A two day Commanders' Conference of Western Air Command (WAC) of the Indian Air Force was held on December 6 & 7, 2024 at New Delhi, with Air Chief Marshal A.P. Singh, Chief of the Air Staff (CAS) as the chief guest. He was received by Air Marshal P.M. Sinha, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, WAC, and was presented with a ceremonial Guard of Honour on his arrival.

During the conference, the CAS interacted with the Commanders of the WAC AoR, and discussed the need to pursue training for ensuring the capability to fight and win multi-domain warfare. He emphasised on the theme for this year "Bharatiya Vayu Sena - Sashakt, Saksham, Atmanirbhar", and sought the collective capability, capacity and commitment of all commanders to take the IAF to even greater achievements. He emphasised on the need to achieve focused progress in various areas, which include increasing operational capability through better training and planning; early operationalisation of newly inducted equipment; safety and security, and nurturing leaders by empowering individuals at all levels to turn into a future ready and cohesive force.

The CAS in his address, complimented WAC for being the first responders to calls for HADR, both within India and abroad; maintaining high operational excellence to ensure an always ready' formidable fighting force, and always keeping IAF core values of 'Mission, Integrity and Excellence' foremost.