Chiefs of the Air Staff - Pakistan Air Force

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Air Chief Marshal Anwar Shamim Getting Ready To Fly In A F-16B.

 

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Viper with a diaper bag at Shahbaz post delivery from Fort Worth. From the induction ceremony, circa 2011.
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Air Marshal retired Asghar Khan, the first native commander-in-chief of Pakistan Air Force (PAF) passes away at the age of 96.Asghar Khan headed PAF diligently & with courage.
With his leadership capabilities,he played a vital role in transforming the PAF into a modern air force

 

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Air Marshall Noor Khan gazes out at the horizon, a fierce yet determined face beneath a classic aviator helmet.

 

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First native commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), Air Marshal (retd) Asghar Khan.
Khan, who became the youngest head of PAF at the age of 35.

Air Marshal Asghar Khan headed the PAF diligently and with courage. With his leadership capabilities he played a vital role in transforming the PAF into a modern air force, said Air Marshal Sohail Aman.

Khan, a former politician and a World War-II veteran fighter pilot was born in Jammu and Kashmir in 1921. He originally served as an officer in the British Indian Army.

In the era of Field Marshal Ayub Khan the former head of the PAF spearheaded a movement with the intent to have Zulfikar Ali Bhutto released from jail.

He also served as the president of Pakistan International Airlines, which was considered as the golden era of the national carrier.

In 1970 Khan founded Tehrik-e-Istiqlal, a secular political party, which was in 2012 merged into Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI).

In March 2017 the PAF Academy in Risalpur was named after Khan.

 

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Air Chief Marshals since 1947​

The complete list of Chief of air staff Pakistan is given below.

From	To	Air Marshal Pakistan
15 August 1947	17 February 1949	Allan Perry-Keene
18 February 1949	6 May 1951	Sir Richard Atcherley
7 May 1951	19 June 1955	Leslie William Cannon
20 June 1955	22 July 1957	Sir Arthur McDonald
23 July 1957	22 July 1965	Asghar Khan
23 July 1965	31 August 1969	Nur Khan
1 September 1969	2 March 1972	Abdul Rahim Khan
3 March 1972	15 April 1974	Zafar Chaudhry
16 April 1974	22 July 1978	Zulfiqar Ali Khan
23 July 1978	5 March 1985	Anwar Shamim
5 March 1985	8 March 1988	Jamal A. Khan
9 March 1988	9 March 1991	Hakimullah Khan Durrani
9 March 1991	8 November 1994	Farooq Feroze Khan
8 November 1994	7 November 1997	Abbas Khattak
7 November 1997	20 November 2000	Parvaiz Mehdi Qureshi
20 November 2000	20 February 2003	Mushaf Ali Mir
18 March 2003	18 March 2006	Kaleem Saadat
18 March 2006	18 March 2009	Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed
19 March 2009	19 March 2012	Rao Qamar Suleman
19 March 2012	19 March 2015	Tahir Rafique Butt
19 March 2015	19 March 2018	Sohail Aman
19 March 2018	19 March 2021	Mujahid Anwar Khan
19 March 2021	Current	Zaheer Ahmad Babar

 

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On 20 Feb, 2003, Twenty years ago today, Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir along with 16 other personnel, got martyred when PAF Fokker F-27 crashed near Kohat. He was the 16th Chief of Air Staff of the PAF.

May their souls rest in peace!

 

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