The Pakistan Air Force (PAF) is the aerial warfare branch of the Pakistan Armed Forces, tasked primarily with the aerial defence of Pakistan, with a secondary role of providing air support to the Pakistan Army and Navy when required, and a tertiary role of providing strategic airlift capability to Pakistan. As of 2020, as per the International Institute for Strategic Studies, the PAF has 70,000 active-duty personnel and operates 582 aircraft. Its primary mandate and mission is "to provide, in synergy with other inter-services, the most efficient, assured and cost effective aerial defence of Pakistan." Since its establishment in 1947, the PAF has been involved in various combat operations, providing aerial support to the operations and relief efforts of the Pakistani military. Under Article 243, the Constitution of Pakistan appoints the President of Pakistan as the civilian Commander-in-Chief of the Pakistan Armed Forces. The Chief of Air Staff (CAS), by statute a four-star commissioned air officer, is appointed by the President with the consultation and confirmation needed from the Prime Minister of Pakistan.
Air Marshal Muhammad Asghar Khan (Retd.), was a Pakistani politician and an autobiographer, later a dissident serving the cause of pacifism, peace, and human rights.
Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali MirNI(m), HI(m), SI(m), SBt. was an influential statesman and a four-star air force general who served as the Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), appointed on 20 November 2000 until his accidental death in a plane crash on 20 February 2003.
Air Chief Marshal Mohammad Anwar ShamimLOM, NI(m), HI(m), SI(m), SJ, OI, was a senior air officer of the Pakistan Air Force and was the Chief of Air Staff, appointed to the post in 1978 until retiring in 1985.
Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat Rana, is a retired four-star air officer in the Pakistan Air Force who served as the Chief of Air Staff, tenured in this capacity from 18 March 2003 until retiring from his commission on 20 March 2006.
The Chief of the Air Staff, is a military appointment and a statutory office held by an Air Chief Marshal in the Pakistan Air Force, who is appointed by the Prime Minister of Pakistan and final confirmation by the President of Pakistan. The CAS is the highest-ranking officer of the Pakistan Air Force and only pilots are appointed in this post.
Air Chief Marshal Mohammad Abbas KhattakNI(m), SBt, is a four-star rank air force general in the Pakistan Air Force who tenured as the Chief of Air Staff (CAS) from 8 November 1994 until 7 November 1997.
Air Chief Marshal Zulfiqar Ali KhanNI(M), was a four-star air officer in the Pakistan Air Force and later a diplomat.
Air Chief Marshal Farooq Feroze Khan, NI(m), HI(m), SI(m), SBt, best known as Feroze Khan, is a retired four-star air officer in the Pakistan Air Force who served as the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, appointed in 1994 and retiring in 1997.
Pakistan Air Force Base Faisal, founded as RAF Drigh Road, is air force base located at Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. In 1975, it was named after the late Faisal of Saudi Arabia. It is the site of PAF's Southern Air Command HQ and PAF Air War College.
Air Chief Marshal Parvaiz Mehdi Qureshi NI(M), SBt, best known as PQ Mehdi, is a retired four-star air officer and a former fighter pilot who served as the eighth Chief of Air Staff (CAS) of the Pakistan Air Force, appointed in 1997 until retiring in 2000.
Rao Qamar Suleman, NI(M), SBt was the 12th Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force. The four-star rank Air Force officer commanded the PAF from 2009 to 2012. Earlier he was "Deputy Chief of Air Staff of Operations". Suleman was succeeded by Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt as Chief of Air Staff on 7 March 2012.
Air Chief Marshal Hakimullah Khan DurraniNI(m), SJ, SBt, TBt, best known as Hakimullah, is a retired four-star air officer who tenured as the 5th Chief of Air Staff of Pakistan Air Force, appointed in this post from 9 March 1988 until retiring on 8 March 1991.
Air Chief Marshal Jamal Ahmad Khan AfridiNI(m), SJ, SBt, is a retired four-star air officer who tenured as the Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force from 1985 until 1988. In addition, he also commanded the United Arab Emirates Air Force as its commander in 1977 until 1980.
Air Commodore Abdus Sattar Alvi, SI(M), SJ, is a retired one-star rank air officer and a fighter pilot in the Pakistan Air Force, who is renowned for his gallant actions during the third Indo-Pakistani in 1971, and served as a military advisor in the Syrian Air Force during the Yom Kippur War of 1973.
Air Commodore Muhammad Zafar Masud, HJ, SBt, also known as Mitty Masud, was a one star air officer in the Pakistan Air Force and a military strategist who was known for his role as air officer commanding of the Dacca airbase in East Pakistan.
Kaiser TufailTISI is a retired Pakistani fighter pilot who is primarily known for his interactions with Kambampati Nachiketa, an Indian fighter pilot who was captured by Pakistani forces during the Kargil War in 1999. Outside of his military service, Tufail is an active blogger, aviation historian and has delivered motivational speeches at TEDx conferences. Through his blog, he primarily weighs in on the India–Pakistan relationship and the long-running conflict in Kashmir between the two states.
Women in the Pakistan Armed Forces are the female officers who serve in the Pakistan Armed Forces. Women have been taking part in Pakistani military since 1947, after the establishment of Pakistan. In 2006, the first women fighter pilot batch joined the combat aerial mission command of PAF. The Pakistan Navy prohibits women from serving in the combat branch. Rather they are appointed and serve in operations involving military logistics, staff and senior administrative offices, particularly in the regional and central headquarters. There was a rise in the numbers of women applying for the combat branch of PAF in 2013.
The Combat Commanders' School or CCS is the fighter weapons and advanced air combat tactics development and training school of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) based at PAF Base Mushaf, Sargodha, Pakistan.
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