Congratulations to Air Marshal Joseph Neri, V.S.M., A.V.S.M.
You have made the Rodrigues & Neri Families proud of your achievements in the Indian Air Force

 Air Marshal Joseph Neri
Air Officer-in-Charge Maintenance (AOM).

Air Marshal Joseph Neri takes over as the new Air Officer-in-Charge Maintenance (AOM),  at Air Headquarters.
The AOM is responsible for the Maintenance Management of all weapon systems and equipment of the Indian Air Force (IAF). He was formerly the Director General of Aircraft at Air Headquarters.

Air Marshal Joseph Neri, was born in Mangalore, is an Electronic Engineering graduate from College of Engineering, Guindy, Chennai. He was commissioned in the IAF on  July 8, 1974.

The Air Marshal held various field and staff appointments including Senior Technical Officer of Tactical and combat Development Establishment (TACDE), Chief Engineering Officer of a major fighter base, Commanding Officer of a Signal Unit and Staff appointments as Director Training and Principal Director Operations-Information Technology and Networking besides Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Maintenance Planning).

For his distinguished service, Air Marshal was conferred the Vishisht Seva Medal (VSM) on January 26, 1999 and Ati Vishisht Seva Medal (AVSM) on January 26, 2010 by the President of India.

Sir  Patrick J. Rodrigues,  KGCHS
Toronto - Canada