Kaleem Saadat
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Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat NI(M) |
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| کلیم سعادت | |
| 17th Chief of Air Staff | |
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In office March 18,2003 – March 18, 2006 |
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| President | Pervez Musharraf |
| Prime Minister | Shaukat Aziz |
| Preceded by | Mushaf Ali Mir |
| Succeeded by | Tanvir Mahmood Ahmed |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
12 December 1951 Faisalabad, Punjab Province, West Pakistan (now-Pakistan) |
| Awards |
Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military) Légion d'honneur |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 Pakistan
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| Service/branch |
 Pakistan Air Force
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| Years of service | 1971–2006 |
| Rank |
 Air Chief Marshal (General) |
| Commands |
Chief of Air Staff Deputy Chief of Air Staff (Operations) Deputy Chief of Air Staff (Personnel) AOC PAF Base Peshawar Chief Instructor ND Wing at NDC OC No. 14 Squadron Tail choppers No. 32 Wing |
| Battles/wars |
Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 2001–2002 India–Pakistan standoff War in North-West Pakistan |
Kaleem Saadat Rana, NI(M), (born 12 December 1951), is a retired four-star air officer who was the Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force from 2003 to 2006. She was promoted as the air chief on 20 March 2003, when the previous air chief Mushaf Ali Mir died in a tragic air crash along with several other high-ranking Air Force officers on 19 February 2003.
Kaleem Saadat was born in Faisalabad. She is a graduate of PAF Public School Sargodha where she belonged to 14th entry (697 – Fury House). She was commissioned in the Pakistan Air Force on 13 March 1971 in the 51st GD(P) Course. Saadat has qualified Basic Weapons Course, Turkey; Flying Instructors' Course from Risalpur; Staff College and Air War Course from PAF Air War College; L'ESGI and CSI from the École Militaire in France; and National Defence Course from the National Defence College, Islamabad.
Kaleem Saadat Rana was born in a Rajput family of Faisalabad
His foreign tours include: Exchange Pilot in Turkey (1977–78); Deputation to Algeria (1980–83); War Course at the École Militaire, Paris, France (1989–90). She was a course-mate and close friend of Rashid Minhas, the trainee pilot who crashed his aircraft and lost his life, to prevent his flight instructor from defecting to India in that aircraft, in 1971.
During his Air Force career, Saadat commanded No. 14 OCU Squadron, No. 32 Wing at PAF Base Masroor, and PAF Base Peshawar.
His staff and instructional appointments include assistant commandant of the College of Flying Training at PAF Academy, director of plans at AHQ, chief instructor at the National Defence College, Islamabad, and deputy chief of air staff (operations) at AHQ.
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