Group Captain Johnson Chacko (Retd)

Commissioned into the IAF in the Offensive Ops stream in 1975 as a fighter pilot. He landed a bomber on its belly with very limited experience, for which he was cited for a Kirti Chakra.

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Integration: A Better Solution Than Creating Theatre Commands
Relegating the Indian Navy to a Maritime Command, the IAF to an Air Defence Command and promoting an Army Commander to a Theatre Commander has nothing to do with Identity, but is disastrous for integration.

Group Captain Johnson Chacko (Retd)

8 Jan 2023
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Future Force - Need For Restructuring The Indian Armed Forces With An Indigenous Doctrine
If an organisational design is needed to fulfil the need of “integration”, we must design a de-novo organisation to achieve the aim of the Armed Forces to apply military force in an integrated manner.

Group Captain Johnson Chacko (Retd)

5 Aug 2022
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indian air force
Air Defence Command
A Counter-Productive Move
"The ideal solution will be integration while assets are administered and maintained by the respective service and integrated under an Integrated Force Commander in times of need."

Group Captain Johnson Chacko (Retd)

27 Jul 2022
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Does The IAF Need LCA Tejas?
"The LCA was intended to be a technology demonstrator and it has succeeded in its task. A spin-off from this technology will be used in further endeavours like the AMCA (Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft) or any other platform of the future."

Group Captain Johnson Chacko (Retd)

8 Jun 2022
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Theaterisation & The Joint Military Doctrine
"There needs to be a legal framework under which this re-organisation takes place. At present the CDS functions in a legal vacuum. Which Act is the CDS subject to?"

Group Captain Johnson Chacko (Retd)

10 Jul 2021
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Group Captain Johnson Chacko (Retd)

Integration: A Better Solution Than Creating Theatre Commands

Future Force - Need For Restructuring The Indian Armed Forces With An Indigenous Doctrine

Air Defence Command A Counter-Productive Move

Does The IAF Need LCA Tejas?

Theaterisation & The Joint Military Doctrine