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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)
July 2022: 1: 1 A319-112 [33] [34] Previously operated by Avion Express (Lithuania). Global 6000: Bombardier: Canada: Jet VIP Transport: 2022: 1: 1 May be converted to EW, ESM, ECM platform in future. [35] [36] Citation V: Cessna United States Jet VIP Transport: 1: 1 [37] Gulfstream IV: Gulfstream: United States Jet VIP Transport: 2004: 2: 2 ...
PAF Base Shahbaz: F-16C/D Block 52+ [3] [10] No. 7 Squadron: Bandits: Tactical Attack Southern Air Command 32 TA Wing June 1960 PAF Base Masroor: Mirage III ROSE I: No. 8 Squadron: Haiders: Tactical Attack Southern Air Command 32 TA Wing 11 May 1960 PAF Base Masroor: JF-17C Block lll [11] No. 9 Squadron: Griffins: Multi-role Central Air Command ...
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.
The PAF Academy holds an All-Pakistan Declamation Competition, one of the biggest annual events. Some forty teams from major higher education institutes in Pakistan are invited to take part. The event takes place over four days during which a number of rounds are held. The PAF bears all the expenses of travel and accommodation of the teams. [38]
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)
The No. 14 Squadron was the PAF's first fighter-bomber squadron, which was raised on 1 November 1948, at RPAF Base Peshawar and operated the Hawker Tempest fighters which were inherited from the RIAF but were later re-equipped with newly acquired Hawker Fury fighter-bombers after being number-plated for some months.
The PAF's Central Air Command (CAC), the Combat Commanders' School (CCS), and the PAF Airpower Centre of Excellence (PAF ACE) are based at PAF Base Mushaf, PAF Base Mushaf is the most elite and widely operational base in Pakistan, consisting of the highest equipped aircraft and squadrons and the best trained pilots and commanders.