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.