Vice Chief of the Air Staff (Pakistan)
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The Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS) is the principal deputy and second-in-command of the Pakistan Air Force, reporting under the Chief of the Air Staff.[1][2] Before 1979, the post was referred to as the Deputy Chief of Air Staff and is usually held by an Air Marshal, a three-star rank air force officer, who is responsible for flight safety, intelligence, procurement, public relations, and the PAF Air War College.[2]
| Vice Chief of the Air Staff | |
|---|---|
| وائس چیف آف ایئر سٹاف | |
 | |
Incumbent Air Marshal Hamid Rashid Randhawa since 21 March 2022 | |
 Pakistan Air Force | |
| Type | Second-in-command of Pakistan Air Force |
| Abbreviation | VCAS |
| Reports to | Chief of the Air Staff |
| Seat | AHQ (PAF), Islamabad |
| Deputy | Deputy Chief of the Air Staff |
The current VCAS is Air Marshal Hamid Rashid Randhawa.
List of Vice Chiefs of the Air Staff
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All persons mentioned below have served as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff.
| Name | Appointment date | Left office | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Aratoon Yousaf | 9 April 1966 | 18 April 1967 | [3] |
| Abdul Qadir | 19 April 1967 | 13 January 1969 | [3] |
| M Khyber Khan | 1 February 1969 | 19 March 1970 | [3] |
| Saeedullah Khan | 22 June 1972 | 29 June 1973 | [3] |
| Chaudhary Rab Nawaz | 21 July 1973 | 12 May 1974 | [3] |
| Michael John O'Brian | 13 May 1974 | 31 August 1975 | [3] |
| M. Mahmood Hasan | 1 September 1975 | 22 July 1978 | [3] |
| Ayaz Ahmed Khan | 10 August 1979 | 21 July 1981 | [3] |
| A Rashid Shaikh | 22 July 1981 | April 1984 | [3] |
| Jamal A. Khan | April 1984 | December 1985 | [3] |
| Shabbir Hussain Syed | December 1985 | March 1988 | [3] |
| Farooq Feroze Khan | March 1988 | February 1990 | [3] |
| Syed Masood Hatif | February 1990 | July 1993 | [3] |
| Muhammad Arshad Chaudhry | December 1994 | January 1997 | [3] |
| Pervaiz Mehdi Qureshi | January 1997 | November 1997 | [3] |
| Hifazat Ullah Khan | 29 March 2009 | 4 October 2010 | |
| Tahir Rafique Butt | 5 October 2010 | 8 June 2012 | |
| Farhat Hussain Khan | 9 June 2012 | 9 July 2013 | [4] |
| Sohail Gul | 8 August 2014 | 10 April 2015 | [5] |
| Saeed Muhammad Khan | 11 April 2015 | 5 October 2017 | [6] |
| Farooq Habib | 6 October 2017 | 3 November 2018 | [7] |
| Aasim Zaheer | 4 November 2018 | 17 January 2020 | [8] |
| Ahmer Shehzad Leghari | 18 January 2020 | 19 March 2021 | [9] |
| Syed Noman Ali | 20 March 2021 | 20 March 2022 | |
| Muhammad Zahid Mahmood | 21 March 2022 | Incumbent | [10] |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "PAF Structure – Principal Staff Officers". Pakistan Air Force. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
- ^ a b Khan, H. "Command & Structure". PakDef Military Consortium. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o History of the Pakistan Air Force, 1947-1982, Pakistan Air Force, 1982 (p. 222)
- ^ "Air Marshal Farhat Hussain Khan Appointed as Vice chief of Air Staff" (PDF). Pakistan Air Force. 9 June 2012.
- ^ "Sohail Gul appointed Vice Chief of Air Staff". Dawn. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ "Saeed appointed Vice Chief of Air Staff". The Nation. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ "Air Marshal Farooq Habib appointed as Vice Chief of the Air Staff". The News International. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ "Aasim Zaheer named Vice Chief of Air Staff". Dawn. 4 November 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ Anis, Muhammad (18 January 2020). "Air Marshal Leghari made VCAS, Commodore Faisal promoted". The News International. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
- ^ "Air Marshal Zahid becomes Vice Chief of Air Staff". The News International. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.