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Vice Chief of the Air Staff | |
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وائس چیف آف دی ایئر سٹاف | |
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Type | Second-in-command of Pakistan Air Force |
Abbreviation | VCAS |
Reports to | Chief of the Air Staff |
Seat | Air Headquarters, Islamabad |
Deputy | Deputy Chief of the Air Staff |
The Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS) is the principal deputy and second-in-command (S-in-C) of the Pakistan Air Force, reporting under the Chief of the Air Staff. [1] [2] The post is usually held by an Air Marshal, a three-star rank air force general, who is responsible for flight safety, intelligence, procurement, public relations, and the Air War College. [2]
The current VCAS is Air Marshal Hamid Rashid Randhawa.
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All persons mentioned below have served as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff.
No. | Rank | Name | Appointment date | Left office | References |
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1 | Air Marshal | Michael John O'Brian | |||
2 | Jamal A. Khan | 1982 | |||
3 | Farooq Feroze Khan | 1988 | |||
4 | Pervaiz Mehdi Qureshi | 1997 | |||
5 | Hifazat Ullah Khan | 29 March 2009 | 4 October 2010 | ||
6 | Tahir Rafique Butt | 5 October 2010 | 8 June 2012 | ||
7 | Farhat Hussain Khan | 9 June 2012 | 9 July 2013 | [3] | |
8 | Sohail Gul | 8 August 2014 | 10 April 2015 | [4] | |
9 | Saeed Muhammad Khan | 11 April 2015 | 5 October 2017 | [5] | |
10 | Farooq Habib | 6 October 2017 | 3 November 2018 | [6] | |
11 | Aasim Zaheer | 4 November 2018 | 17 January 2020 | [7] | |
12 | Ahmer Shehzad Leghari | 18 January 2020 | 19 March 2021 | [8] | |
13 | Syed Noman Ali | 20 March 2021 | 20 March 2022 | ||
14 | Muhammad Zahid Mahmood | 21 March 2022 | Incumbent | [9] |
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