Vice Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)

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.[1] 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.[1]

Vice chief of Air Staff
Incumbent
Air Marshal, Zahid Mahmood Leghari
since 21 March 2022
 Pakistan Air Force
TypeSecond in command of Pakistan Air Force
AbbreviationVCAS
Reports toChief of Air Staff

The current VCAS is Air Marshal, Zahid Mahmood Leghari.[2] He succeeded Air Marshal Ahmer Shehzad Leghari to the post on 21 march 2022.

List of vice chiefs of air staff

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

No.RankNameAppointment dateLeft officeReferences
1 Air Marshal Sohail Gul 8 August 2014 [3]
2 Saeed Muhammad Khan 11 April 2015 [4]
3 Farooq Habib 6 October 2017 [5]
4 Aasim Zaheer 4 November 2018 [6]
5 Ahmer Shehzad Leghari 18 January 2020 [7]
6 Zahid Mahmood 21 March 2022 [8]

See also

References
  1. Usman, Shabbir (2003). "Command & Structure control". pakdef.org. PakDef Military Consortium. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  2. "Air Marshal Zahid Mahmood appointed as Vice Chief of Air Staff". 21 March 2022.
  3. "Sohail Gul appointed Vice Chief of Air Staff". Dawn. 8 August 2014.
  4. "Saeed appointed Vice Chief of Air Staff". Nation. 11 April 2011.
  5. "Air Marshal Farooq Habib appointed as Vice Chief of the Air Staff". The News International. 6 October 2017.
  6. "Aasim Zaheer named Vice Chief of Air Staff". Dawn. 4 November 2018.
  7. "Air Marshal Leghari made VCAS, Commodore Faisal promoted". The News International. 19 December 2021.
  8. "Air Marshal Zahid Mahmood appointed as Vice Chief of Air Staff". 21 March 2022.
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