List of Ex Chief of Air Staff of Pakistan Air Force

Complete list of Ex Air Chief of Pakistan Air Force from 1947 today CAS 2024. Detail information name and tenure of all chief of Air staff of Pakistan air Force from the independence of Pakistan to the current Air chief . Air Vice Marshal Allan Perry-Keene was the first commander in chief of Pakistan Air Force, and Air Chief Marshall Zaheer Ahmad Babar is the current chief of Air Staff Pakistan . You can find names of all former chief of Air staff of Pakistan with their information when they become C-in-C and when they leave the air chief office. Air Marshal Asghar Khan has the longest tenure as commander in chief of Pakistan Air Force, and Air Vice Marshal Allan Perry Keene has the shortest period as a Air chief. After independence of Pakistan Commander in Chief was the highest ranking officer in the Pakistan Air Force and it is the name head of Pakistan air force. In 1972 Commander in Chief designation was changed to Chief of Air Staff . Air Marshal Zafar Chaudhry was the first chief of Air staff.

List of Former Air Chief of Pakistan

 

 

No. Name From To
01. Air Vice Marshal Allan Perry-Keene 15-08-1947 17-02-1949
02. Air Vice Marshal Sir Richard Atcherley 18-02-1949 06-05-1951
03. Air Vice Marshal Leslie William Cannon 07-05-1951 19-06-1955
04. Air Vice Marshal Sir Arthur McDonald 20-06-1955 22-07-1957
05. Air Marshal Asghar Khan 23-07-1957 22-07-1965
06. Air Marshal Nur Khan 23-07-1965 31-08-1969
07. Air Marshal Abdul Rahim Khan 01-09-1969 02-03-1972
08. Air Marshal Zafar Chaudhry 03-03-1972 15-04-1974
09. Air Chief Marshal Zulfiqar Ali Khan 16-04-1974 22-07-1978
10. Air Chief Marshal Anwar Shamim 23-07-1978 05-03-1985
11. Air Chief Marshal Jamal A. Khan 06-03-1985 08-03-1988
12. Air Chief Marshal Hakimullah 09-03-1988 09-03-1991
13. Air Chief Marshal Farooq Feroze Khan 09-03-1991 08-11-1994
14. Air Chief Marshal Abbas Khattak 09-11-1994 07-11-1997
15 Air Chief Marshal Parvaiz Mehdi Qureshi 08-11-1997 20-11-2000
16. Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir 20-11-2000 20-02-2003
17. Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat 18-03-2003 18-03-2003
18. Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed 18-03-2003 18-03-2009
19. Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman 18-03-2009 18-03-2012
20. Air Chief Masrshal Tahir Rafique Butt 19-03-2012 18-03-2015
21. Air Chief Marshall Sohail Aman 19-03-2015 18-03-2015
22. Air Chief Marshall Mujahid Anwar Khan 19-03-2018 18-03-2021
23. Air Chief Marshall Zaheer Ahmad Babar 19-03-2018 Present

Detail of Ex Pakistani Air Force Chief CAS

Chief of Air Staff is the head of the Pakistan air force. Above we provided the complete name list of all chief of air staff. In this list we provided the names of all Air chief and commander in chief of Pakistan Air force. From 1947 to 1972 the head of Pakistan Air Force was commander in chief . Name of Commander in Chief of Pakistan Air are Air Vice Marshal Allan Perry-Keene , Air Vice Marshal Sir Richard Atcherley , Air Vice Marshal Leslie William Cannon , Air Vice Marshal Sir Arthur McDonald , Air Marshal Asghar Khan , Air Marshal Noor Khan and Air Marshal Abdul Raheem Khan . Names of Air chief of Pakistan Air force from 1972 to date are Air Marshal Zafar Chaudhary , Air Chief Marshal Zulfiqar Ali Khan , Air Chief Marshal Anwar Shameem , Air Chief Marshal Jamal A Khan , Air Chief Marshal Hakeemullah , Air Chief Marshal Farooq Feroze Khan , Air Chief Marshal Abbas Khattak , Air Chief Marshal Parvaiz Mehdi Qureshi , Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Meer , Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat , Air Chief Marshal Tanveer Mehmood Ahmad , Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman , Air Chief Masrshal Tahir Rafiq Butt , Air Chief Marshall Sohail Aman, Air Chief Marshall Mujahid Anwar Khan and Air Chief Marshall Zaheer Ahmad Babar Sidhu. The first 4 air chief were 2 star officer and next 4 chief were three star officers . Air Chief Marshal Zulfiqar Ali Khan was the first four star officer who become Chief of Air Staff . Now only 4 stars officer can be appointed as a CAS of Pakistani air force.