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Current commander | VCASAir Marshal Hamid Rashid Randhawa |
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Air Headquarters (AHQ) is the Headquarters ofPakistan Air Force, located inIslamabad. Initially it was established atPeshawar 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 fromChaklala,Rawalpindi to Islamabad. During the construction of the headquarter's building at Islamabad the headquarters directorates were housed atPAF base Chaklala.[3]
There are nine branches at AHQ each commanded byAir marshal rank officer, and several directorates headed byAir 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)
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