# Chief of Air Force (Malaysia)

The Chief of Air Force (Malay: Panglima Tentera Udara, Jawi: ڤڠليما تنترا اودارا‎) is the most senior appointment in the Royal Malaysian Air Force and has been held by a four-star officer in the rank of General (equivalent to Air Chief Marshal) since 1996. The Chief of Air Force is a member of the Malaysian Armed Forces Council and directly reports to the Chief of Defence Forces (CDF).
The current Chief of Air Force is General Dato' Sri Mohd Asghar Khan Goriman Khan – who succeeded General Tan Sri Datuk Seri Ackbal Abdul Samad on 4 March 2022. General Tan Sri Affendi Buang promoted into CDF on 2 January 2020 thus making him the second Chief of Air Force ever to hold the highest post in the Malaysian Armed Forces.

## Appointees

Up to the year 2022, 20 people had appointed to the number 1 rank in the Royal Malaysian Air Force since 1957.
| No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) | Term of office | Term of office | Term of office | Ref. |
| No. | Portrait | Name (birth–death) | Took office | Left office | Time in office | Ref. |
| Deputy Chief of Staff (Air), Royal Malayan Air Force |||||||
| 1 | | Air commodore Sandy Johnstone (1916–2000) | 30 November 1957 | 4 September 1958 | 278 days | |
| Chief of Air Staff |||||||
| 2 | | Air commodore Nicol Challis Hyde (1910–1987) | 5 September 1958 | 31 December 1959 | 1 year, 117 days | |
| 3 | | Group captain John Nichol Stacey (1920–2003) | 1 January 1960 | 19 May 1963 | 3 years, 138 days | |
| 4 | | Group captain Cyril Stanley John West (1918–1977) | 20 May 1963 | 13 May 1965 | 1 year, 358 days | |
| 5 | | Air commodore Alasdair Steedman (1922–1992) | 14 May 1965 | 31 October 1968 | 3 years, 170 days | |
| 6 | | Air vice marshal Datuk Sulaiman Sujak (born 1934) | 1 November 1968 | 31 December 1976 | 8 years, 60 days | |
| 7 | | Lieutenant general Dato' Mohamed Taib (?–?) | 1 January 1977 | 24 August 1983 | 6 years, 235 days | |
| Chief of Air Force |||||||
| 8 | | Lieutenant General Tan Sri Dato' Mohamed Ngah Said (1938–2013) | 24 August 1983 | 18 March 1991 | 7 years, 206 days | |
| 9 | | Lieutenant General Dato' Seri Mohd Yunus Mohd Tasi (born 1940) | 19 March 1991 | 19 August 1993 | 2 years, 153 days | |
| 10 | | Lieutenant General Dato' Seri Abdul Ghani Abdul Aziz (born 1944) | 20 August 1993 | 10 August 1996 | 2 years, 356 days | |
| 11 | | General Tan Sri Dato' Seri Ahmad Saruji Che Rose (born 1946) | 10 August 1996 | 12 June 2001 | 4 years, 306 days | |
| 12 | | General Dato' Sri Suleiman Mahmud (born 1947) | 12 June 2001 | 4 March 2003 | 1 year, 265 days | |
| 13 | | General Dato' Sri Abdullah Ahmad (born 1948) | 4 March 2003 | 4 April 2004 | 1 year, 32 days | |
| 14 | | General Tan Sri Dato' Sri Nik Ismail Nik Mahmud (born 1951) | 4 April 2004 | 30 October 2006 | 2 years, 210 days | |
| 15 | | General Tan Sri Dato' Sri Azizan Ariffin (born 1952) | 30 October 2006 | 31 August 2009 | 2 years, 306 days | |
| 16 | | General Tan Sri Dato' Sri Rodzali Daud (born 1955) | 1 September 2009 | 11 September 2014 | 5 years, 10 days | |
| 17 | | General Tan Sri Dato' Sri Roslan Saad (born 1956) | 12 September 2014 | 20 December 2016 | 2 years, 99 days | |
| 18 | | General Tan Sri Dato' Sri Affendi Buang (born 1956) | 21 December 2016 | 2 January 2020 | 3 years, 12 days | |
| 19 | | General Tan Sri Dato' Sri Ackbal Abdul Samad (born 1962) | 3 January 2020 | 4 March 2022 | 2 years, 61 days | |
| 20 | | General Tan Sri Dato' Sri Mohd Asghar Khan Goriman Khan (born 1965) | 7 March 2022 | Incumbent | 2 years, 361 days | |