The Chief of Air Staff (CAS) of the Pakistan Air Force is the highest post in the Pakistan Air Force. The current Chief of Air Staff is Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman[1]. [edit] List of Air Chiefs | No. | Name | Appointment Date | Left Office | Decorations |
Commander-in-Chief, Royal Pakistan Air Force (RAF Air Vice Marshal)
| | 1 | Air Vice Marshal Allan Perry-Keene | August 15, 1947 | February 17, 1949 | CB, OBE | | 2 | Air Vice Marshal Sir Richard Atcherley | February 18, 1949 | May 6, 1951 | KBE, CB, AFC | | 3 | Air Vice Marshal Leslie William Cannon | May 7, 1951 | June 19, 1955 | CB, CBE | | 4 | Air Vice Marshal Sir Arthur McDonald | June 20, 1955 | July 22, 1957 | KCB AFC |
Commander-in-Chief, Pakistan Air Force (PAF Air Marshal)
| | 5 | Air Marshal Asghar Khan | July 23, 1957 | July 22, 1965 | HPk, HQA | | 6 | Air Marshal Nur Khan | July 23, 1965 | August 31, 1969 | HJ, HS, HQA, SPk | | 7 | Air Marshal Abdul Rahim Khan | September 1, 1969 | March 2, 1972 | HJ, HQA, SPk, SBt | | 8 | Air Marshal Zafar Chaudhry | March 3, 1972 | April 15, 1974 | SQA |
Chief of Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force (PAF Air Chief Marshal)
| | 9 | Air Chief Marshal Zulfiqar Ali Khan | April 16, 1974 | July 22, 1978 | NI(M) | | 10 | Air Chief Marshal Anwar Shamim | July 23, 1978 | March 5, 1985 | NI(M), SJ | | 11 | Air Chief Marshal Jamal A. Khan | March 6, 1985 | March 8, 1988 | NI(M), SJ, SBt | | 12 | Air Chief Marshal Hakimullah | March 9, 1988 | March 9, 1991 | NI(M), SJ, SBt | | 13 | Air Chief Marshal Farooq Feroze Khan | March 9, 1991 | November 8, 1994 | NI(M), SBt | | 14 | Air Chief Marshal Abbas Khattak | November 8, 1994 | November 7, 1997 | NI(M), SBt | | 15 | Air Chief Marshal Parvaiz Mehdi Qureshi | November 7, 1997 | November 20, 2000 | NI(M), SBt | | 16 | Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir | November 20, 2000 | February 20, 2003 | NI(M), SBt | | 17 | Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat | March 18, 2003 | March 18, 2006 | NI(M) | | 18 | Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed | March 18, 2006 | March 18, 2009 | NI(M), SBt | | 19 | Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman | March 19, 2009 | Present | NI(M), SBt | [edit] References [edit] See also [edit] External links |
