| Post: | Commander |
| Body: | Kenya Air Force |
| Incumbent: | Major General Fatumah Ahmed |
| Type: | Commanding general |
| Reports To: | Chief of Defence Forces |
| First: | Group Captain Ian Stockwell |
The Commanders of the Air Force is the head of the Kenya Air Force. The post was created in 1964 with Group Captain Ian Stockwell of the Royal Air Force as the first commander. The current Commanders of the Air Force is Maj. Gen. Fatumah Ahmed, who was appointed on 2 May 2024.
| Portrait | Name | Term of office | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Took office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1 | Group captain Ian S Stockwell, | 1 June 1964 | 22 Feb 1967 | [1] | ||
| 2 | Group captain Fred Rothwell, | 23 Feb 1967 | 09 Aug 1971 | |||
| 3 | Group captain David John Edwards, | 10 Aug 1971 | 16 Apr 1973 | |||
| 4 | Colonel Dedan Njuguna Gichuru, | 17 Apr 1973 | 26 Jun 1980 | [2] | ||
| 5 | Major general Patrick Mwagiru Kariuki, | 27 Jun 1980 | 11 Aug 1982 | |||
| 6 | Lieutenant general Mohamed Haji Barrow Mohamud, | 12 Aug 1982 | 13 Mar 1986 | |||
| 7 | Major general Dedan Njuguna Gichuru, | 14 Feb 1986 | 9 May 1989 | |||
| 8 | Major general Duncan Kireri Wachira, | 10 May 1989 | 28 June 1994 | |||
| 9 | Major general Nick Letoluo Leshan, | 29 June 1994 | 30 Nov 2000 | |||
| 10 | Major general Simon Kiplimo Muttai, | 01 Dec 2000 | 26 Nov 2003 | |||
| 11 | Major general Julius Waweru Karangi, | 27 Nov 2003 | 09 Aug 2005 | |||
| 12 | Major general Harold Mwakio Tangai, | 10 Aug 2005 | 12 Jul 2011 | |||
| 13 | Major general Joff Otieno, | 13 Jul 2011 | 30 Jul 2014 | |||
| 14 | Major general Samuel Nganga Thuita, | 31 July 2014 | 13 July 2018 | |||
| 15 | Major general Francis Omondi Ogolla, | 14 July 2018 | 22 July 2021 | [3] | ||
| 16 | Major general John Mugaravai Omenda, | 23 July 2021 | 02 May 2024 | [4] [5] | ||
| 17 | Major general Fatuma Gaiti Ahmed, CBS, OGW, ‘ndc’ ‘psc'(K) | 02 May 2024 | Incumbent | |||