Founded 14 August 1947
Size 65,000 full-time personnel
(including 3,000 pilots)
10,000 reservists
Air Headquarters AHQ, Islamabad
Engagements
1947 Indo-Pak War
1965 Rann of Kutch Skirmish
1965 Indo-Pak War
1971 Indo-Pak War
1979–1988 Soviet-Afghan War
1999 Kargil Conflict
2001-2002 Indo-Pak Stand-off
War in North-West Pakistan (2007-present)
Past Chiefs of the Air Staff
01- Air Vice Marshal Allan Perry-Keene ( August 15, 1947 To February 17, 1949 )
02- Air Vice Marshal Sir Richard Atcherley ( February 18, 1949 To May 6, 1951 )
03- Air Vice Marshal Leslie William Cannon ( May 7, 1951 To June 19, 1955 )
04- Air Vice Marshal Sir Arthur McDonald ( June 20, 1955 To July 22, 1957 )
05- Air Marshal Asghar Khan ( July 23, 1957 To July 22, 1965 )
06- Air Marshal Nur Khan ( July 23, 1965 To August 31, 1969 )
07- Air Marshal Abdul Rahim Khan ( September 1, 1969 TO March 2, 1972 )
08- Air Marshal Zafar Chaudhry ( March 3, 1972 To April 15, 1974 )
09- Air Chief Marshal Zulfiqar Ali Khan ( April 16, 1974 To July 22, 1978 )
10- Air Chief Marshal Anwar Shamim ( July 23, 1978 To March 5, 1985 )
11- Air Chief Marshal Jamal A. Khan ( March 6, 1985 To March 8, 1988 )
12- Air Chief Marshal Hakimullah ( March 9, 1988 To March 9, 1991 )
13- Air Chief Marshal Farooq Feroze Khan ( March 9, 1991 To November 8, 1994 )
14- Air Chief Marshal Abbas Khattak ( November 9, 1994 To November 7, 97 )
15- Air Chief Marshal Parvaiz Mehdi Qureshi ( November 8, 1997 To November 20, 2000 )
16- Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir ( November 20, 2000 To February 20, 2003 )
17- Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat ( March 18, 2003 To March 18, 2006 )
18- Air Chief Marshal Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed ( March 18, 2006 To March 18, 2009 )
19- Air Chief Marshal Rao Qamar Suleman ( March 18, 2009 - To March 19, 2012 )
20- Air Chief Masrshal Tahir Rafique Butt ( March 19, 2012 - To Present )
