PAF

Pakistan Air Force

Founded : 14 August 1947 
Headquarters : AHQ Islamabad
Motto : A symbol of Pride for the Nation 
Official Website : http://paf.gov.pk/ 
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                                               Chief of Air Staff (CAS)
                                Courtesy Pakistan Air force Website





Air Vice Marshal A L A Perry-Keene 
RAF 

1st Chief of the RPAF 

15 Aug 1947 - 17 Feb 1949 









Air Vice Marshal R L Atcherley
RAF 

2nd Chief of the RPAF 

18 Feb 1949 - 6 May 1951









Air Vice Marshal L W Cannon 
RAF

3rd Chief of the RPAF 
7 May 1951 - 19 Jun 1955







Air Vice Marshal A W B McDonald 
RAF 

4th Chief of the RPAF 
20 Jun 1955 - 22 Jul 1957






Air Marshal M Asghar Khan
HPk, HQA 

5th Chief of the PAF 
23 Jul 1957 - 22 Jul 1965







Air Marshal M Nur Khan
HJ, HS, HQA, SPk 

6th Chief of the PAF 
23 Jul 1965 - 31 Aug 1969







Air Marshal A Rahim Khan 
HJ, SPk, S Bt

7th Chief of the PAF 
1 Sep 1969 - 2 Mar 1972








Air Marshal Zafar A Chaudhry
SQA 

8th Chief of the PAF 
3 Mar 1972 - 15 Apr 1974






Air Chief Marshal Zulfiqar Ali Khan
NI(M) 

9th Chief of the PAF 
16 Apr 1974 - 22 Jul 1978 









Air Chief Marshal M Anwar Shamim
NI(M),SJ 

10th Chief of the PAF 
23 Jul 1978 - 5 Mar 1985







Air Chief Marshal Jamal A Khan
NI(M), SJ, S Bt 

11th Chief of the PAF 
6 Mar 1985 - 8 Mar 1988






Air Chief Marshal Hakimullah
NI(M),SJ, S Bt 

12th Chief of the PAF 
9 Mar 1988 - 9 Mar 1991






Air Chief Marshal Farooq F Khan
NI(M), S Bt 

13th Chief of the PAF 
9 Mar 1991 - 8 Nov 1994






Air Chief Marshal M. Abbas Khattak
NI(M), S Bt 

14th Chief of the PAF 
8 Nov 1994 - 7 Nov 1997

Air Chief Marshal Parvaiz Mehdi Qureshi
NI(M), S Bt 

15th Chief of PAF 
7 Nov 1997 - 20 Nov 2000 








Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir (Shaheed)
NI(M) 

16th Chief of PAF 
20 Nov 2000 - 20 Feb 2003







Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat
NI(M) 

17th Chief of PAF 
18 Mar 2003 - 18 Mar 2006

 Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed

NI (M), S Bt 

18th Chief of PAF 

18 Mar 2006 - 18 Mar 2009

Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman

NI (M), S Bt

19th Chief of PAF 

18 Mar 2009 - 19 Mar 2012

Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt

NI(M), T Bt

20th Chief of PAF 

19 Mar 2012 - 18 Mar 2015 

Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman

NI(M)

21st Chief of PAF 

19 Mar 2015 - Till Date