Sohail Aman

Sohail Aman NI(M) HI(M) SI(M) TI(M) (Urdu: سہیل امان ; born 10 June 1959) is a retired four-star air officer who served as the Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force.^[2] He took charge from Air Chief Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt on 19 March 2015.^[3]^[4] He retired on 18 March 2018, on completion of the three-year term as Air Chief.^[5]

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Sohail Aman NI(M) HI(M) SI(M) TI(M)
سہیل امان


Chief of Air Staff
In office 19 March 2015 – 18 March 2018
President	Mamnoon Hussain
Prime Minister	Nawaz Sharif Shahid Khaqan Abbasi
Preceded by	ACM Tahir Rafique Butt
Succeeded by	ACM Mujahid Anwar Khan

Personal details
Born	10 June 1959^[1] Lahore
Spouse(s)	Talat Sohail, Shagufta Jabeen
Education	University of Karachi King's College London
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan
Branch/service	Pakistan Air Force
Years of service	1978–2018
Rank	Air Chief Marshal
Unit	Squadron No. 1 Rehbar
Commands	Central Air Command Southern Air Command DCAS (Training & Evaluation) DCAS (Air Operations) PAF Base Minhas
Battles/wars	2001 India-Pakistan standoff 2008 Indo-Pakistan standoff War in North-West Pakistan
Awards	Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military) Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) Tamgha-i-Imtiaz (Military) Kuwait Liberation Medal Turkish Legion of Merit Order of King Abdulaziz Legion of Merit CCS Instructor's Sword

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Biography

Sohail Aman was born in Lahore in 1959, and graduated from the PAF Public School in Sargodha in 1977.^[6] He is from a Muhajir family. In 1978, Aman joined the Pakistan Air Force, and graduated from the PAF Academy in Risalpur in 1980 where he gained commission as a Pilot Officer in GD(P) class.^[7]

Sohail Aman completed his early education from Govt. Central Model High School, Lower Mall, Lahore. He attended the elite Combat Commanders' School at Mushaf Air Force Base.^[8] Aman attended the Air War College in Karachi where he attained the master's degree in strategic studies, and later went to the United Kingdom where he attended the King's College London, graduating with MA in defence studies in 1980.^[9]

Besides flying F-16s in the Pakistan Air Force, ACM Sohail has also flown in a F-15s in Saudi Arabia and in a Tornado's in the United Kingdom in the form of joyrides.^[10]^[11]

PAF GD(P) Badge RED (More than 3000 Flying Hours)
Parachutist Badge
Combat Commanders' School (CCS) Sargodha Instructor's Sword
	Nishan-e-Imtiaz (Military) (Order of Excellence) 2016
Hilal-e-Imtiaz (Military) (Crescent of Excellence) 2013	Sitara-e-Imtiaz (Military) (Star of Excellence) 2006	Tamgha-e-Imtiaz (Military) (Medal of Excellence) 2000	Tamgha-e-Baqa (Nuclear Test Medal) 1998
Tamgha-e-Istaqlal Pakistan (Escalation with India Medal) 2002	10 Years Service Medal	20 Years Service Medal	30 Years Service Medal
35 Years Service Medal	40 Years Service Medal	Tamgha-e-Sad Saala Jashan-e- Wiladat-e-Quaid-e-Azam (100th Birth Anniversary of Muhammad Ali Jinnah) 1976	Hijri Tamgha (Hijri Medal) 1979
Jamhuriat Tamgha (Democracy Medal) 1988	Qarardad-e-Pakistan Tamgha (Resolution Day Golden Jubilee Medal) 1990	Tamgha-e-Salgirah Pakistan (Independence Day Golden Jubilee Medal) 1997	Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia) (Gulf War 1991)
Nuth al-Markat (Combat Medal) Saudi Arabia (Gulf War 1991)	Turkish Legion of Merit (Turkey) 2017	Order of King Abdul Aziz (1st Class)^[12]^[13] (Saudi Arabia) 2018	The Legion of Merit^[14]^[15] (Degree of Commander) (United States) 2018

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Foreign Awards
Saudi Arabia	Kuwait Liberation Medal (Saudi Arabia) (Gulf War 1991)
Saudi Arabia	Nuth al-Markat (Combat Medal) (Gulf War 1991)
Turkey	Turkish Legion of Merit^[16]
Saudi Arabia	Order of King Abdul Aziz (1st Class)^[12]^[13]
United States	The Legion of Merit (Degree of Commander)^[14]^[15]

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