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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|honorific-prefix = [[Air Chief Marshal]]
|name = Abbas Khattak
|native_name = عباس خٹک
|native_name_lang =
|honorific-suffix = SBt, [[Nishan-e-Imtiaz|NI(M)]]
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|office =[[Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Air Staff]]
|term_start =8 November 1994
|term_end =7 November 1997
|predecessor =ACM [[Farooq Feroze Khan]]
|successor =ACM [[Parvaiz Mehdi Qureshi]]
|president =
|primeminister =
|office2 =[[President (corporate title)|President]] of [[Pakistan Squash Federation]]
|term_start2 =1997
|term_end2 =1998
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|birth_name =Mohammad Abbas Khattak
|birth_date ={{Birth date and age|df=yes|1943|07|16}}
|death_date = 
|birth_place =[[Peshawar]], [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–2010)|NWFP]] in [[British Indian Empire|British Sub continent]] {{small|(Present-day in Peshawar, [[Khyber Pakhtunkhwa|Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa]] in [[Pakistan]])}}
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|branch ={{air force|PAK}}
|serviceyears =1960 – 1997
|rank =[[File:ACM.png|10px]][[File:US-O10 insignia.svg|30px]][[Air chief marshal|Air Chief Marshal]]
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|commands =[[Deputy Chief of Air Staff|DCAS (Operations)]] [[Deputy Chief of the Air Staff|DCAS (Training)]] [[Air officer commanding|AOC]] [[PAF Base Masroor|Southern Air Command]] 
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[[Air Chief Marshal]] '''Mohammad Abbas Khattak''' ([[Urdu]]: عاس خٹک; b. 16 July 1943) {{small|[[Nishan-i-Imtiaz|NI(m)]], [[Sitara-e-Basalat|SBt]]}}, is a [[Four-star rank|four-star]] rank [[Air force officer|air force]] [[Four star General|general]] in the [[Pakistan Air Force]] who tenured as the [[Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)|Chief of Air Staff]] (CAS) from 8 November 1994 until 7 November 1997.<ref>''The Story of the Pakistan Air Force 1988-1998: A Battle Against Odds'' (Oxford University Press, 2000)</ref><ref>{{Cite book
| last =Cheema
| first =Pervaiz Iqbal
| title =The Armed Forces of Pakistan:Air Chiefs
| publisher =New York University Press
| year =2002
| pages =199/200
| url =https://books.google.com/books?id=cw_gduyRv5oC&pg=PA199
| isbn =0-8147-1633-4}}</ref>

== Biography ==

Abbas Khattak was born in [[Peshawar]], [[North-West Frontier Province (1901–2010)|NWFP]] in [[British Indian Empire|India]], on 16 July 1943.{{rp|355}}<ref name="Shaheen Foundation, 2000">{{cite book|last1=Shaikh|first1=A. Rashid|title=The Story of the Pakistan Air Force, 1988-1998: A Battle Against Odds|date=2000|publisher=Shaheen Foundation|location=Karachi, Sindh, Pk.|isbn=9789698553005|pages=414|edition=1st|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FbLfAAAAMAAJ&dq=abbas+khattak+born&q=1943|access-date=5 January 2018|language=en-pk|format=google books}}</ref> He was educated at the [[Cadet College Hasan Abdal]], and joined the [[Pakistan Air Force]] in 1960, from which he was directed to attend the famed [[Pakistan Air Force Academy]] in [[Risalpur]].{{rp|355}}<ref name="Shaheen Foundation, 2000"/> He [[Passing out (military)|passed out]] with the class of 35th [[General duty clause|GD]]([[Aircraft pilot|P]]), and gained [[Commissioned officer|commission]] on 20 January 1963 in [[List of Pakistan Air Force aircraft squadrons|No. 19 Squadron ''Sherdils'']].<ref name="ISPR (Air Force Division)">{{cite web|title=Feats of Courage|url=http://www.paf.gov.pk/courage.html|website=www.paf.gov.pk|publisher=ISPR (Air Force Division)|access-date=6 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181019061646/http://www.paf.gov.pk/courage.html|archive-date=19 October 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{rp|355}}<ref name="Shaheen Foundation, 2000"/>

[[Pilot officer|P/Off.]] Khattak was trained to fly the [[F-86 Sabre]] and took participation in the [[Indo-Pakistani Air War of 1965|various combat missions]] during the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1965|second war]] with [[India]] in 1965.<ref name="ISPR (Air Force Division)"/> During this time, [[Flying officer|F/Off.]] was among the eight fighter pilots who were selected to take part in famous aerial raid on [[Pathankot Air Force Station]] in India, a [[Squadron (aviation)|squadron]] commanded by then-[[Squadron Leader|Squadron-Leader]] Sajjad Haider.{{rp|488–489}}<ref name="Partridge Publishing">{{cite book|last1=Bhattacharya|first1=Brigadier Samir|title=NOTHING BUT!|date=2013|publisher=Partridge Publishing|isbn=9781482816266|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iLxnAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA487&dq=Abbas+Khattak&q=Abbas%20Khattak|access-date=6 January 2018|language=en-ind|format=googlebooks}}</ref>{{rp|122}}<ref name="Manohar">{{cite book|last1=Mohan|first1=P. V. S. Jagan|last2=Chopra|first2=Samir|title=The India-Pakistan Air War of 1965|date=2005|publisher=Manohar|isbn=9788173046414|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FAhuAAAAMAAJ&q=Abbas+Khattak+sq+ldr&dq=Abbas+Khattak+sq+ldr|access-date=6 January 2018|language=en}}</ref> In 1970–71, [[Squadron Leader|Sq-Ldr.]] Khattak was posted with the [[Pakistan Armed Forces Eastern Command|Eastern Command]] in [[East Pakistan|East-Pakistan]], leading several mission against the [[Indian Air Force]] but was reposted in [[Sargodha Airbase|Sargodha Air Force Base]] before his country's [[Instrument of Surrender (1971)|surrender]] in [[Bangladesh Liberation War|Eastern Front]] of the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|third war]] with [[India]] in 1971.{{rp|69}}<ref>{{cite book|last1=Hussaini|first1=Syed Masood Akhtar|last2=Affairs|first2=Pakistan Air Force Directorate of Media|title=Pakistan Air Force over the years|date=2002|publisher=Directorate of Media Affairs, Pakistan Air Force|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NnMSAQAAMAAJ&dq=Abbas+Khattak+1971&q=Abbas+Khattak+|access-date=6 January 2018|language=en}}</ref>

After the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971|war]], [[Wing Commander (rank)|Wg-Cdr.]] Khattak was directed to attend the war course at the [[National Defence University, Pakistan|National Defence University]] in [[Islamabad]].<ref name="Dateline Islamabad">{{Cite news
| last =Niaz
| first =Anjum
| title =ISLAMABAD DATELINE: Top Gun Vs Double Agents
| newspaper =[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn Newspaper]]
| location =Islamabad
| publisher =[[Dawn Media Group]]
| date =22 November 2008
| url = http://www.dawn.com/news/881550/islamabad-dateline-top-gun-vs-double-agents
| access-date =18 September 2016}}</ref>

In 1988, [[Air Commodore|Air-Commodore]] Khattak was appointed as an [[Air officer commanding|AOC]] of the [[PAF Base Faisal|Southern Air Command]], serving until 1990.{{rp|48}}<ref>{{cite journal|title=Shaheen: Journal of the Pakistan Air Force|date=1988|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uV8owzvrKrkC&q=Air+Cdre+Khattak&dq=Air+Cdre+Khattak|access-date=6 January 2018|publisher=Air Headquarters.|language=en}}</ref> In 1991, [[Air vice-marshal|AVM]] Khattak was eventually posted at the [[Air Headquarters (Pakistan Air Force)|Air AHQ]] in [[Islamabad]] as an [[Deputy Chief of the Air Staff|DCAS (Training)]], where he played a pioneering role in aviation and flight safety programs.{{rp|327}}<ref>{{cite book|title=Jane's Defence Weekly|publisher=Jane's Publishing Company|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h6xDAQAAIAAJ&dq=AVM+Khattak&q=Khattak|access-date=6 January 2018|language=en}}</ref> In 1994, [[Air Marshal|Air-Marshal]] Khattak was promoted to [[Deputy Chief of the Air Staff|DCAS (Operations)]] at the [[Air Headquarters (Pakistan Air Force)|Air AHQ]] in [[Islamabad]].{{rp|206}}<ref name="Springer">{{cite book|last1=Siddiqa-Agha|first1=A.|title=Pakistan's Arms Procurement and Military Buildup, 1979-99: In Search of a Policy|date=2001|publisher=Springer|isbn=9780230513525|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=beJ8DAAAQBAJ&pg=PA206&dq=Abbas+Khattak+DCAS+(Ops)&q=Abbas%20Khattak%20DCAS%20(Ops)|access-date=6 January 2018|language=en}}</ref>

== Chief of Air Staff ==

On 8 November 1994, [[Prime Minister of Pakistan|Prime Minister]] [[Benazir Bhutto]] approved the promotion papers of [[Air Marshal|Air-Mshl.]] Khattak to be promoted to the [[Four-star rank|four-star]] rank, [[Air Chief Marshal]]. This promotion was controversial since Air Mshl. Khattak superseded two senior [[air officer]]s: [[Air Marshal|Air-Mshl.]] Shafique Haider (the [[Vice Chief of the Air Staff (Pakistan)|VCAS]]), and Air Mshl. [[Dilawar Hussain|Dlavar Hussain]] ([[Chairman]] [[Pakistan Aeronautical Complex|PAC]]).{{rp|49–50}}<ref>{{cite book|title=Globe|date=1994|publisher=Afzal Mahmood|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xzhnAAAAMAAJ&dq=Abbas+Khattak+supersded&q=Director+general|access-date=6 January 2018|language=en}}</ref> The reason this appointment was highly controversial is because the departing Chief of Air Staff Farooq Feroze Khan struck a deal behind closed doors with Benazir and Zardari to appoint him as the Joint Chief of Staff and in exchange he will allow Zardari to promote Khattak as the Chief of Air Staff. Khattak and Zardari have been accused of receiving millions of dollars in kickback from a Mirage deal. <ref>former Air Force employee</ref>

During his tenureship as an [[Chief of Air Staff (Pakistan)|air chief]], [[Air Chief Marshal|ACM]] Khattak made attempts to acquire the [[Mirage 2000|Mirage-2000]] from [[Qatar]] but vetoed the acquisition of [[Mikoyan MiG-29|MiG-29F]] and the [[Sukhoi Su-27|Su-27]] aircraft from the [[Eastern Europe]], despite the strong backing of the then- [[Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee|Chairman joint chiefs]], [[Air Chief Marshal|ACM]] [[Farooq Feroze Khan|Feroze Khan]], due to their poor war performances.{{rp|58–60}}<ref>{{cite book|title=Air Force Chief says that F-16s "Not Indispensable"|date=1994|publisher=Daily Report: Near East & South Asia, The Service|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=92dPTgGKdosC&q=Farooq+Feroze+Khan+mig+29&dq=Farooq+Feroze+Khan+mig+29|access-date=5 January 2018|language=en}}</ref> During his tenure, Pakistan worked with [[China]] to develop the [[Hongdu JL-8|K-8 Karakorum]].<ref>[http://www.pacom.mil/forum/SPRING_97/Chiefcon_r.html Asia Pacific Defense Forum Spring 1998] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070828103454/http://www.pacom.mil/forum/SPRING_97/Chiefcon_r.html |date=28 August 2007 }}</ref> After his retirement he was succeeded by Air Chief Marshal [[Parvaiz Mehdi Qureshi|PQ Mehdi]].

He is married and has two sons.<ref name="Dateline Islamabad" />

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography}}
*[[History of the Pakistan Air Force]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== External links ==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090225095224/http://paffalcons.com/cas/index.php PAF s' Chief of Air Staffs]
*[http://www.defencejournal.com/2000/sept/pathankot.htm Devastation of Pathankot]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070819025043/http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/History/1965War/SR-Pathankot.html The Day the PAF Got Away]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070912073728/http://www.ccha.edu.pk/alumni.htm Alumni of Cadet College Hasan Abdal]

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