serviceyears branch allegiance birth_date term_end commands battles term_start rank name predecessor president unit awards office successor primeminister native_name article_title
1977-2015 pakistan 23px pakistan 1955 march 19 , 2015 chief kpk branch -rrb- southern air command acas of paf personnel of acas training dcas personnel paf base lower topa air staff director of the nab -lrb- 2001 pakistan india-pakistan standoff 2008 indo-pakistan standoff war in north-west march 19 , 2012 30px air chief marshal tahir rafique butt rao qamar suleman mamnoon hussain sq. no 1 '' rehbar '' 25pxnishan-e-imtiaz -lrb- military -rrb- 25pxtamgha-e-basalat -lrb- military -rrb- 25pxhilal-e-imtiaz -lrb- military -rrb- 25pxsitara-e-imtiaz 20th chief of air staff sohail aman nawaz sharif طاھر رفیق بٹ tahir rafique butt

tahir rafique butt

air chief marshal tahir rafique butt -lrb- urdu : طاهر رفيق بٹ ; b. 1955 -rrb- tbt , ni -lrb- m -rrb- hi -lrb- m -rrb- msc , was a four-star rank air chief marshal who also served as chief of air staff of the pakistan air force from 7 march 2012 to 19 march 2015 .
he was replaced by air chief marshal sohail aman as chief of air staff on 19 march 2015 .
he formally assumed the charge on 19 march 2012 .
before being appointed chief he was serving as vice chief of air staff since 5 october 2010 .
his other appointments include deputy chief of air staff at air headquarters and commanding an operational base .
