Pakistan Air Force

Founded 14 August 1947

Size 65,000 full-time personnel
(including 3,000 pilots)
10,000 reservists
Air Headquarters AHQ, Islamabad

Engagements

1947 Indo-Pak War
1965 Rann of Kutch Skirmish
1965 Indo-Pak War
1971 Indo-Pak War
1979–1988 Soviet-Afghan War
1999 Kargil Conflict
2001-2002 Indo-Pak Stand-off
War in North-West Pakistan (2007-present)

Past Chiefs of the Air Staff

No.	Name
Air Force Commander-in-Chief, Royal Pakistan Air Force (RAF 2-star Air Vice Marshal)
1	Air Vice Marshal Allan Perry-Keene
2	Air Vice Marshal Sir Richard Atcherley
3	Air Vice Marshal Leslie William Cannon
4	Air Vice Marshal Sir Arthur McDonald
Air Force Commander-in-Chief, Pakistan Air Force (PAF 3-star Air Marshal)
5	Air Marshal Asghar Khan
6	Air Marshal Nur Khan
7	Air Marshal Abdul Rahim Khan
8	Air Marshal Zafar Chaudhry
Chief of the Air Staff of Pakistan Air Force ((CAS) of PAF, 4-star Air Chief Marshal)
9	Air Chief Marshal Zulfiqar Ali Khan
10	Air Chief Marshal Anwar Shamim
11	Air Chief Marshal Jamal A. Khan
12	Air Chief Marshal Hakimullah
13	Air Chief Marshal Farooq Feroze Khan
14	Air Chief Marshal Abbas Khattak
15	Air Chief Marshal Parvaiz Mehdi Qureshi
16	Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir
17	Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat
18	Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed
19	Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman