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(Redirected from AHQ (PAF))

Air Headquarters

AHQ
Islamabad in Pakistan
Site information
OwnerPakistan Air Force
Websitewww.paf.gov.pk
Garrison information
Current
commander
Chief of Air Staff Zaheer Ahmad Babar

Air Headquarters (AHQ) is the Headquarters of Pakistan Air Force, located in Islamabad. Initially it was established at Peshawar on 15 August 1947.[1][2] Later it was moved to Karachi on 1 June 1948 and back to Peshawar in 1960. In 1983 construction of Air headquarters was started at Islamabad after it was decided to have all the armed forces headquarters in the capital city. On 1 August 2005 the headquarters was moved from Chaklala, Rawalpindi to Islamabad. During the construction of the headquarter's building at Islamabad the headquarters directorates were housed at PAF base Chaklala.[3]

Command Structure[edit]

There are nine branches at AHQ each commanded by Air marshal rank officer, and several directorates headed by Air vice-marshal rank officers.

1.Chief of Air Staff Secretariat

2.Vice Chief of the Air Staff Branch, VCAS-Branch

3. Chairman, Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Board (Chairman PACB), Kamra.

4. Deputy Chief of Air Staff Training (DCAS-T)

5. Deputy Chief of Air Staff Engineering (DCAS-E)

6. Deputy Chief of Air Staff Operations (DCAS-O)

7. Deputy Chief of Air Staff Air Defence (DCAS-AD)

8. Deputy Chief of Air Staff Administration (DCAS-A)

9. Deputy Chief of Air Staff National Aerospace Science and Technology Park (DCAS-NASTP)

10. Chief Project Director, JF-17, (CPD JF-17).

11. Deputy Chief of Air Staff-Support (DCAS-Support)

12. Deputy Chief of Air Staff- Projects (DCAS-PJ)

13. Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Personnel (DCAS-P)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Pakistan Air Force". Defence Journal. March 1998. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 27 April 2012.
  • ^ Eqbal Ahmad; Noam Chomsky; Carollee Bengelsdorf; Margaret Cerullo (13 June 2006). The Selected Writings of Eqbal Ahmad (1st ed.). Columbia University Press. p. 593. ISBN 978-0231127110. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  • ^ "Pakistani air force chief inaugurates new HQ in Islamabad". BBC. 2 August 2005.

  • Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Air_Headquarters_(Pakistan)&oldid=1219651193"

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