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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, PAF lists the following positions: [1] Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (Operations) – DCAS(O) Deputy Chief of the Air Staff (Engineering) – DCAS(E)
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)
The No. 12 VIP Squadron nicknamed Burraqs is a VIP transport unit from the No. 35 Composite Air Transport Wing of the Pakistan Air Force based at Nur Khan Airbase.It is the Air Force One of Pakistan which transports the President (Callsign Pakistan-1), the Prime Minister (Callsign Pakistan-2) and the Chief of Air Staff (Callsign Shahbaz-1) during official visits.
However, in March 2024, the incumbent chief was controversially given a one year extension in his tenure. [4] In November 2024, the term length was increased to five years. [ 5 ] The Chief of the Air Staff is based at the Air Headquarters , and the current chief is Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmad Babar.
As part of PAF's Operation Sentinel during the 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff, ... This page was last edited on 9 November 2024, at 21:47 (UTC).
On 25 December 2024, the Pakistan Air Force launched precision airstrikes in response to the 21 December attack, on seven locations located across four villages of Barmal District of Afghanistan Paktika province initially claiming to have killing 20-25 terrorists. The villages targeted by PAF included Laman, Margha, and Murg Bazaar.
The SOA soon established its reputation as a successful training program in the PAF and abroad, and a large number of foreign countries started sending their air technicians to the base for basic training. In 1963, the School of Electronics (SOE) was moved from PAF Station Malir to Korangi Creek to become the sister institution of the SOA. [2]
Hence to centralize operations in the theatre, Central Air Command (CAC) was established by the PAF in July 1982. While initially headquartered in the building of Combat Commander's School at PAF Base Sargodha , it was shifted to a new location at the base of the Kirana Hills Site where it stayed for 20 years.