Hyderabad: It is a rare coincidence that four members belonging to two generations of the same family served in the Indian Air Force.
Wing Commander T.S. Reddy (retd) and his three sons retired as wing commanders. While the father participated in the 1965 and 1971 Indo-Pak wars, the three sons took part in the Kargil War of 1999.
The family that hails from Kadapa district in Andhra Pradesh has settled in Hyderabad. He is president of the IAF Association (TS & AP). There is one similar instance that of four brothers in the IAF but they were from one generation.
Wg Cdr T.J. Reddy (retd) joined the IAF in 1963 and worked in the Air Defence Fighter Control during the 1965 and 1971 wars. His sons, Wg Cmdr T.M. Reddy (retd) and Wg Cmdr T.S Reddy (retd) worked in the same wing during the Kargil War. His third son, Wg Cmdr T. Vasudeva Reddy (retd) was a logistics officer in the IAF.
Speaking to this newspaper, Wg Cmdr T.M. Reddy said, “The family could meet only during weddings, I remember when my elder brother was getting married, I had just joined the force, I was a guest for one day at the wedding.”
Wg Cmdr T.S. Reddy was among the five most feared fighter controllers according to the Pak Air Force Intelligence.
