Indian Air Force approved the promotion of its two Senior Pilots to the post of Vice Marshal. Both of them belonged to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Air Commodores Hilal Ahmed Rather is a native of the Bakshiabad area of Anantnag, Kirti Khajuria hailed from Tikri in the Udhampur district of Jammu. Both of them are students of Sainik School Nagrota in Jammu.