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List of commanders of the Air Force of Zimbabwe

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Commander of Air Force of Zimbabwe
Incumbent Air Marshal John Jacob Nzvede since March 2024
Air Force of Zimbabwe
Abbreviation	Comd AFZ
Member of	Defence Policy Council
Reports to	Chief of Defense
Website	Official website

The Commander of the Air Force is chief of the Air Force of Zimbabwe. He commands operations, administration and logistics within the air force.

List of commanders[edit]

No.	Name	Rank	Term of office			Ref.
No.	Name	Rank	Took office	Left office	Duration	Ref.
1	Dirk Cloete	Major	1936	1938	1–2 years	^[1]
2	Charles Meredith	Lieutenant colonel	1939	1946	6–7 years	^[1]
3	Keith Taute	Lieutenant colonel	1947	1949	1–2 years	^[1]
4	Ted Jacklin	Air vice-marshal	1949	30 June 1961	11–12 years	^[1]^[2]
5	Raf Bentley	Air vice-marshal	30 June 1961	1965	3–4 years	^[1]^[2]
6	Harold Hawkins	Air vice-marshal	1965	1968	2–3 years	^[1]^[2]
7	Archibald Wilson	Air marshal	8 February 1969	13 April 1973	4 years, 64 days	^[1]^[2]
8	Mick McLaren	Air marshal	15 April 1973	12 April 1977	3 years, 362 days	^[1]^[2]
9	Frank Mussell	Air marshal	12 April 1977	18 April 1980	3 years, 6 days	^[1]^[2]

No.	Name	Rank	Term of office			Ref.
No.	Name	Rank	Took office	Left office	Duration	Ref.
1	Frank Mussell	Air marshal	18 April 1980	1981	0–1 years	^[1]^[2]
2	Norman Walsh	Air marshal	1981	22 May 1983	1–2 years	^[1]^[2]
3	Azim Daudpota	Air marshal	July 1983	January 1986	2–3 years	^[1]
4	Josiah Tungamirai	Air chief marshal	January 1986	1992	5–6 years	^[1]
5	Perrance Shiri	Air marshal	1992	7 December 2017	24–25 years	^[1]
–	Shebba Shumbayaonda (acting)	Air vice-marshal	7 December 2017	18 December 2017	11 days
6	Elson Moyo	Air marshal	18 December 2017	Incumbent	6 years, 180 days

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Commanders of the Rhodesian Air Force". rhodesianforces.org. Retrieved 2020-01-03.

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Ministry of Defence	Defence Forces Army Special Forces Fifth Brigade Air Force
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