Air Headquarters (Pakistan)


Air Headquarters is the Headquarters of Pakistan Air Force, located in Islamabad. Initially it was established at Peshawar on 15 August 1947. 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.

Command Structure

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, Kamra.
  • Managing Director, Mirage Rebuild Factory, PAC, Kamra
  • Managing Director, Aircraft Rebuild Factory, Kamra
  • Managing Director, Avionics Production Factory, Kamra
  • Managing Director, Aircraft Manufacturing Factory, Kamra
  • Chairman, Pakistan Aeronautical Complex Board, Kamra
4. Deputy Chief of Air Staff Training
5. Deputy Chief of Air Staff Engineering
  • Director General, Aerospace Engineering
  • Director, Precision Engineering Complex
  • Director General, Pakistan Air Force Airworthiness Certification Authority
  • Principal, School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, NUST
  • Director General, NUTECH Office of Research, Industrialization, Internationalization and Commercialization
6. Deputy Chief of Air Staff Operations
7. Deputy Chief of Air Staff Air Defence
8. Deputy Chief of Air Staff Administration
  • Director General, Administration
9. Deputy Chief of Air Staff National Aerospace Science and Technology Park
10. Chief Project Director, JF-17,.
  • Deputy Chief Project Director JF-17
11. Deputy Chief of Air Staff-Support
12. Deputy Chief of Air Staff- Projects
  • Director General, Projects
13. Deputy Chief of the Air Staff, Personnel
  • Director General, Personnel
  • Director General, Welfare & Rehabilitation,