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By Express News ServiceTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Air Vice-Marshal Prashant E Patange has taken over as senior officer-in-charge, administration, at Headquarters Southern Air Command, Thiruvananthapuram. An alumnus of National Defence Academy, he was commissioned into the Indian Air Force in 1984. A highly decorated helicopter pilot, he has the distinction of flying from the highest helipads in the world. Prashant E PatangeHe was with the UN Mission in Somalia from 1994 to 95. Prashant has been awarded AVSM (2016), YSM (1995) and VM(G)(2000)by the President..