Vice Chief of the Air Staff (Pakistan)

Position within the Pakistani Air Force

The Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS) is the principal deputy and second-in-command of the Pakistan Air Force, reporting under the Chief of the Air Staff.^[1][2] Before 1979, the post was referred to as the Deputy Chief of Air Staff and is usually held by an Air Marshal, a three-star rank air force officer, who is responsible for flight safety, intelligence, procurement, public relations, and the PAF Air War College.^[2]

The current VCAS is Air Marshal Hamid Rashid Randhawa.

List of Vice Chiefs of the Air Staff

All persons mentioned below have served as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff.

See also

• Vice Chief of the Army Staff (Pakistan)
• Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (Pakistan)

References

1. "PAF Structure – Principal Staff Officers". Pakistan Air Force. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
2. Khan, H. "Command & Structure". PakDef Military Consortium. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
3. History of the Pakistan Air Force, 1947-1982, Pakistan Air Force, 1982 (p. 222)
4. "Air Marshal Farhat Hussain Khan Appointed as Vice chief of Air Staff" (PDF). Pakistan Air Force. 9 June 2012.
5. "Sohail Gul appointed Vice Chief of Air Staff". Dawn. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
6. "Saeed appointed Vice Chief of Air Staff". The Nation. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
7. "Air Marshal Farooq Habib appointed as Vice Chief of the Air Staff". The News International. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
8. "Aasim Zaheer named Vice Chief of Air Staff". Dawn. 4 November 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
9. Anis, Muhammad (18 January 2020). "Air Marshal Leghari made VCAS, Commodore Faisal promoted". The News International. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
10. "Air Marshal Zahid becomes Vice Chief of Air Staff". The News International. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.