Commander in Chief of Pakistan Air Force

List of Commander in Chief of Pakistan Air Force



Pakistan Air Force (PAF)

Employs : 65,000 full-time
Aircrafts : 1000 allmost
Headquarters : Air Headquarters (AHQ), located at Islamabad.
Commander in Chief : Sohail Aman.
In 1947, the British left sub-continent after dividing it into two sovereign states of India and Pakistan. Pakistan Air Force (PAF) was born immediately. The Pakistan Air Force PAF is the aerial warfare branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces, primarily tasked with the aerial defence of Pakistan with a secondary role of providing air support to the Pakistan Army and the Pakistan Navy. The PAF also has a tertiary role of providing strategic air transport and logistics capability to Pakistan. Its primary mandate and mission is “to provide, in synergy with other inter-services, the most efficient, assured and cost effective aerial Defence of Pakistan.
The PAF employs approximately 65,000 full-time personnel (including approximately 3,000 pilots) and currently operates 1,032 aircraft.

S.NOName.Appointment DateLeft Office
01Allan Perry-KeeneAugust 15, 1947February 17, 1949
-02Richard AtcherleyFebruary 18, 1949May 6, 1951
03Leslie William CannonMay 7, 1951June 19, 1955
04Arthur McDonaldJune 20, 1955July 22, 1957
05Asghar KhanJuly 23, 1957July 22, 1965
06Noor KhanJuly 23, 1965August 31, 1969
07Abdul Rahim KhanSeptember 1, 1969March 2, 1972
08Zafar ChaudhryMarch 3, 1972April 15, 1974
09Zulfiqar Ali KhanApril 16, 1974July 22, 1978
10Anwar ShamimJuly 23, 1978March 5, 1985
11Jamal A. KhanMarch 6, 1985March 8, 1988
12HakeemullahMarch 9, 1988March 9, 1991
13Farooq Feroze KhanMarch 9, 1991November 8, 1994
14Abbas KhattakNovember 8, 1994November 7, 1997
15Parvaiz Mehdi QureshiNovember 7, 1997November 20, 2000
16Mushaf Ali MirNovember 20, 2000February 20, 2003
17Kaleem SaadatMarch 18, 2003March 18, 2006
18Tanvir Mahmood AhmedMarch 18, 2006March 18, 2009
19Rao Qamar SulemanMarch 19, 2009March 19, 2012
20Tahir Rafique ButtMarch 19, 2012March 19, 2015
21Sohail AmanMarch 19, 2015Present

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