Bengaluru, May 20. General Anil Chauhan, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), visited the Airmen Training School (ATS), Belagavi on 20 May 2024. General Chauhan accompanied by Air Commodore S Sridhar, Air Officer Commanding ATS Belagavi, took a tour of the training institute to gain insight into Agniveervayu training of IAF.
The CDS also interacted with the third batch of Agniveervayu trainees undergoing training as per the revised induction pattern introduced by the MoD in 2022. He exhorted them to focus on training for becoming technologically proficient soldiers, ready to meet the challenges of future warfare. The CDS further stressed upon the trainees that learning is a lifelong process, especially in an ever evolving and dynamic field of warfare which is tech intensive, entailing a profound sense of responsibility in constant up gradation of skills. He advised the trainees to always nurture the values of integrity, physical fitness, discipline, and esprit-de-corps in their pursuit of professional excellence.
Highlighting the importance of training, the CDS lauded the efforts put in by the training faculty of ATS and urged them to keep on striving for excellence towards furtherance of operational might of the nation.
