List of serving air marshals of the Pakistan Air Force

This is the list of serving Air Marshals of the Pakistan Air Force. At present, the Air Force has 1 Air Chief Marshal (ACM), 08 Air Marshals (AM) and 42 Air Vice Marshals (AVM).

List of designated and active Four-Star Officer

Rank Name Photo Branch Position Decorations Date of Retirement


Air Chief Marshal
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 		18 March 2024

List of designated and active Three-Star Officers

# Rank Name Branch Position Decorations Date of Retirement
1


Air Marshal
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 Irfan Ahmad GD(P) Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Projects (DCAS-Projects), AHQ, Islamabad Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) 		28 May 2025
3 Zulfiqar Ahmad Qureshi GD(P) Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Training (DCAS-T), AHQ, Islamabad Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) 		30 July 2025
4 Ahmad Hassan Engg Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Engineering (DCAS-E), AHQ, Islamabad Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) 		30 September 2025
5 Ch Ahsen Rafique GD(P) Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Operations (DCAS-O), AHQ, Islamabad Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) 		30 September 2025
6 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
7 Abdul Moeed Khan GD(P) Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Air Defence (DCAS-AD), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 16 January 2027
8 Ghulam Abbas Ghumman GD(P) Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, National Aerospace Science and Technology Park (DCAS-NASTP), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Basalat 		16 January 2027

List of designated and active Two-Star Officers

# Rank Name Branch Position Decoration Date of Retirement
1


Air Vice Marshal
Imtiaz Sattar GD(P) Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 		5 July 2023 (On Extension)
2 Syed Imran Majid Ali GD(P) Air Officer Commanding, PAF Airmen Academy (AOC PAA) Korangi Creek, Karachi Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 5 July 2023 (On Extension)
3 Tariq Zia GD(P) Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 5 July 2023 (On Extension)
4 Nadeem Akhtar Khan GD(P) Chairman, Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Board (Chairman PACB), Kamra Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 5 July 2023 (On Extension)
5 S. Fauad Masud Hatmi GD(P) Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Support (DCAS-S), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Basalat 		10 July 2024
6 Zaffar Aslam GD(P) Director General, Welfare & Rehabilitation (DG W & R), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-e-Basalat 		10 July 2024
7 Kazim Hammad GD(P) Director General, Administration (DG Admin), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 10 July 2024
8 Shakil Ghazanfar GD(P) Director General, Air Intelligence (DG AI), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 10 July 2024
9 Muhammad Sarfraz GD(P) Director General, Projects (DG Projects), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 10 July 2024
10 Muhammad Amir Hayat Engg Chief Executive Officer, Pakistan International Airlines (CEO PIA), Karachi Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 10 July 2024
11 Khalid Mehmood GD(P) Air Officer Commanding, Southern Air Command (AOC SAC), Karachi

Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)

11 June 2025
12 Salman Abbas Shah Engg Managing Director, Aircraft Manufacturing Factory (MD AMF), PAC, Kamra Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 		11 June 2025
13 Muhammad Irfan Engg Managing Director, Avionics Production Factory (MD APF), PAC, Kamra Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 11 June 2025
14 Shahid Mansoor Jehangiri GD(P) Additional Secretary-II (PAF), Ministry of Defence (AS-II MoD), Rawalpindi Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 15 June 2025
15 Kashif Qamar GD(P) Director General, Logistics (DG Log), JS HQ, Chaklala Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 15 June 2025
16 Asim Rashid Malik Engg Director General, Aerospace Engineering (DG AE), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 15 June 2025
17 Syed Hasan Kashif Engg Director, Precision Engineering Complex (Director PEC), PIA, Karachi Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 15 June 2025
18 Dr. Shakeel Safdar Engg Director General, Pakistan Air Force Airworthiness Certification Authority (DG PACA), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 16 June 2025
19 Dr. Muhammad Ajmal Khan Engg Principal, School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (Principal SEECS), NUST, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 16 June 2025
20 Amir Shahzad GD(P) Director General, Training (DG Training), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 16 June 2025
21 Zubair Hassan Khan GD(P) Director General, Operations, National Aerospace Science and Technology Park (DG Operations, NASTP), Rawalpindi Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)

Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)

16 June 2025
22 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)

Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military)

16 June 2025
23 Imran Saif AD Chief Instructor, Allied Officers Division (CI AOD), National Defence University (NDU), Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 22 June 2025
24 Hussain Ahmed Siddiqui GD(P) President, Air War College Institute (President AWCI), Karachi Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 22 June 2025
25 Zaeem Afzal GD(P) Deputy Chief Project Director JF-17 (Deputy CPD, JF-17), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 22 June 2025
26 Muhammad Ikram-Ul-Haq Noor A&SD Advisor (Administration) to Chief of the Air Staff, AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) 		16 August 2025
27 Hakim Raza GD(P) Air Officer Commanding, Northern Air Command (AOC NAC), Peshawar Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) 		15 August 2026
28 Aurangzeb Ahmed GD(P) Director General, Warfare & Strategy (DG W & S), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) 		15 August 2026
29 Farooq Zamir Afridi GD(P) Director General, Security (DG Security), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) 		15 August 2026
30 Tahir Mehmood AD Air Officer Commanding, Air Defence Command (AOC ADC), Rawalpindi Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Basalat 		15 August 2026
31 Taimur Iqbal GD(P) Additional Director General, Civil Aviation Authority (ADG CAA), Karachi Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) 		15 August 2026
32 Tariq Mahmood Ghazi GD(P) Air Officer Commanding, Central Air Command (AOC CAC), Lahore Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 15 August 2026
33 Mohsin Mahmood Engg Director General, Avionics & Weapons Engineering (DG Av. & WE), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 15 August 2026
34 Imran Qadir GD (P) Advisor (Operations, Audit & Evaluation Cell) to Chief of the Air Staff, AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 2 February 2027
35 Ghazanfar Latif GD (P) Air Officer Commanding, Pakistan Air Force Academy Asghar Khan (AOC PAF Academy Asghar Khan), Risalpur Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military)

Sitara-e-Basalat

2 February 2027
36 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
37 Nauman Waheed GD (P) Director General, Air Operations (DG AO), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) 2 February 2027
38 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
39 Abuzar Khan Engg Managing Director, Aircraft Rebuild Factory (MD ARF), PAC, Kamra Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) 2 February 2027
40 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
41 Ghulam Shabbir Engg Advisor (Engineering) to Chief of the Air Staff, AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) 2 February 2027
42 Dr. Liaquat Ullah Iqbal GD (P) Chief Project Director & Chief Executive Officer, National Aerospace Science & Technology Park (CPD & CEO NASTP), Chaklala, Rawalpindi Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) 16 October 2027

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