18 graduate from IAF academy

Hyderabad: Eighteen officers of the Indian Air Force, five from the Navy and one each from the Indian Coast Guard and the Hindustan Aeronautics Limited, graduated from the Air Force Academy’s Air Traffic Control Officers Training Establishment (ATCOTE) Dundigal.

Flight Lieutenant Mou Bhattacharya was adjudged First in the Order of Merit and Best in Theory while  Flight Lieutenant Deepak Singh ranked as Best in Practical and Lieutenant Commander Niati Hirway bagged the Most Promising Trainee award.

The officers received 12-week-long training on Air Traffic Surveillance Services procedures and training using radar simulators.