| Post: | Vice Chief |
| Body: | the Air Staff |
| Native Name: | وائس چیف آف ایئر سٹاف |
| Flag: | Air Force Ensign of Pakistan.svg |
| Incumbent: | Air Marshal Hamid Rashid Randhawa |
| Incumbentsince: | 21 March 2022 |
| 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.[1] [2] Prior to the appointment of Mohammad Akhtar, the position was known as Chief of Staff. Before 1979, the post was referred to as the Deputy Chief of Air Staff and is usually 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.
All persons mentioned below have served as the Vice Chief of the Air Staff.
| Name | Appointment date | Left office | References | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haider Raza | 20 December 1954 | 20 June 1957 | [3] | |
| Maqbool Rabb | 21 June 1957 | 24 March 1959 | [4] | |
| Mirza Abdul Rahman | 29 March 1959 | 25 November 1964 | [5] | |
| Mohammad Akhtar | 26 November 1964 | 8 April 1966 | [6] | |
| Stephen Aratoon Yousaf | 9 April 1966 | 18 April 1967 | [7] | |
| Abdul Qadir | 19 April 1967 | 13 January 1969 | ||
| M Khyber Khan | 1 February 1969 | 19 March 1970 | ||
| Saeedullah Khan | 22 June 1972 | 29 June 1973 | ||
| Chaudhary Rab Nawaz | 21 July 1973 | 12 May 1974 | ||
| Michael John O'Brian | 13 May 1974 | 31 August 1975 | ||
| M. Mahmood Hasan | 1 September 1975 | 22 July 1978 | ||
| Ayaz Ahmed Khan | 10 August 1979 | 21 July 1981 | ||
| A Rashid Shaikh | 22 July 1981 | April 1984 | ||
| Jamal A. Khan | April 1984 | December 1985 | ||
| Shabbir Hussain Syed | December 1985 | March 1988 | ||
| Farooq Feroze Khan | March 1988 | February 1990 | ||
| Syed Masood Hatif | February 1990 | July 1993 | ||
| Muhammad Arshad Chaudhry | December 1994 | January 1997 | ||
| Pervaiz Mehdi Qureshi | January 1997 | November 1997 | ||
| Hifazat Ullah Khan | 29 March 2009 | 4 October 2010 | ||
| Tahir Rafique Butt | 5 October 2010 | 8 June 2012 | ||
| Farhat Hussain Khan | 9 June 2012 | 9 July 2013 | [8] | |
| Sohail Gul | 8 August 2014 | 10 April 2015 | [9] | |
| Saeed Muhammad Khan | 11 April 2015 | 5 October 2017 | [10] | |
| Farooq Habib | 6 October 2017 | 3 November 2018 | [11] | |
| Aasim Zaheer | 4 November 2018 | 17 January 2020 | [12] | |
| Ahmer Shehzad Leghari | 18 January 2020 | 19 March 2021 | [13] | |
| Syed Noman Ali | 20 March 2021 | 20 March 2022 | ||
| Muhammad Zahid Mahmood | 21 March 2022 | Incumbent | [14] |