Zafar Chaudhry
| Zafar Ahmad Chaudhry ظفراحمد چودھری |
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| 1st Chief of Air Staff | |
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In office 3 April 1972 – 15 April 1974 |
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| Preceded by | Air-Mshl. A. Rahim Khan |
| Succeeded by | ACM (Gen.) Zulfiqar Ali Khan |
| Managing-Director of Pakistan International Airlines | |
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In office 1971 – 3 April 1972 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Zafar Ahmad Chaudhry August 19, 1926 Sialkot, Punjab, British India (Present-day in Punjab in Pakistan) |
| Citizenship |
 Pakistan
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| Awards |
 Sitara-i-Quaid-e-Azam
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| Military service | |
| Nickname(s) | Chaudhry |
| Allegiance |
Pakistan
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| Service/branch |
 Pakistan Air Force
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| Years of service | 1945–1974 |
| Rank |
  Air Marshal(Lieutenant-General) |
| Unit |
No. 7 Squadron, RIAF (S/No. RIAF. 3095) |
| Commands |
Pakistan Air Force Academy Sargodha Air Force Base ACAS (Air Operations) No. 38 (Tactical) Wing |
| Battles/wars |
Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 Indo-Pakistani war of 1971 |
Zafar Ahmad Chaudhry (Urdu: ظفر احمد چودھری; b. 19 August 1926), SQA, is a Pakistani human rights activist and a former airline executive who served as the first Chief of Air Staff of Pakistan Air Force, appointed in 1972 until his resignation in 1974.
Zafar Ahmad Chaudhry was born in Sialkot, Punjab in India on 19 August 1926. He was a devoted member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. He enrolled at the Punjab University in Lahore, and graduated with bachelor's degree in 1944, only to joined the Royal Indian Air Force.
In 1945, Chaudhry gained commissioned in the Royal Indian Air Force as P/Off., and was inducted in No. 7 Squadron in 1946. After the partition of India, he subsequently went to join the Pakistan Air Force, and qualified as an instructor on flying the T-6 Texan. He was further educated at the RAF Staff College in Andover, Hampshire in United Kingdom before being directed to attend the Joint Service Defence College of the British Army. He later secured his qualification from the Imperial Defence College before returning to Pakistan.
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