Staff Appointments
At the Air Headquarters, Zulfiqar Ali Khan stayed as Director of Operations and Director of Plans before being nominated as Chief of Air Staff of Pakistan Air Force. He then served as Deputy Chief of Air Staff in 1974.
He was promoted to four-star general officer, and was made Air Chief Marshal in 1974. He was promoted quickly as when the previous chief Air Marshal Zafar Chaudhry was forced to resign by then Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. Zulfiqar Ali Khan, then an Air Marshal was promoted to Air Chief Marshal in March 1976, when Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee was newly created and defence ministry was reorganized. He was awarded Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military) for his meritorious services.
1974 April 16 - Air Marshal Zulfiqar Ali Khan becomes the first graduate of PAF Academy, Risalpur to take over as Chief of the Air Staff.
1975 March 31 - PAF Base Kalabagh established.
1975 April 28 - Chinese FT-5 (modified Mig-15) trainer aircraft inducted.
1975 July 15 - Air Defence Command (ADC) established.
1975 November 10 - Aircraft Manufacturing Factory (AMF) inaugurated at Kamra.
1976 May 5 - Combat Commanders' School (CCS) established at Sargodha.
1977 September 19 - Shaheen Foundation established.
1977 December 26 - Drigh Road Air Base renamed 'Faisal Air Base' in honour of King Faisal II of Saudi Arabia.
1978 May 14 - Mirage Rebuild Factory (MRF) inaugurated at Kamra.
1978 July 23 - Air Chief Marshal M. Anwar Shamim takes over as the Chief of the Air Staff.
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