Pakistan Air Force

Joint Services Parade in 2005
Service branches	Pakistan Army Pakistan Air Force Pakistan Navy Pakistan Coast Guard Pakistan Paramilitary Forces Pakistan Strategic Nuclear Command
Headquarters	Rawalpindi
Leadership
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff	General Tariq Majid
Secretary of Defense	Kamran Rasool
Chief of Army Staff	General Pervez Musharraf
Manpower
Military age	16-49 years old [47]
Available for military service	39,028,014 males, age 16-49 (2007 est.), 36,779,584 females, age 16-49 (2007 est.)
Fit for military service	29,428,747 males, age 16-49 (2007 est.), 28,391,887 females, age 16-49 (2007 est.)
Reaching military age annually	1,969,055 males (2007 est.), 1,849,254 females (2007 est.)
Active personnel	619,000 (ranked 7th)
Reserve personnel	528,500
Expenditures
Budget	$4.26 billion (ranked 39th)
Percent of GDP	4.5 (2006 est.)
Related articles
History	Military history of Pakistan UN Peacekeeping missions Weapons of mass destruction
Ranks	Awards and decorations of the Pakistan military

Pakistan Air Force (Urdu: پاک فضائیہ, Pak Faza'ya) is the Aviation branch of the Pakistan armed forces and is responsible for defending Pakistani air-space from intrusions. It also provides air support for ground