Air Marshal Dhiraj Kukreja is an air-veteran, having retired from the IAF after a distinguished career spanning forty years ? his last appointment being, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Training Command. During his long career, he held various operational and staff appointments along with attending courses of instruction at the Defence Services Staff College, Wellington, a fellowship at the National Defence University, USA, and a post-Graduate course in National Security Strategy at National War College, Washington DC. A prolific writer, he has over 225 published articles and papers to his credit on various topics. Presently, he is a Distinguished Fellow at the Centre for Air Power Studies, in New Delhi.