Draft:Johney William Greene

Air Marshal

Johney William Greene

VrC, VM, AVSM, PVSM
Air Marshal; Johney William Greene; VrC, VM, AVSM, PVSM
Birth name	Johnny
Nickname(s)	Green
Born	21 March 1929;
Died	16 October 2013; Mumbai
Allegiance	India
Service/branch	Indian Air Force
Years of service	42 years; From 16 June 1951 to 9 December 1993
Rank	Air Marshal
Service number	4093 F(P)
Unit	No.14 Squadron Bulls ; No.23 Squadron Black Panther ; ; No.2 Squadron Flying Arrows
Battles/wars	Sino-Indian War; Indo-Pakistani War of 1965; Indo-Pakistani War of 1971
Awards	Vir Chakra; Vayu Sena Medal ; AVSM; PVSM
Spouse(s)	Cynthia
Children	No Children

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Instructions · What links here · Johney William Greene (talk: + · bio) · (log) · Copyvios report · reFill · Citation Bot · (Search: Google, Bing, Wikipedia) · Submitted 13 days ago by Shikargah (talk: D · +) · Last edited 0 seconds ago

Air Marshal Johney William Greene, VrC, VM, AVSM, PVSM was an Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter pilot reputed for formulating and leading the first aerial dogfight of independent India with upper hand when under his command as Squadron Leader of No. 23 Squadron IAF, pilots of Folland Gnat hit & kill Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Sabre Jets on 3rd & 4th September 1965.^[1] For this action, he was awarded the Vir Chakra.^[2]

On 4th December 1971, he was awarded the Vayu Sena Medal for his role as a Wing Commander when he scrambled Lockheed F-104 Starfighter attack on Amritsar radar station. ^[3]

^ Shukla, Ajai. "The day nothing happened". Business Standard. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
^ Indian Air Force awards Archived 2007-10-27 at the Wayback Machine "Air Chief marshal Johnny Greene". Retrieved 13 July 2021.
^ "Air Marshal Johney William Greene". Retrieved 27 June 2024.

[1] Shukla, Ajai. "The day nothing happened". Business Standard. Retrieved 2 September 2014.

[br-2] Indian Air Force awards Archived 2007-10-27 at the Wayback Machine "Air Chief marshal Johnny Greene". Retrieved 13 July 2021.

[Greene-3] "Air Marshal Johney William Greene". Retrieved 27 June 2024.

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