air Marshal Tiwari on taking over the Command.|date=1 November 2019}}</ref>
| commander1_label = [[Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief]]
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The '''Southern Air Command''' (SAC) of the [[Indian Air Force]] (IAF) is headquartered in [[Thiruvananthapuram]], which is inon the southernsouthwestern side of [[India]]. This is one among the [[Indian Air Force#Commands|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]], the then [[Prime Minister of India]].<ref>Indian Air Force, [http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_page.php?pg_id=32&page_type=command&comm_id=5# Southern Air Command] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928064937/http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_page.php?pg_id=32&page_type=command&comm_id=5 |date=28 September 2007 }}</ref>
 
From 1984 to 1999, the command grew from 5 lodger units to 17 lodger units under its jurisdiction.
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|No. 43 Wing
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|[[No. 18 Squadron IAF]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Thomas|first=Wilson|date=2020-05-27|title=IAF operationalises second LCA squadron, inducts first LCA Tejas in FOC standard|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/iaf-operationalises-second-lca-squadron-inducts-first-lca-tejas-in-foc-standard/article31685568.ece|access-date=2020-05-31|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
|[[No. 18 Squadron IAF]]<ref name="HinduTejasSqn2"/>
|[[Sulur Air Force Station]]
|[[HAL Tejas]]
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|[[No. 222 Squadron IAF]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://english.manoramaonline.com/news/nation/2020/01/04/thanjavur-south-india-first-sukhoi-squadron.html|title=Thanjavur set to host South India's first Sukhoi Squadron|date=4 January 2020}}</ref>
|[[Thanjavur Air Force Station]]
|[[Sukhoi Su-30 MKI]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/sulur-air-base-to-get-one-more-lca-squadron/articleshow/68192399.cms|title=Sulur air base to get one more LCA squadron {{!}} Coimbatore News|work=The Times of India|lastdate=28 Feb|first=TNNFebruary {{!}} Updated|last2=2019|language=en|access-date=17 September 2019|last3=Ist|first3=4:37}}</ref>
|No. 47 Wing<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://pib.gov.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=96238 |title = Antony Dedicates to Nation New Air Force Station at Thanjavur}}</ref>
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==Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief==
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| rowspan="531"|[[Air Marshal]]
| Joseph Desa
| {{dts|format=dmy|1984|06|18}}<ref name="sac-brf">{{cite news|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/Units/list.php?qunit=SAC|title=Southern Air Command - BRF |access-date=8 May 2021|website=Bharat Rakshak}}</ref>
| {{dts|format=dmy|1986|11|30}}
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| [[Rajagopal Sriramulu Naidu]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|1986|01|1}}<ref name="sac-brf"/>
| {{dts|format=dmy|1987|9|30}}
|-
| [[Gandharva Sen]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|1987|12|21}}<ref name="sac-brf"/>
| {{dts|format=dmy|1989|10|31}}
|-
| [[Suresh Chand]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|1989|11|7}}<ref name="sac-brf"/>
| {{dts|format=dmy|1991|03|31}}
|-
| [[Sukh Dev Mohan]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|1991|05|13}}<ref name="sac-brf"/>
| {{dts|format=dmy|1992|04|30}}
|-
| [[Ravinder Nath Bharadwaj]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|1992|05|1}}<ref name="sac-brf"/>
| {{dts|format=dmy|1993|07|31}}
|-
| [[Sherwin Derek Leslie Tully]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|1993|09|3}}<ref name="sac-brf"/>
| {{dts|format=dmy|1995|03|31}}
|-
| [[Bharat Kumar]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|1995|05|1}}<ref name="sac-brf"/>
| {{dts|format=dmy|1997|04|30}}
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| [[Krishnan Narayan Nair]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|1997|05|1}}<ref name="sac-brf"/>
| {{dts|format=dmy|1999|06|2}}
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| [[Darshan Singh Basra]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|1999|01|15}}<ref name="sac-brf"/>
| {{dts|format=dmy|2000|08|31}}
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| [[Manjit Singh Sekhon]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2000|09|1}}<ref name="sac-brf"/>
| {{dts|format=dmy|2002|03|12}}
|-
| [[Tej Mohan Asthana]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2002|03|18}}<ref name="sac-brf"/>
| {{dts|format=dmy|2002|12|31}}
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| [[Anil Kumar Trikha]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2003|01|1}}<ref name="sac-brf"/>
| {{dts|format=dmy|2003|12|31}}
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| [[Sunil Kumar Malik]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2004|01|2}}<ref name="sac-brf"/>
| {{dts|format=dmy|2004|09|30}}
|-
| [[Sharad Yeshwant Savur]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2004|08|1}}<ref name="sac-brf"/>
| {{dts|format=dmy|2006|08|31}}
|-
| [[Padamjit Singh Ahluwalia]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2006|09|1}}<ref name="sac-brf"/>
| {{dts|format=dmy|2007|1|31}}
|-
| [[Yashwant Rao Rane]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2007|02|1}}<ref name="sac-brf"/>
| {{dts|format=dmy|2008|03|31}}
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| [[Suresh Chandra Mukul]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2008|04|1}}<ref name="sac-brf"/>
| {{dts|format=dmy|2008|09|30}}
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| [[Sadasivan Radhakrishnan]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2008|10|1}}<ref name="sac-brf"/>
| {{dts|format=dmy|2009|08|31}}
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| [[Sumit Mukerji]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2009|09|1}}<ref name="sac-brf"/>
| {{dts|format=dmy|2011|06|30}}
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| [[Satish Pal Singh]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2011|07|1}}<ref name="sac-brf"/>
| {{dts|format=dmy|2012|07|31}}
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| [[Rakesh Kumar Jolly]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2012|08|1}}<ref name="sac-brf"/>
| {{dts|format=dmy|2013|12|31}}
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| [[Arun Purushottam Garud]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2014|01|1}}<ref name="sac-brf"/>
| {{dts|format=dmy|2015|05|31}}
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| [[Jasbir Walia]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2015|06|1}}<ref name="sac-brf"/>
| {{dts|format=dmy|2015|06|1}}<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/air-marshal-jasbir-walia-assumes-charge-115060101254_1.html|title=Air Marshal Jasbir Walia assumes charge|date=1 June 2015|newspaper=Business Standard India|last1=India|first1=Press Trust of}}</ref>
| {{dts|format=dmy|2016|7|31}}
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| [[Amit Tiwari (air marshal)|Amit Tiwari]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2019|11|1}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2021|1|31}}
| Present
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| [[Manavendra Singh]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2021|2|01}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2021|9|25}}
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| [[Jonnalagedda Chalapati]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2021|10|04}}
| {{dts|format=dmy|2023|03|31}}
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| [[Balakrishnan Manikantan]]
| {{dts|format=dmy|2023|05|01}}
| Incumbent<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lokmattimes.com/national/sainik-school-classmates-on-a-high-as-new-southern-air-command-chief-takes-over-on-tuesday/|title=Sainik School, classmates on a high as new Southern Air Command chief takes over on Tuesday |publisher=Lokmat Times|date=2023-05-01}}</ref>
 
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* Indian Air Force, [https://web.archive.org/web/20070928064937/http://indianairforce.nic.in/show_page.php?pg_id=32&page_type=command&comm_id=5 Southern Air Command]
 
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