[2][3] He retired on 30 September 2021 and was succeeded by Air Chief Marshal Vivek Ram Chaudhari.

[8][9] Bhadauria was commissioned into the fighter stream of the Indian Air Force on 15 June 1980 with the Sword of Honour.

He held several key operational and administrative appointments at various stages of his service including Commander of a Jaguar Squadron at a front line base in South-Western sector; Commanding Officer of Flight Test Squadron at Aircraft and System Testing Establishment; Chief Test Pilot and Project Director of National Flight Test Centre on the Tejas LCA project; Air Attache in Moscow; Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Projects); Commandant of the National Defence Academy; Senior Air Staff Officer at Central Air Command and Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (1 January 2016 - 28 February 2017).

[20] On 24 March 2024, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in the presence of Vinod Tawde, Vishal Singh and Anurag Thakur.

[3] He was inducted into Mirpur Hall of Fame at Defence Services Command and Staff College, Bangladesh.