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Vice Chief of the Air Staff
وائس چیف آف ایئر سٹاف
Incumbent Air Marshal Hamid Rashid Randhawa since 21 March 2022
Pakistan Air Force
Type	Second-in-command of Pakistan Air Force
Abbreviation	VCAS
Reports to	Chief of the Air Staff
Seat	AHQ (PAF), Islamabad
Deputy	Deputy Chief of the Air Staff

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.

The current VCAS is Air Marshal Hamid Rashid Randhawa.

List of Vice Chiefs of the Air Staff

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Each individual listed below has held the same position, which was titled Chief of Staff from 1948 to 1964, Deputy Chief of Air Staff from 1964 to 1979, and Vice Chief of the Air Staff since 1979.

See also

• Vice Chief of the Army Staff (Pakistan)
• Vice Chief of the Naval Staff (Pakistan)

References

1. "PAF Structure – Principal Staff Officers". Pakistan Air Force. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
2. ^ Khan, H. "Command & Structure". PakDef Military Consortium. Archived from the original on 21 August 2019. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
3. AMLOT TO OFFICIATE FOR ATCHERLEY New RPAF Commander's Impressive Record. The Civil and Military Gazette of Lahore. 11 November 1949. Amlot has assumed command of the R.PA.F., during the absence of Air Vice-Marshal R. L. R. Atcherley in Australia. Air Commodore Amlot has been with the R.P.A.F. since August 1948. Prior to his appointment in April this year as Chief of Staff.
4. "Air Commodore D L Amlot (37441)".
5. ^ History of the Pakistan Air Force, 1947-1982, Pakistan Air Force, 1982 (p. 222)
6. ^ Shaikh, A. Rashid (2000). The Story of Pakistan Air Force: A Battle Against Odds, 1988-1998. Shaheen Foundation. p. 370.
7. "Air Marshal Farhat Hussain Khan Appointed as Vice chief of Air Staff" (PDF). Pakistan Air Force. 9 June 2012.
8. "Sohail Gul appointed Vice Chief of Air Staff". Dawn. 8 August 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
9. "Saeed appointed Vice Chief of Air Staff". The Nation. 11 April 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
10. "Air Marshal Farooq Habib appointed as Vice Chief of the Air Staff". The News International. 6 October 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
11. "Aasim Zaheer named Vice Chief of Air Staff". Dawn. 4 November 2018. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
12. Anis, Muhammad (18 January 2020). "Air Marshal Leghari made VCAS, Commodore Faisal promoted". The News International. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
13. "Air Marshal Zahid becomes Vice Chief of Air Staff". The News International. 22 March 2022. Retrieved 7 January 2023.

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