List of serving air marshals of the Pakistan Air Force

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This is the list of serving Air Marshals of the Pakistan Air Force. At present, the Air Force has 1 Air Chief Marshal (ACM), 10 Air Marshals (AM) and 39 Air Vice Marshals (AVM).

List of designated and active Four-Star Officer[]

Rank Name Photo Branch Position Decorations Date of Retirement
Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu Zaheer Ahmad Babar.jpg GD(P) Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), AHQ, Islamabad Nishan-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military)
Hilal-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Rib bar 2 of Order of State.png Legion of Merit of Turkey
18 March 2024

List of designated and active Three-Star Officers[]

# Rank Name Branch Position Decorations Date of Retirement
1 Syed Noman Ali GD(P) Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS), AHQ, Islamabad Hilal-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military)
3 July 2022
2 Muhammad Zahid Mahmood GD(P) Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Personnel (DCAS-P), AHQ, Islamabad Hilal-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military)
5 July 2023
3 Aamir Masood GD(P) Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Air Defense (DCAS-AD), AHQ, Islamabad Hilal-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Star of Good Conduct Sitara-e-Basalat.png Sitara-e-Basalat (Military)
10 July 2024
4 Hamid Rashid Randhawa GD(P) Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Administration (DCAS-A), AHQ, Islamabad Hilal-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military)
13 April 2025
5 Irfan Ahmad GD(P) Director General Projects (DG Projects), AHQ, Islamabad Hilal-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military)
28 May 2025
6 Zulfiquar Ahmed Qureshi GD(P) Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Training (DCAS-T), AHQ, Islamabad Hilal-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)

Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military)

30 July 2025
7 Muhammad Mughees Afzal GD(P) Chairman, Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Board (Chairman PACB), Kamra Hilal-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
30 July 2025
8 Ahmad Hassan Engg Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Engineering (DCAS-E), AHQ, Islamabad Hilal-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military)
30 September 2025
9 Ch Ahsen Rafique GD(P) Chief Project Director JF-17 (CPD JF-17), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military)
30 September 2025
10 Waqas Ahmed Sulehri GD(P) Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Operations (DCAS-O), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military)
30 September 2025

List of designated and active Two-Star Officers[]

# Rank Name Branch Position Decoration Date of Retirement
1
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Air Vice Marshal
Dr. Rizwan Riaz Engg Pro-Rector, Research, Innovation & Commercialisation (Pro-Rector RIC), NUST and Vice President, National Science and Technology Park (VP NSTP), Islamabad Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 30 November 2021 (On Extension)
2 Muhammad Nadeem Sabir GD(P) Inspector General, Air Force (IGAF), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military)
4 July 2022
3 Syed Sabahat Hassan Shah AD Air Officer Commanding, Air Defence Command (AOC ADC), Rawalpindi Hilal-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
5 July 2023
4 Imtiaz Sattar GD(P) Commander, Air Force Strategic Command (Cdr AFSC), Islamabad Hilal-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
5 July 2023
5 Muhammad Qaisar Janjua GD(P) Air Officer Commanding, PAF Academy (AOC PAF Academy), Risalpur Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 5 July 2023
6 Raja Faheem Shahzad Kiyani Engg Director General, Air Weapon Complex (DG AWC), Wah Cantt Hilal-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
5 July 2023
7 Muhammad Shams-Ul-Haq Jajja Engg Advisor (Engineering) to Chief of the Air Staff, AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 5 January 2022 (On Extension)
8 Syed Imran Majid Ali GD(P) Director General, Administration (DG Admin), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 5 July 2023
9 Abdul Moeed Khan GD(P) Director General, Air Operations (DG AO), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 5 July 2023
10 Tariq Zia GD(P) Director General, Public Relations, Pakistan Air Force (DG PR PAF), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 5 July 2023
11 Nadeem Akhtar Khan GD(P) Deputy Chairman, Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Board (DC PACB), Kamra Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 5 July 2023
12 Ghulam Abbas Ghumman GD(P) Director General, Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (DG C4I), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Medal of Good Conduct Tamgha-e-Basalat.png Tamgha-e-Basalat (Military)
5 July 2023
13 Amir Rashid GD(P) Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 10 July 2024
14 S. Fauad Masud Hatmi GD(P) Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Support (DCAS-S), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Medal of Good Conduct Tamgha-e-Basalat.png Tamgha-e-Basalat (Military)
10 July 2024
15 Muhammad Jamal Arshad GD(P) Additional Director General, Civil Aviation Authority (ADG CAA), Karachi Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 10 July 2024
16 Zaffar Aslam GD(P) Air Officer Commanding, Central Air Command (AOC CAC), Lahore Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Star of Good Conduct Sitara-e-Basalat.png Sitara-e-Basalat (Military)
10 July 2024
17 Kazim Hammad GD(P) Additional Secretary-II (PAF), Ministry of Defence (AS-II MoD), Rawalpindi Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 10 July 2024
18 Shakil Ghazanfar GD(P) Director General, Air Intelligence (DG AI), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 10 July 2024
19 Muhammad Sarfraz GD(P) Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 10 July 2024
20 Irfan Zaheer Engg Director, Precision Engineering Complex (Director PEC), PIA, Karachi Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 10 July 2024
21 Asif Maqsood Engg Director General, NUTECH Office of Research, Industrialization, Internationalization, Commercialization (DG NORIIC), Islamabad Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 10 July 2024
22 Muhammad Amir Hayat Engg Advisor to CEO and President, PIA Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 10 July 2024
23 Khalid Mehmood GD(P) Director General, Security (DG Security), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 11 June 2025
24 Dr. Asad Amir Pirzada Engg Director General, Aviation Research, Indigenisation & Development (DG AvRID), PAC, Kamra Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 11 June 2025
25 Salman Abbas Shah Engg Managing Director, Aircraft Manufacturing Factory (MD AMF), PAC, Kamra Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 11 June 2025
26 Muhammad Irfan Engg Managing Director, Avionics Production Factory (MD APF), PAC, Kamra Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 11 June 2025
27 Shahid Mansoor Jehangiri GD(P) Director General, Joint Operations (DG JO), GS Branch, GHQ Rawalpindi Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 15 June 2025
28 Kashif Qamar GD(P) Director General, Logistics (DG Log), JS HQ, Chaklala Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 15 June 2025
29 Asim Rashid Malik Engg Director General, Aerospace Engineering (DG AE), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 15 June 2025
30 Syed Hasan Kashif Engg Director General, Avionics Engineering (DG AvE), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 15 June 2025
31 Dr. Shakeel Safdar Engg Director General, Pakistan Air Force Airworthiness Certification Authority (DG PACA), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 16 June 2025
32 Dr. Muhammad Ajmal Khan Engg Principal, School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science (Principal SEECS), NUST, Islamabad Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 16 June 2025
33 Amir Shahzad GD(P) Director General, Training (DG Training), AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 16 June 2025
34 Zubair Hassan Khan GD(P) Air Officer Commanding, PAF Airmen Academy (AOC PAA), Korangi Creek, Karachi Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 16 June 2025
35 Muhammad Ehsan Ul Haq GD(P) Air Officer Commanding, Northern Air Command (AOC NAC), Peshawar Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 16 June 2025
36 Imran Saif AD Chief Instructor, Allied Officers Division (CI AOD), National Defence University (NDU), Islamabad Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 22 June 2025
37 Hussain Ahmed Siddiqui GD(P) Commandant, Air War College Institute (Comdt AWCI), Karachi Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 22 June 2025
38 Zaeem Afzal GD(P) Air Officer Commanding, Southern Air Command (AOC SAC), Karachi Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military) 22 June 2025
39 Muhammad Ikram-Ul-Haq Noor A&SD Advisor (Administration) to Chief of the Air Staff, AHQ, Islamabad Sitara-i-Imtiaz Pakistan.svg Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Military)
Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military)
16 August 2025

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