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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)
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)
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.
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.
PAF Base MM Alam: CAIG Wing Loong II: No. 64 Squadron ISO Northern Air Command No. 42 Wing March 2022 PAF Base Murid: Bayraktar TB2: No. 65 Squadron Knights Multi-role No. 42 Wing March 2023 PAF Base Murid: Bayraktar Akinci
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]
ACM Rao Qamar Suleman was initially trained at PAF Public School, Sargodha where he belonged to the 17th entry (851 – Sabre House). [2] Thereafter, he joined the Pakistan Air Force Academy, Risalpur, in 1972 and was commissioned in the Pakistan Air Force as a fighter pilot on 1 June 1975, in the 59th GD(P) Course.