Jasjit Singh, Air Commodore (Retd.) Was die on 4 August 2013 due to a long fight with pneumonia, Jasjit Singh was born 8 July 1934. He taught flying to various top air force officers and retired as the air commodore in the year 1987 and became the head of Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) in the year 1987, for 14 long years. After retiring from IDSA, he set up Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS). CAPS carried out a range of useful studies on subjects such as air power strategic issues for the Indian Air Force (IAF). he was also awarded with the Vir Chakra, was conferred with the Padma Bhushan, the second highest civilian award, in the year 2006 by the former president APJ Abdul Kalam.