List of serving air marshals of the Pakistan Air Force

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In the Pakistan Air Force, Air Marshals are equivalent to general officers of the army. At present, the Air Force has 1 Air Chief Marshal (ACM), 6 Air Marshals (AM) and 38 Air Vice Marshals (AVM).

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List of active air chief marshals

NameBranchPositionDecorationsDate of Retirement
Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu GD(P) Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), AHQ, Islamabad Nishan-e-Imtiaz.png Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Hilal-e-Imtiaz.png Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Turkish Armed Forces Medal of Merit.png Turkish Legion of Merit
Order of King Abdulaziz, 1st Class (Saudi Arabia).png Order of King Abdulaziz
18 March 2026 [1]

List of active air marshals

#NameBranchPositionDecorationsYear of Retirement
1 Zaffar Aslam GD(P)Vice Chief of the Air Staff, (VCAS) and Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, National Aerospace Science and Technology Park (DCAS-NASTP), AHQ, Islamabad Hilal-e-Imtiaz.png Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)

Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-e-Basalat.png Sitara-e-Basalat
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)

2028
2 S Fauad Masud Hatmi GD(P)Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Inspection & Evaluation (DCAS-I & E), AHQ, Islamabad Hilal-e-Imtiaz.png Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Basalat.png Tamgha-e-Basalat
2028
3 Muhammad Sarfraz GD(P)Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Projects (DCAS-Proj), AHQ, Islamabad Hilal-e-Imtiaz.png Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Basalat.png Tamgha-e-Basalat
2028
4 Kazim Hammad GD(P)Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Administration (DCAS-A), AHQ, Islamabad Hilal-e-Imtiaz.png Hilal-e-Imtiaz
(Military)
Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2028
5 Shakil Ghazanfar GD(P)Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Personnel (DCAS-P), AHQ, Islamabad Hilal-e-Imtiaz.png Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2028
6 Kashif Qamar GD(P)Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Support (DCAS-S), AHQ, Islamabad Hilal-e-Imtiaz.png Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)

Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)

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List of active air vice marshals

#NameBranchPositionDecorationYear of Retirement
1Khalid MehmoodGD(P)Director General, Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (DG C4I), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) 2025
2Salman Abbas ShahEnggDeputy Chief of the Air Staff, Engineering (DCAS-E), AHQ, Islamabad Hilal-e-Imtiaz.png Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)

Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)

2025
3Shahid Mansoor JehangiriGD(P)Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Air Defence (DCAS-AD), AHQ, Islamabad Hilal-e-Imtiaz.png Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)

Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)

2025
4Aamir ShahzadGD(P)Air Officer Commanding, Southern Air Command (AOC SAC), Karachi Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-e-Basalat.png

Sitara-e-Basalat

2025
5Zubair Hassan KhanGD(P)Director General, Operations, National Aerospace Science and Technology Park (DG Operations, NASTP), Rawalpindi Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)

Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)

2025
6Shakeel SafdarEnggDirector General, Pakistan Air Force Airworthiness Certification Authority (DG PACA), AHQ, Islamabad Hilal-e-Imtiaz.png Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)

Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)

2025
7Muhammad Ehsan Ul HaqGD(P)Director General, Air Intelligence (DG AI) & Commander, Air Force Strategic Command (Comdr. AFSC), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png

Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)

2025
8Hussain Ahmed SiddiquiGD(P)Director General, Joint Logistics (DG Joint Log), JS HQ, Chaklala Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2025
9Zaeem AfzalGD(P)Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, PFX (DCAS-PFX), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2025
10Tahir MehmoodADAir Officer Commanding, Air Defence Command (AOC ADC), Rawalpindi Hilal-e-Imtiaz.png Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)

Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Basalat.png Tamgha-e-Basalat

2026
11Mohsin MahmoodEnggDirector General, Development, National Aerospace Science and Technology Park (DG Development, NASTP), Rawalpindi Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 2026
12Farooq Zamir AfridiGD(P)Director General, Security (DG Security), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2026
13 Aurangzeb Ahmed GD(P)Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Operations (DCAS-O), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2026
14Taimur IqbalGD(P)Air Officer Commanding, Northern Air Command (AOC NAC), Peshawar Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2026
15Hakim RazaGD(P)Chairman, Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Board (Chairman PACB), Kamra Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2026
16Tariq Mahmood GhaziGD(P)Director General, Training (DG Trg), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 2026
17Imran QadirGD (P)Advisor (Operations, Audit & Evaluation Cell) to Chief of the Air Staff, AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 2027
18Shahryar KhanGD (P)Air Officer Commanding, Pakistan Air Force Academy Asghar Khan (AOC PAF Academy Asghar Khan), Risalpur Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2027
19Nauman WaheedGD (P) Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2027
20Mehr Yar Saqib NiaziEnggDirector, Precision Engineering Complex (Dir. PEC), PIA, Karachi Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2027
21Muhammad Asif AslamEnggDirector General, NUTECH Office of Research, Industrialization, Internationalization and Commercialization (DG NORIIC), Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2027
22Ghulam ShabbirEnggDirector General, Air Weapon Complex (DG AWC), Wah Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2027
23Liaquat Ullah IqbalGD (P)Chief Project Director & Chief Executive Officer, National Aerospace Science & Technology Park (CPD & CEO NASTP), Rawalpindi Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 2027
24Farhan AkhtarADDirector General, Defence Purchase, Ministry of Defence Production (DG DP, MoDP), Rawalpindi Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2028
25Ijaz YousafAD Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2028
26Rashid HabibGD(P)President, Air War College Institute (President AWCI), Karachi Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2028
27Imran SaddozaiGD(P)Air Officer Commanding, PAF Airmen Academy (AOC PAA), Korangi, Karachi Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 2028
28Taimur YousafGD(P)Air Officer Commanding, Western Air Command (AOC WAC), Quetta Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2028
29Aamir MunirGD(P)Chief Instructor, Allied Officers Division (CI AOD), National Defence University (NDU), Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 2028
30Ahmad JuniadEnggDirector General, Aerospace Engineering, (DG AE), AHQ Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2028
31Usman RiazEnggDirector General, Electronics, National Aerospace Science and Technology Park (DG Electronics, NASTP), Rawalpindi Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 2028
32Burhan AzizEnggAdvisor (Technical) to Chief of the Air Staff, AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 2028
33Sajjad NooriGD(P)Director General, Air Operations (DG AO), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2028
34Asim RanaGD(P)Air Officer Commanding, Central Air Command (AOC CAC), Lahore Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2028
35Syed Inam UllahGD(P)Director General, Welfare & Rehabilitation (DG W & R), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2028
36Zeeshan SaeedGD(P)Director General, Pakistan Airports Authority (DG PAA), Karachi Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2028
37Sohail AkbarGD(P)Director General, Administration (DG Admin), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2028
38Nasir Jamal KhattakGD (P)Additional Secretary-II (Air Force), Ministry of Defence, (AS-II MoD), Rawalpindi Sitara-e-Imtiaz.png Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz.png Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)
2028

See also

References

  1. Haider, Mateen (18 March 2024). "PM gives one-year extension to PAF chief Zaheer Babar". The Nation. Retrieved 26 November 2024.