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List of serving air marshals of the Pakistan Air Force

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In the Pakistan Air Force, Air Marshalls are equivalent to general officers of the army. At present, the Air Force has 1 Air Chief Marshal (ACM), 9 Air Marshals (AM) and 40 Air Vice Marshals (AVM).

List of active air chief marshals

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Name Branch Position Decorations Date of Retirement
Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu GD(P) Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), AHQ, Islamabad Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Turkish Legion of Merit
Order of King Abdulaziz
18 March 2025[1]

List of active air marshals

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# Name Branch Position Decorations Year of Retirement
1 Hamid Rashid Randhawa GD(P) Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS), AHQ, Islamabad Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2025
2 Waqas Ahmed Sulehri GD(P) Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, PAF Unmanned Force (DCAS-PUF), AHQ, Islamabad Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2025
3 Tariq Zia GD(P) Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Training (DCAS-T), AHQ, Islamabad Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2027
4 Ghulam Abbas Ghumman GD(P) Chief Project Director, JF-17 (CPD JF-17), AHQ, Islamabad Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)

Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Basalat

2027
5 S. Fauad Masud Hatmi GD(P) Inspector General, Pakistan Air Force (IG PAF), AHQ, Islamabad Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)

Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Basalat

2028
6 Zaffar Aslam GD(P) Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, National Aerospace Science and Technology Park (DCAS-NASTP), AHQ, Islamabad Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)

Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-e-Basalat
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)

2028
7 Muhammad Sarfraz GD(P) Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Projects (DCAS-Proj), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Basalat
2028
8 Kazim Hammad GD(P) Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Administration (DCAS-A), AHQ, Islamabad Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2028
9 Shakil Ghazanfar GD(P) Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Personnel (DCAS-P), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2028

List of active air vice marshals

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# Name Branch Position Decoration Year of Retirement
1 Khalid Mehmood GD(P) Director General, Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (DG C4I), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) 2025
2 Salman Abbas Shah Engg Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Engineering (DCAS-E), AHQ, Islamabad Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)

Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)

2025
3 Shahid Mansoor Jehangiri GD(P) Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Air Defence (DCAS-AD), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2025
4 Kashif Qamar GD(P) Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Support (DCAS-S), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2025
5 Aamir Shahzad GD(P) Air Officer Commanding, Southern Air Command (AOC SAC), Karachi Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)

Sitara-e-Basalat

2025
6 Zubair Hassan Khan GD(P) Director General, Operations, National Aerospace Science and Technology Park (DG Operations, NASTP), Rawalpindi Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)

Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)

2025
7 Dr. Shakeel Safdar Engg Director General, Pakistan Air Force Airworthiness Certification Authority (DG PACA), AHQ, Islamabad Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)

Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)

2025
8 Muhammad Ehsan Ul Haq GD(P) Director General, Air Intelligence (DG AI) & Commander, Air Force Strategic Command (Comdr. AFSC), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)

Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)

2025
9 Hussain Ahmed Siddiqui GD(P) Director General, Joint Logistics (DG Joint Log), JS HQ, Chaklala Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2025
10 Zaeem Afzal GD(P) Deputy Chief Project Director, JF-17 (Deputy CPD, JF-17), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2025
11 Tahir Mehmood AD Air Officer Commanding, Air Defence Command (AOC ADC), Rawalpindi Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Basalat
2026
12 Mohsin Mahmood Engg Director General, Development, National Aerospace Science and Technology Park (DG Development, NASTP), Rawalpindi Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 2026
13 Farooq Zamir Afridi GD(P) Director General, Security (DG Security), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2026
14 Aurangzeb Ahmed GD(P) Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Operations (DCAS-O), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2026
15 Taimur Iqbal GD(P) Additional Director General, Civil Aviation Authority (ADG CAA), Karachi Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2026
16 Hakim Raza GD(P) Chairman, Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Board (Chairman PACB), Kamra Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2026
17 Tariq Mahmood Ghazi GD(P) Air Officer Commanding, Central Air Command (AOC CAC), Lahore Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 2026
18 Imran Qadir GD (P) Advisor (Operations, Audit & Evaluation Cell) to Chief of the Air Staff, AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 2027
19 Ghazanfar Latif GD (P) Air Officer Commanding, Pakistan Air Force Academy Asghar Khan (AOC PAF Academy Asghar Khan), Risalpur Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)

Sitara-e-Basalat

2027
20 Shahryar Khan GD (P) Director General, Joint Information and Intelligence (DG JI & I), JS HQ, Rawalpindi Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2027
21 Nauman Waheed GD (P) Director General, Air Operations (DG AO), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2027
22 Mehr Yar Saqib Niazi Engg Director, Precision Engineering Complex (Dir. PEC), PIA, Karachi Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2027
23 Muhammad Asif Aslam Engg Director General, NUTECH Office of Research, Industrialization, Internationalization and Commercialization (DG NORIIC), Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2027
24 Ghulam Shabbir Engg Director General, Air Weapon Complex (DG AWC), Wah Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2027
25 Dr. Liaquat Ullah Iqbal GD (P) Chief Project Director & Chief Executive Officer, National Aerospace Science & Technology Park (CPD & CEO NASTP), Rawalpindi Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 2027
26 Farhan Akhtar AD Director General, Defence Purchase, Ministry of Defence Production (DG DP, MoDP), Rawalpindi Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2028
27 Ijaz Yousaf AD Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2028
28 Rashid Habib GD(P) President, Air War College Institute (President AWCI), Karachi Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2028
29 Imran Saddozai GD(P) Air Officer Commanding, PAF Airmen Academy (AOC PAA), Korangi, Karachi Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 2028
30 Taimur Yousaf GD(P) Air Officer Commanding, Western Air Command (AOC WAC), Quetta Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2028
31 Aamir Munir GD(P) Chief Instructor, Allied Officers Division (CI AOD), National Defence University (NDU), Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 2028
32 Ahmad Juniad Engg Director General, Aerospace Engineering, (DG AE), AHQ Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2028
33 Usman Riaz Engg Advisor (Engineering) to Chief of the Air Staff, AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 2028
34 Burhan Aziz Engg Director General, Avionics & Weapon Engineering, (DG Av. & WE), AHQ Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 2028
35 Sajjad Noori GD(P) Air Officer Commanding, Northern Air Command (AOC NAC), Peshawar Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2028
36 Asim Rana GD(P) Director General, Warfare & Public Relations (DG W & PR), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2028
37 Syed Inam Ullah GD(P) Director General, Welfare & Rehabilitation (DG W & R), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2028
38 Zeeshan Saeed GD(P) Chief Project Director, Phoenix (CPD Phoenix), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2028
39 Sohail Akbar GD(P) Director General, Administration (DG Admin), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2028
40 Nasir Jamal Khattak GD (P) Additional Secretary-II (Air Force), Ministry of Defence, (AS-II MoD), Rawalpindi Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2028

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Haider, Mateen (18 March 2024). "PM gives one-year extension to PAF chief Zaheer Babar". The Nation. Retrieved 26 November 2024.
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