Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)

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The Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force (CAS) is the highest post in the Pakistan Air Force. The current Chief of Air Staff is Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed.

[edit] List of Air Chiefs

Serial Number Name Term of Appointment Unit of Commission Decorations
1 Air Vice Marshal A.L.A. Perry-Keane August 15, 1947February 17, 1949 Royal Flying Corps CB, OBE
2 Air Vice Marshal R.L. Atcherley February 18, 1949May 6, 1951 Royal Air Force KBE, CB, AFC
3 Air Vice Marshal L.W. Cannon May 7, 1951June 19, 1955 No. 2 Squadron, Royal Air Force
4 Air Vice Marshal A.W.B. Mc Donald June 20, 1955July 22, 1957 Royal Air Force
5 Air Marshal Asghar Khan July 23, 1957July 22, 1965 Indian Air Force
6 Air Marshal Nur Khan July 23, 1965August 31, 1969 Indian Air Force HJ
7 Air Marshal A Rahim Khan September 1, 1969March 2, 1972 Indian Air Force HJ
8 Air Marshal Zafar Ahmad Chaudhry March 3, 1972April 15, 1974 Indian Air Force
9 Air Chief Marshal Zulfiqar Ali Khan April 16, 1974July 22, 1978 Royal Pakistan Air Force
10 Air Chief Marshal M. Anwar Shamim July 23, 1978March 5, 1985 Royal Pakistan Air Force SJ
11 Air Chief Marshal Jamal A. Khan March 6, 1985March 8, 1988 Royal Pakistan Air Force SJ
12 Air Chief Marshal Hakimullah March 9, 1988March 9, 1991 Pakistan Air Force SJ, TBt
13 Air Chief Marshal Farooq F. Khan March 9, 1991November 8, 1994 Pakistan Air Force
14 Air Chief Marshal Abbas Khattak November 8, 1994November 7, 1997 Pakistan Air Force
15 Air Chief Marshal Parvaiz Mehdi Qureshi November 7, 1997November 20, 2000 Pakistan Air Force
16 Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir November 20, 2000February 20, 2003 Pakistan Air Force NI (M), HI (M), SI (M), SBt
17 Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat March 18, 2003March 18, 2006 Pakistan Air Force NI (M), HI (M), SI (M), TI (M)
18 Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed March 18, 2006 Pakistan Air Force NI (M), HI (M), SI (M), SBt

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