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The Air Force has about 65,000 active personnel with about 10,000 reserves. The Chief of the Air Staff holds the operational and administrative powers. He is assisted by a Vice Chief of Air Staff and six Deputy Chiefs of the Air Staff who control and administer the Administration, Operations, Engineering, Supply (logistics), Personnel, and Training divisions of the PAF respectively. Recently, the Air Headquarters (AHQ) has been moved from Chaklala to Islamabad. Major Air force bases are at Shorkot, Karachi, Quetta, Kamra, Peshawar, Mianwali, Sargodha and Risalpur. There are many war-time operational forward bases, civilian airstrips and runways as well as emergency motorways.
Commands
Air Force Strategic Command (AFSC), Islamabad
Northern Air Command (NAC), Peshawar
Central Air Command (CAC), Lahore
Southern Air Command (SAC), Karachi
Air Defence Command (ADC), Chaklala, Rawalpindi
Attack Mirage 5
Electronic
warfare Falcon DA-20, Saab 2000 Erieye AEW&C, Shaanxi AEW&C
Fighter F-16C/D, F-16A/B, JF-17, Mirage III, F-7P/PG
Helicopter Alouette III, Mi-171
Reconnaissance Mirage IIIRP, Falco UAV, Jasoos II Bravo+
Trainer FT-5, K-8P, MFI-17, MFI-395, C-12, T-37
Transport An-26, Boeing 707, Airbus A310, Cessna Citation V, Gulfstream IV, C-130, CN-235, IL-78MP, Phenom 100, Fokker F27 Friendship, Saab 2000
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