Abbas Khattak
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Air Chief Marshal Abbas Khattak SBt, NI(M) |
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| عباس خٹک | |
| 14th Chief of Air Staff | |
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In office November 8, 1994 – November 7, 1997 |
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| President | Farooq Leghari |
| Prime Minister | Benazir Bhutto |
| Preceded by | Farooq Feroze Khan |
| Succeeded by | Parvaiz Mehdi Qureshi |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
July 16, 1941 Risalpur, North-West Frontier Province (now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa) British Indian Empire |
| Awards | Sitara-e-Basalat Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Pakistan
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| Service/branch |
 Pakistan Air Force United States Air Force
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| Years of service | 1963 – 1997 |
| Rank |
 Air Chief Marshal (General) |
| Unit | No. 14 Squadron Tail choppers |
| Commands |
Chief of Air Staff AOC PAF Base Masroor AOC PAF Base Faisal Southern Air Command OC No. 33 Fighter Wing OC Combat Commanders' School (CCS) Deputy Chief of Air Staff (Training) Deputy Chief of Air Staff (Operations) Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Plans) Dir. PAF Flight Safety School |
| Battles/wars |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Soviet War in Afghanistan |
Abbas Khattak, NI(M), SBt, (born 16 July 1941), is a retired four-star air officer in the Pakistan Air Force who served as the 14th Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force from 8 November 1994 to 7 November 1997. Air Chief Marshal Khattak, a fighter pilot and an aviator of Pakistan's F-16 Fighting Falcons, was a senior member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee of Pakistan
Born in Peshawar, one of four children, he graduated from Cadet College Hasan Abdal and joined PAF Academy on July 2, 1961. He graduated as a Pilot Officer in the Pakistan Air Force on 20 January 1963 in the 35th GD(P) Course. Thereafter, he went to the United States to join the United States Air Force where he got commission from Nellis Air Force Base, North Las Vegas, Nevada. During his career, Khattak took part in two wars. Khattak came back to Pakistan, joining the Pakistan Air Force to participate in Indo-Pakistan War of 1965.
In the 1965 war, he was one of the eight fighter pilots who took part in the famous attack on Pathankot airfield led by Squadron Leader Sajjad Haider from the No. 19 Squadron (Sherdils). In 1971, he was based in Sargodha Air Force Base where he, as Squadron Leader commanded a small batch of fighter jets. He earned a gallantry award, Sitara-e-Basalat during the 1971 war. After the war in 1972 he was promoted to Wing Commander
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