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Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (DCAS) refers to several principal staff officers of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), reporting under the Vice Chief of the Air Staff. As of December 2022 [update] , PAF lists the following positions: [ 1 ]
The Royal Pakistan Air Force (RPAF) was established on 15 August 1947 with the independence of Pakistan from British India. The RPAF began with a paper share allotment of 2,332 personnel, a fleet of 24 Tempest II fighter-bombers, 16 Hawker Typhoon fighters, two H.P.57 Halifax bombers, two Auster aircraft, twelve North American Harvard trainers and ten de Havilland Tiger Moth biplanes.
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). At present, the Air Force has 1 Air Chief Marshal (ACM), 9 Air Marshals (AM) and 40 Air Vice Marshals (AVM).
The Pakistan Air Force Academy Asghar Khan (Urdu: پاکستان فضائیہ اکیڈمی اصغر خان) is an accredited four-year military academy which provides undergraduate education to officer candidates for the Pakistan Air Force. The eligible and selected candidates from all over Pakistan are sent to the academy for flying training.
The following is a list of centers and depots of the Pakistan Air Force sorted by branch. [1] [2] Engineering Depots. Unit Base Established Status Notes
Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Italy: UAV Reconnaissance: 2007: 26 26: Produced under license by Pakistan Aeronautical Complex since 2008 with technology transfer to Pakistan. [56] [57] Shahpar: Global Industrial Defence Solutions Pakistan UAV Reconnaissance: 2012: 6 6 [58] [59] Jasoos II: SATUMA: Pakistan UAV Reconnaissance, Training: 2010: 46 ...
Northern Air Command 36 TA Wing 30 August 1967 PAF Base Peshawar: JF-17A [21] [22] No. 27 Squadron: Zarrars: Tactical Attack Central Air Command 34 TA Wing April 2007 PAF Base Rafiqui: Mirage 5 ROSE III [23] No. 28 Squadron: Phoenixes: Multi-role Western Air Command 31 AS Wing 28 February 2018 PAF Base Samungli: JF-17A [24] [25] No. 50 Squadron ...
The women in Pakistan Air Force also operate a women's welfare organization (officers and airmens wives welfare), the Pakistan Air Force Women Association (PAFWA), to promote women to join the PAF as combat pilots and to promote women's health in the Air Force. [37] Flight Lieutenant Ayesha Farooq was the first Pakistani fighter pilot. [38] [13]