Air Marshal Anil Khosla took over as the Senior Air Staff Officer (SASO) of the Central Air Command (CAC) at Bamrauli on July 1, 2014. An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, he was commissioned in the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force in December 1979. He has over 4,000 hours of flying experience having flown the Jaguar and MiG-21. He is equally experienced on both ground attack and air defence roles with specialisation on maritime role.

He is a post-graduate from the Defence Services Staff College (DSSC) and holds two M.Phil degrees in military studies. He is an ‘A2’ category flying instructor and a fighter strike leader. He is also an alumnus of the National Defence College.

Air Marshal Anil Khosla has held various staff and instructional appointments including as Principal Director at Directorate of Information and Electronic Warfare, Director in Personnel Branch and Joint Director at Directorate of Concept Studies, directing staff at Tactics and Combat Development Establishment (TACDE) and Flying Instructor School (FIS). He has commanded a Jaguar Squadron and frontline IAF bases of Jaisalmer and Ambala. He was Air Officer Commanding, HQ Maritime Air Operations, IAF and his last appointment was as Air Officer Commanding J&K Area.

He is decorated with Presidential award Vayusena Medal (VM).