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This is the list of serving Air Marshals of the Pakistan Air Force. At present, the Air Force has 01 Air Chief Marshal (ACM), 09 Air Marshals (AM) and 33 Air Vice Marshals (AVM).
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This is the list of serving Air Marshals of the Pakistan Air Force. At present, the Air Force has 01 Air Chief Marshal (ACM), 09 Air Marshals (AM) and 33 Air Vice Marshals (AVM).
| Rank | Name | Photo | Branch | Position | Decorations | Date of Retirement |
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| Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu |  | GD(P) | Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), AHQ, Islamabad |  Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military)  Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)  Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)  Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)  Turkish Legion of Merit  Order of King Abdulaziz | 18 March 2025 | |
| # | Rank | Name | Branch | Position | Decorations | Date 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) Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 13 April 2025 | |
| 2 | Waqas Ahmed Sulehri | GD(P) | Chief Project Director, JF-17 (CPD JF-17), AHQ, Islamabad | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 30 September 2025 | |
| 3 | Tariq Zia | GD(P) | Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Training (DCAS-T), AHQ, Islamabad | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 05 July 2027 | |
| 4 | Ghulam Abbas Ghumman | GD(P) | Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, National Aerospace Science and Technology Park (DCAS-NASTP), AHQ, Islamabad | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 16 January 2027 | |
| 5 | S. Fauad Masud Hatmi | GD(P) | Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Support (DCAS-S), AHQ, Islamabad | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 10 July 2028 | |
| 6 | Zaffar Aslam | GD(P) | Director General, Welfare & Rehabilitation (DG W & R), AHQ, Islamabad | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 10 July 2028 | |
| 7 | Kazim Hammad | GD(P) | Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Administration (DCAS-A), AHQ, Islamabad | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 10 July 2028 | |
| 8 | Shakil Ghazanfar | GD(P) | Director General, Air Intelligence (DG AI), AHQ, Islamabad | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 10 July 2028 | |
| 9 | Muhammad Sarfraz | GD(P) | Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Projects (DCAS-Proj), AHQ, Islamabad | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 10 July 2028 |
| # | Rank | Name | Branch | Position | Decoration | Date of Retirement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Muhammad Nadeem Sabir | GD(P) | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 4 July 2022 (On Extension) | ||
| 2 | Nadeem Akhtar Khan | GD(P) | Chairman, Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Board (Chairman PACB), Kamra | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 5 July 2023 (On Extension) | |
| 3 | Khalid Mehmood | GD(P) | Air Officer Commanding, Southern Air Command (AOC SAC), Karachi | 11 June 2025 | ||
| 4 | Salman Abbas Shah | Engg | Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Engineering (DCAS-E), AHQ, Islamabad | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 11 June 2025 | |
| 5 | Muhammad Irfan | Engg | Managing Director, Avionics Production Factory (MD APF), PAC, Kamra | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 11 June 2025 | |
| 6 | Shahid Mansoor Jehangiri | GD(P) | Additional Secretary-II (PAF), Ministry of Defence (AS-II MoD), Rawalpindi | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 15 June 2025 | |
| 7 | Kashif Qamar | GD(P) | Director General, Logistics (DG Log), JS HQ, Chaklala | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 15 June 2025 | |
| 8 | Asim Rashid Malik | Engg | Director General, Aerospace Engineering (DG AE), AHQ, Islamabad | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 15 June 2025 | |
| 9 | Syed Hasan Kashif | Engg | Director, Precision Engineering Complex (Director PEC), PIA, Karachi | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 15 June 2025 | |
| 10 | Dr. Shakeel Safdar | Engg | Director General, Pakistan Air Force Airworthiness Certification Authority (DG PACA), AHQ, Islamabad | Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 16 June 2025 | |
| 11 | Dr. Muhammad Ajmal Khan | Engg | Principal, School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (Principal SEECS), NUST, Islamabad | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 16 June 2025 | |
| 12 | Amir Shahzad | GD(P) | Director General, Training (DG Training), AHQ, Islamabad | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 16 June 2025 | |
| 13 | Zubair Hassan Khan | GD(P) | Director General, Operations, National Aerospace Science and Technology Park (DG Operations, NASTP), Rawalpindi | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 16 June 2025 | |
| 14 | Muhammad Ehsan Ul Haq | GD(P) | Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Personnel (DCAS-P) & Commander, Air Force Strategic Command (Comdr. AFSC), AHQ, Islamabad | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 16 June 2025 | |
| 15 | Imran Saif | AD | Chief Instructor, Allied Officers Division (CI AOD), National Defence University (NDU), Islamabad | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 22 June 2025 | |
| 16 | Hussain Ahmed Siddiqui | GD(P) | President, Air War College Institute (President AWCI), Karachi | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 22 June 2025 | |
| 17 | Zaeem Afzal | GD(P) | Deputy Chief Project Director JF-17 (Deputy CPD, JF-17), AHQ, Islamabad | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 22 June 2025 | |
| 18 | Hakim Raza | GD(P) | Air Officer Commanding, Northern Air Command (AOC NAC), Peshawar | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 15 August 2026 | |
| 19 | Aurangzeb Ahmed | GD(P) | Director General, Warfare & Strategy (DG W & S), AHQ, Islamabad | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 15 August 2026 | |
| 20 | Farooq Zamir Afridi | GD(P) | Director General, Security (DG Security), AHQ, Islamabad | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 15 August 2026 | |
| 21 | Tahir Mehmood | AD | Air Officer Commanding, Air Defence Command (AOC ADC), Rawalpindi | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)  Tamgha-e-Basalat | 15 August 2026 | |
| 22 | Taimur Iqbal | GD(P) | Additional Director General, Civil Aviation Authority (ADG CAA), Karachi | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 15 August 2026 | |
| 23 | Tariq Mahmood Ghazi | GD(P) | Air Officer Commanding, Central Air Command (AOC CAC), Lahore | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 15 August 2026 | |
| 24 | Mohsin Mahmood | Engg | Director General, Development, National Aerospace Science and Technology Park (DG Development, NASTP), Rawalpindi | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 15 August 2026 | |
| 25 | Imran Qadir | GD (P) | Advisor (Operations, Audit & Evaluation Cell) to Chief of the Air Staff, AHQ, Islamabad | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 2 February 2027 | |
| 26 | Ghazanfar Latif | GD (P) | Air Officer Commanding, Pakistan Air Force Academy Asghar Khan (AOC PAF Academy Asghar Khan), Risalpur | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)  | 2 February 2027 | |
| 27 | Shahryar Khan | GD (P) | Director General, Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (DG C4I), AHQ, Islamabad | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 2 February 2027 | |
| 28 | Nauman Waheed | GD (P) | Director General, Air Operations (DG AO), AHQ, Islamabad | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 2 February 2027 | |
| 29 | Mehr Yar Saqib Niazi | Engg | Managing Director, Mirage Rebuild Factory (MD MRF), PAC, Kamra | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 2 February 2027 | |
| 30 | Abuzar Khan | Engg | Managing Director, Aircraft Rebuild Factory (MD ARF), PAC, Kamra | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 2 February 2027 | |
| 31 | Muhammad Asif Aslam | Engg | Director General, NUTECH Office of Research, Industrialization, Internationalization and Commercialization (DG NORIIC), Islamabad | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 2 February 2027 | |
| 32 | Ghulam Shabbir | Engg | Advisor (Engineering) to Chief of the Air Staff, AHQ, Islamabad | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 2 February 2027 | |
| 33 | Dr. Liaquat Ullah Iqbal | GD (P) | Chief Project Director & Chief Executive Officer, National Aerospace Science & Technology Park (CPD & CEO NASTP), Rawalpindi | Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) | 16 October 2027 |
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