sentences:  In view of the nationalization of the armed forces, he was recalled and posted in February 1947 as the Chief Ground Instructor at the No.1 Advanced Flying School Ambala, to replace the RAF officer who was returning home.In August 1947, he was promoted to the rank of Wing Commander and posted as Commandant of the Elementary Flying Training School at Jodhpur.On promotion to the rank of Air Vice-Marshal in August 1963, he look over as AOC in Chief Maintenance Command, in which capacity he served during the 1965 War.