Chief of Air Staff ( Pakistan ) - wikipedia Chief of Air Staff ( Pakistan ) Chief of Air Staff of Pakistan Air Force سربراہ پاک فضائيه Flag of the Chief of Air Staff Incumbent Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman since 19 March 2015 Ministry of Defence Air Force Secretariat - II at MoD Status Present Abbreviation CAS Member of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Reports to Prime Minister of Pakistan Minister of Defence Seat Air AHQ Islamabad in Pakistan Nominator Prime Minister of Pakistan Appointer President of Pakistan Term length 3 years Renewable only once Precursor Air Force Commander - in - Chief Formation March 3, 1972 ; 45 years ago ( 1972 - 03 - 03 ) First holder Air Mshl Zafar Chaudhry ( as Chief of Air Staff ) Succession On basis of seniority, subjected to the decision of the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Unofficial names Air chief Deputy Vice Chief of Air Staff ( VCAS ) Salary According to Pakistan Military officer 's Pay Grade ( apex Scale ) Website Official website The Chief of Air Staff ( Urdu : سربراہ پاک فضائيه ‬ ‎ ) ( reporting name : CAS ), is a military appointment and a statutory office held by the four - star rank air force general in the Pakistan Air Force, who is appointed by the Prime Minister of Pakistan and final confirmation by the President of Pakistan. The CAS is the highest - ranking officer of the Pakistan Air Force and only pilots are appointed in this post. The Chief of Air Staff is a senior most military appointment in the Pakistani military who is a senior member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee in a separate capacity, usually providing necessary consultation to the Chairman joint chiefs to act as a principle military adviser to the Prime Minister and its civilian government in the line of defending and guarding the nations 's airspace and aerial borders. The Chief of Air Staff exercise its responsibility of command and control of the operational, administration, combatant, logistics, and training commands within the Air Force, as an oppose to its U.S. Air Force 's Chief of Staff. Due to its statue, the Chief of Air Staff maintain its importance of providing the strategic control and final decision - making issues relating the nation 's national security. The appointment, in principle, is constitutionally subjected for three years but extensions may be granted by the President upon recommendations and approvals from the Prime Minister. The Chief of Air Staff is based on the Air AHQ, and the current Chief of Air Staff is Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman, serving in this capacity since 19 March 2015. Contents 1 History 2 List of Chiefs of Air Staff 3 Vice Chief of Air Staff 4 See also 5 References 6 External links History The Pakistan Air Force was created from the partition of the Royal Indian Air Force after the partition of India in 1947, and were commanded by the appointments approved by the British Air Council. The position was then - known as the Commander in Chief who would directly reported to the Governor - General who was also under British monarchs. At first, the office was held by the two - star rank air officer, an Air Vice Marshal, and later upgraded to a three - star rank, Air Marshal. The British Air Council continued making the appointment at the command level until 1957, when Pakistan had promoted a local air officer to the commanding position. On 20 March 1972, the title of the office was changed from `` Commander in Chief '' to the `` Chief of Air Staff '' with Air Marshal Zafar Chaudhry being appointed as the first air chief. The Air Force had its first four - star rank officer, an Air Chief Marshal, in 1974. The term of the superannuation was then constrained to three years in the office as opposed to four years and air chief was made a permanent member of Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee. Since 1974, there has been 14 four - star rank air force officers who have commanded the air force as its air chief. The Chief of Air Staff is nominated and appointed by the Prime Minister whose appointment is then confirmed by the President. The air force leadership is based in the Air AHQ in Islamabad, at the vicinity of the Navy NHQ. The Chief of Air Staff leads the functions of the Air AHQ, assisted by the civilians from the Air Force Secretariat - II of the Ministry of Defence ( MoD ). The Chief of Air Staff exercise its responsibility of complete operational, training and logistics commands. In addition, the Air chief has several staff officers : Vice Chief of Air Staff Deputy Chief of Air Staff Aerial Support ( DCAS ( S ) Deputy Chief of Air Staff Training and Evaluation ( DCAS ( T&E ) ) Deputy Chief of Air Staff Air Operations ( DCAS AO ) Deputy Chief of Air Staff Personnel ( DCAS P ) Deputy Chief of Air Staff Engineering ( DCAS ( E ) ) List of chiefs of Air Staff Rank insignia of the whole PAF was changed from Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed. Order Name Rank Portrait Appointment Date End of Term Decorations Commanders - in - Chief of the Pakistan Air Force ( C - in - C ) 1. Allan Perry - Keene Air Vice Marshal 15 August 1947 17 February 1949 CB, OBE Richard Atcherley Air Vice Marshal 18 February 1949 6 May 1951 CB, CBE, AFC Leslie William Cannon Air Vice Marshal 7 May 1951 19 June 1955 CB, CBE Arthur McDonald Air Vice Marshal 20 June 1955 22 July 1957 CB AFC 5 Asghar Khan Air Marshal 23 July 1957 22 July 1965 HPk, HQA 6 Nur Khan Air Marshal 23 July 1965 31 August 1969 SPk, HJ, HS, HQA, OI ( J ), NOC, OVN 7 Abdur Rahim Khan Air Marshal 1 September 1969 2 March 1972 SPk, HJ, SBt Chiefs of Air Staff of Pakistan Air Force ( CAS ) Zafar Chaudhry Air Marshal 3 March 1972 15 April 1974 SQA Zulfiqar Ali Khan Air Chief Marshal 16 April 1974 22 July 1978 NI ( M ) Anwar Shamim Air Chief Marshal 23 July 1978 5 March 1985 NI ( M ), SJ Jamal Khan Air Chief Marshal 6 March 1985 8 March 1988 NI ( M ), SJ, SBt 5 Hakeemullah Khan Durrani Air Chief Marshal 9 March 1988 9 March 1991 NI ( M ), SJ, SBt 6 Farooq Feroze Khan Air Chief Marshal 9 March 1991 8 November 1994 NI ( M ), SBt 7 Abbas Khattak Air Chief Marshal 8 November 1994 7 November 1997 NI ( M ), SBt 8 Pervaiz Mehdi Qureshi Air Chief Marshal 7 November 1997 20 November 2000 NI ( M ), SBt 9 Mushaf Ali Mir Air Chief Marshal 20 November 2000 20 February 2003 NI ( M ), SBt 10 Kaleem Saadat Air Chief Marshal 18 March 2003 18 March 2006 NI ( M ) 11 Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed Air Chief Marshal 18 March 2006 18 March 2009 NI ( M ), SBt 12 Rao Qamar Suleman Air Chief Marshal 19 March 2009 19 March 2012 NI ( M ), HI ( M ), SI ( M ), TI ( M ), SBt, LOM, OM, OKA 13 Tahir Rafique Butt Air Chief Marshal 19 March 2012 19 March 2015 NI ( M ), TBt 14 Sohail Aman Air Chief Marshal 19 March 2015 Present NI ( M ), HI ( M ), SI ( M ), TI ( C ) Vice Chief of Air Staff The Vice Chief of Air Staff ( VCAS ) is the post that is principal deputy and second - in - command ( S - in - C ) of the Pakistan Air Force, reporting under the Chief of Air Staff. 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. See also List of serving air marshals of the Pakistan Air Force Pakistan Air Force ranks Chief of the Air Staff - for commanders prior to 1947. Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee ( Pakistan ) Chief of Army Staff ( Pakistan ) Chief of Naval Staff ( Pakistan ) Chief of General Staff ( Pakistan ) References ^ Jump up to : MoD, Ministry of Defence. `` Organogram of MoD '' ( PDF ). mod.gov.pk/. Ministry of Defence Press. Retrieved 22 July 2017. ^ Jump up to : Mateen Haider ; Irfan Haider ( 18 March 2015 ). `` Air Marshal Sohail Aman appointed as new air chief ''. DAWN.COM. Dawn Newspaper, Islamabad. Dawn Newspapers. Retrieved 28 July 2017. ^ Jump up to : Cheema, Pervaiz Iqbal ( 2002 ). `` Defence Administration ''. The Armed Forces of Pakistan ( google books ) ( 1st ed. ). New York, U.S. : NYU Press. p. 225. ISBN 9780814716335. Retrieved 25 July 2017. ^ Jump up to : Usman, Shabbir ( 2003 ). `` Command & Structure control '' ( html ). pakdef.org. PakDef Military Consortium. Retrieved 25 July 2017. ^ Jump up to : Cheema, Pervaiz I. ; Riemer, Manuel ( 1990 ). Pakistan 's Defence Policy 1947 - 58. Springer. ISBN 9781349209422. Retrieved 27 July 2017. ^ Jump up to : Alam, Dr Shah ( 2012 ). `` Modernization under Bhutto ''. Pakistan Army : Modernisation, Arms Procurement and Capacity Building ( googlebooks ). Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. ISBN 9789381411797. Retrieved 27 July 2017. Jump up ^ Ramsey, Syed ( 2017 ). `` Recovery from 1971 war ''. Pakistan and Islamic Militancy in South Asia ( google books ). Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. ISBN 9789386367433. Retrieved 27 July 2017. 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Question: who is the air chief marshal of pakistan
Answer: Sohail Aman