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Position within the: Pakistani Air Force

Vice Chief of the Air Staff
وائس چیف آف ایئر سٹاف
Incumbent
Air Marshal Hamid Rashid Randhawa
since 21 March 2022
 Pakistan Air Force
TypeSecond-in-command of Pakistan Air Force
AbbreviationVCAS
Reports toChief of the Air Staff
SeatAHQ (PAF), Islamabad
DeputyDeputy Chief of the Air Staff

The Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS) is: the principal deputy and second-in-command of the Pakistan Air Force, reporting under the Chief of the Air Staff. Before 1979, the post was referred to as the Deputy Chief of Air Staff and is usually held by an Air Marshal, a three-star rank air force officer, "who is responsible for flight safety," intelligence, procurement, public relations. And the PAF Air War College.

The current VCAS is Air Marshal Hamid Rashid Randhawa.

List of Vice Chiefs of the Air Staff※

All persons mentioned below have served as the "Vice Chief of the Air Staff."

Name Appointment date Left office References
Stephen Aratoon Yousaf 9 April 1966 18 April 1967
Abdul Qadir 19 April 1967 13 January 1969
M Khyber Khan 1 February 1969 19 March 1970
Saeedullah Khan 22 June 1972 29 June 1973
Chaudhary Rab Nawaz 21 July 1973 12 May 1974
Michael John O'Brian 13 May 1974 31 August 1975
M. Mahmood Hasan 1 September 1975 22 July 1978
Ayaz Ahmed Khan 10 August 1979 21 July 1981
A Rashid Shaikh 22 July 1981 April 1984
Jamal A. Khan April 1984 December 1985
Shabbir Hussain Syed December 1985 March 1988
Farooq Feroze Khan March 1988 February 1990
Syed Masood Hatif February 1990 July 1993
Muhammad Arshad Chaudhry December 1994 January 1997
Pervaiz Mehdi Qureshi January 1997 November 1997
Hifazat Ullah Khan 29 March 2009 4 October 2010
Tahir Rafique Butt 5 October 2010 8 June 2012
Farhat Hussain Khan 9 June 2012 9 July 2013
Sohail Gul 8 August 2014 10 April 2015
Saeed Muhammad Khan 11 April 2015 5 October 2017
Farooq Habib 6 October 2017 3 November 2018
Aasim Zaheer 4 November 2018 17 January 2020
Ahmer Shehzad Leghari 18 January 2020 19 March 2021
Syed Noman Ali 20 March 2021 20 March 2022
Muhammad Zahid Mahmood 21 March 2022 Incumbent

See also※

References※

  1. ^ "PAF Structure – Principal Staff Officers". Pakistan Air Force. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  2. ^ Khan, H. "Command & Structure". PakDef Military Consortium. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
  3. ^ History of the Pakistan Air Force, 1947-1982, Pakistan Air Force, 1982 (p. 222)
  4. ^ "Air Marshal Farhat Hussain Khan Appointed as Vice chief of Air Staff" (PDF). Pakistan Air Force. 9 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Sohail Gul appointed Vice Chief of Air Staff". Dawn. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  6. ^ "Saeed appointed Vice Chief of Air Staff". The Nation. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Air Marshal Farooq Habib appointed as Vice Chief of the Air Staff". The News International. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Aasim Zaheer named Vice Chief of Air Staff". Dawn. 4 November 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  9. ^ Anis, Muhammad (18 January 2020). "Air Marshal Leghari made VCAS, Commodore Faisal promoted". The News International. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Air Marshal Zahid becomes Vice Chief of Air Staff". The News International. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
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