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Vice Chief Of The Air Staff (Pakistan)
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. Before Mohammad Akhtar's appointment, the position was called Chief of Staff. When he took over, it was renamed Deputy Chief of Air Staff, and in 1979, it became Vice Chief of Staff, typically 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. List of Vice Chiefs of the Air Staff Each individual listed below has held the same position, which was titled Chief of Staff (C.O.S.) from 1948 to 1964, Deputy Chief of Air Staff (DCAS) from 1964 to 1979, with the exception of Stephen Aratoon Yusaf, who served as Chief of Staff from 1969 to 1970 alongside DCAS Khyber Khan. Since 1979, the position has been titled Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS). See also * Vice Chief of the Army Staff (Pakistan) * Vice Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second-in-command
Second-in-command (2i/c or 2IC) is a title denoting that the holder of the title is the second-highest authority within a certain organisation. Usage In the British Army or Royal Marines, the second-in-command is the deputy commander of a unit, from battalion or regiment downwards. This terminology is also used in many other Commonwealth armies and other nations. The equivalent appointment in the United States Army is the executive officer. The second-in-command of a battalion or regiment is usually a major. The second-in-command of a company, squadron, or artillery battery (in which they are called the battery captain) is usually a captain (although infantry company second-in-commands were usually lieutenants until after the Second World War), the second-in-command of a platoon or troop is the platoon or troop sergeant, and the second-in-command of a section is usually a lance corporal. In the Royal Navy and Commonwealth navies, the second-in-command of a vessel, regardle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael John O'Brian
Michael John O'Brian (5 January 1928 — 1 December 1995) known as ''M.J. O'Brian'' and ''Micky O'Brian'' was among the pioneering officers of the Pakistan Air Force and two-star rank air officer who holds the distinction of being the only Air Force officer to serve as Commandant of the National Defence College, Islamabad. He served as the Vice Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan), Deputy Chief of Air Staff from 1974 to 1975. O'Brian was one of the distinguished Christianity in Pakistan, Christian pilots who participated in the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947 and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965. Throughout his career, O'Brian served as the Commandant of National Defence College, Islamabad, DCAS of the PAF, Deputy Chief of Air Staff, Base Commander PAF Base Korangi Creek, Commandant PAF Academy, and Commander No. 35 Wing. Early life Of Irish people, Irish descent, Michael John O'Brian was born on 1 May 1928 into a Christian family in Lahore. His brother, Charles O'Brian was a Excise and Tax ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vice Chief Of The Army Staff (Pakistan)
The Vice chief of the Army Staff (VCOAS) is the post that is principal deputy and second-in-command (S-in-C) of the Pakistan Army, reporting under the Chief of the Army Staff. The position was created in the existence of army chief is simultaneously the President of Pakistan, having taken over by imposing martial law against the elected civilian government. The post is now obsolete and no longer in existence with the army – the Chief of the General Staff now serves as the second-in-command in the army leadership. The function and scope of the vice army chief was to "exercise and perform all the powers and functions vested in the chief of army staff under the law. rules, regulations, orders, and instructions for the time being in the force." The vice army chiefs are considered to be the principal commanders of the army but not altogether, as the vice army chief has to report to the army chief, specifically in taking decisions regarding promotions. The post of the vice army ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muhammad Zahid Mahmood
Muhammad Zahid Mahmood HI TI SI is a retired air marshal and flight instructor in the Pakistan Air Force who served as the 6th vice chief of air staff.https://casstt.com/about/experts/air-marshal-zahid-mehmood-retd/ Prior to assuming the office in March 2022, he commanded the Combat Commanders' School at PAF Base Mushaf. Career Mahmood was commissioned in GD Pilot branch of the Pakistan Air Force in April 1987. His staff appointments include deputy chief of air staff (Personal) at the Air Headquarters, director general of the Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) and assistant chief of the air staff (Plans). He graduated from the Combat Commanders’ School, National Defence University, and the Air Command and Staff College The Air Command and Staff College (ACSC) is located at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama and is the United States Air Force's intermediate-level Professional Military Education (PME) school. It is a subord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmer Shehzad Leghari
Ahmer Shehzad Leghari is an air marshal in the Pakistan Air Force who served as the vice chief of the Air Staff in 2020. He also served as the director general logistics at Joint Staff Headquarters at Chaklala, Rawalpindi and chairperson of the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex, Kamra. Biography Leghari was commissioned in the General Duties Pilot (GDP) branch of the Pakistan Air Force in November 1984. He graduated from the Combat Commanders' School, the National Defence University, Islamabad, and the Command & Staff College, UK. He also served as air attaché in Pakistan Embassy, USA. Awards Leghari is the recipient of Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (military), Sitara-e-Imtiaz (military), Hilal-e-Imtiaz (military) and the Legion of Merit by the United States Air Force The United States Air Force (USAF) is the Air force, air service branch of the United States Department of Defense. It is one of the six United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The News International
''The News International'', published in broadsheet size, is one of the largest English language newspapers in Pakistan. It is published daily from Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi/ Islamabad. An overseas edition is published from London that caters to the Pakistani community in the United Kingdom.Profile of Pakistani newspaper The News International on mondotimes.com website Retrieved 22 September 2017. Publication ''The News International'' was launched in 1991. ''The News International'' and its Sunday version ''The News on Sunday'' is published by the Jang Group of Newspapers, publisher of the ''[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Nation (Pakistan)
''The Nation'' is an English-language daily newspaper owned by Majid Nizami Trust and based in Lahore, Pakistan. Rameeza Nizami is the executive editor of ''The Nation''. She is the adopted daughter of the Pakistani journalist, Majid Nizami (3 April 1928 – 26 July 2014). This newspaper is published daily from Lahore, Islamabad, Multan and Karachi Karachi is the capital city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, province of Sindh, Pakistan. It is the List of cities in Pakistan by population, largest city in Pakistan and 12th List of largest cities, largest in the world, with a popul .... References External links Official Website Daily newspapers published in Pakistan Mass media in Lahore Newspapers established in 1986 English-language newspapers published in Pakistan Conservatism in Pakistan Pakistani nationalism {{Pakistan-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dawn (newspaper)
''Dawn'' is a Pakistani English language, English-language newspaper that was launched in British Raj, British India by Muhammad Ali Jinnah in 1941. It is the largest English newspaper in Pakistan, and is widely considered the country's newspaper of record. ''Dawn'' is the flagship publication of the Dawn Media Group, which also owns local radio station ''CityFM89'' as well as the marketing and media magazine ''Aurora''. Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Pakistan's founding father, launched the newspaper in Delhi on 26 October 1941, with the goal of establishing it as a mouthpiece for the All-India Muslim League. The first issue was printed at Latifi Press on 12 October 1942. Based in Karachi, it also maintains offices in Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta and the capital city of Islamabad, in addition to having correspondents abroad. , it has a weekday circulation of over 109,000. The newspaper's current chief editor is Zaffar Abbas. History ''Dawn'' began as a weekly publication, based in New Delh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tahir Rafique Butt
Tahir Rafique Butt (Urdu:طاهر رفيق بٹ;b. 1955), is a retired air officer who was the 13th Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force serving from 19 March 2012 to 19 March 2015. He was replaced by Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman. Before being appointed chief he served as Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS) since 5 October 2010. His other appointments include Deputy Chief of the Air Staff at Air Headquarters and commanding an operational base. Biography Tahir Rafique Butt was born in 1955 to a Kashmiri family, in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. He received his early education from the PAF Public School, a boarding school managed by the Air Force. After graduating from PAF Public School in 1973, he enrolled in Punjab University and attained BSc in Science in 1975. The same year, Butt's nomination was accepted at the Pakistan Air Force Academy after being interviewed by the Inter-Services Selection Board. During his mid-officer career, Rafique studied at the Nation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hifazat Ullah Khan
Hifazat Ullah Khan () is former three-star general air officer who served as Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS) of Pakistan Air Force from 29 March 2009 till 4 October 2010. Education and early life Hifazat was born in Mianwali. He is a graduate of PAF College Lower Topa where he belonged to V Entry. He then joined the Pakistan Air Force Academy at Risalpur and was commissioned on 25 October 1974 in 58th GD(P) course. He has qualified Staff College and Air War Course from PAF Air War College; L'ESGI and CSI from the École Militaire in France. He holds a M.Sc. in Strategic studies, from Karachi University. Air Force career Air Marshal Hifazat got commissioned in 1974 in General Duties (Pilot) Branch of Pakistan Air Force (PAF). A fighter pilot of Mirage III, he has commanded No. 5 Tactical Attack and Reconnaissance Squadron, No. 33 Tactical Attack Wing as Commanding Officer and has served as flying instructor at the Combat Commanders' School. In staff jobs, he has serv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pervaiz Mehdi Qureshi
Parvaiz Mehdi Qureshi (born 1 October 1943) best known as PQ Mehdi, is a retired four-star air officer and former fighter pilot who served as the eighth Chief of Air Staff (CAS) of the Pakistan Air Force from 1997 until his retirement in 2000. His tenure in command of the Pakistan Air Force is notable for the events involving the short-lived military conflict with the Indian Army in Kargil in 1999. He is credited with advising Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif against all-out war with India, eventually providing an exit for the Pakistan Army to deescalate the situation through diplomacy with India. Early life Parvaiz Mehdi Qureshi was born in Phalia, Punjab, into a Punjabi family on 1 October 1943. Military career After graduating from Govt Pilot Secondary School Phalia, Mehdi joined the Pakistan Air Force in 1961, and shared a room with subsequent army chief General Musharraf and future Pakistan Navy chief Aziz Mirza, who became his lifelong friends. After their interview w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Farooq Feroze Khan
Farooq Feroze Khan ( ; born: 17 August 1939 – 9 October 2021), best known as Feroze Khan, was a Pakistani military officer who served as the 6th four-star air officer in the Pakistan Air Force and also served as the 8th Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee, appointed in 1994 and retiring in 1997. His career in the Air Force is subjected to distinction as he was the only air force officer whose career spanned more than 40 years of military service. He is also the only Air Force general to be appointed a Chairman joint chiefs to date.The Story of the Pakistan Air Force 1988–1998: A Battle Against Odds (Oxford University Press, 2000) Biography Early life and career in the military Farooq Feroze Khan was born in Bombay, Bombay Province in British India Empire on 17 August 1939. His family belonged to a Burki tribe of Ormur ethnicity, hailing from Jalandhar. His father, Feroze Khan, Sr., was a professional Field hockey player who won the Olympic gold medal for Ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
