Pak Air Force MCQs and Current affairs 1947-2013

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 )

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