The Commander-in-Chief (Air) () is the highest-ranking officer in the Defence Services (Air), the air force branch of Myanmar Defence Services or Tatmadaw. The officeholder reports directly to the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services and is a member of the highest defence leadership within the country. After the unification of Army, Navy, and Air Force in 1955, the Tatmadaw had the Chief of Staff system and the branches were led by Vice Chief of Staff (Army), Vice Chief of Staff (Navy), and Vice Chief of Staff (Air), respectively,၁၉၅၉ခုနှစ်၊ တပ်မတော်နည်းဥပဒေများ [The Defence Services Rules, 1959] (Bilingual; English and Burmese) until 1989. A new system was introduced in 1989 during the reorganisation and each branch is now led by its own Commander-in-Chief.၁၉၅၉ ခုနှစ်၊ တပ်မတော်နည်းဥပဒေများကို ပြင်ဆင်သည့် နည်းဥပဒေများ [The Rules Amending the Defence Services Rules, 1959]; in Burmese and EnglishSelth, Andrew (2002): Burma's Armed Forces: Power Without Glory, Eastbridge. Notably, a Commander-in-Chief (Air) has simultaneously served as the Chief of the General Staff (Army, Navy and Air) for about a year.
List of CO/ CAS/ VCS(Air)/ C-in-C(Air) (Dates in italics indicate de facto continuation of office) Portrait Name Term of office Took office Left office Time in office Commanding Officer, Burma Air Force 1 Wing CommanderSaw Shi Sho 15 December 1947 8 May 1948 Chief of Air Staff (1) Wing CommanderSaw Shi Sho 8 May 1948 10 February 1949 2 Lieutenant Colonel Selwyn James Khin 23 February 1949 15 June 1950 3 Brigadier General Tommy Clift 15 June 1950 28 September 1955 Vice Chief of Staff, Defence Services (Air) (3) Brigadier General Tommy Clift 28 September 1955 26 November 1963 4 Brigadier GeneralThaung Dan 27 November 1963 7 March 1974 5 Major General Saw Phyu 8 March 1974 18 March 1980 6 Major GeneralKo Gyi 19 March 1980 14 November 1985 7 Lieutenant GeneralTin Tun 14 November 1985 10 May 1989 Commander-in-Chief (Air) (7) Lieutenant GeneralTin Tun 10 May 1989 5 February 1992 8 Lieutenant GeneralThein Win 5 February 1992 15 June 1995 9 Lieutenant GeneralTin Ngwe 15 June 1995 14 November 1997 10 Lieutenant GeneralKyaw Than 15 November 1997 13 July 2001 11 Major GeneralMyint Swe 13 July 2001 2 May 2002 12 GeneralMyat Hein 18 May 2002 14 February 2013 13 GeneralKhin Aung Myint 14 February 2013 2 January 2018 14 GeneralMaung Maung Kyaw 3 January 2018 9 January 2022 15 GeneralHtun Aung 10 January 2022 10 April 2026 16 Lieutenant GeneralTun Win 10 April 2026 Incumbent
Existing positions named C-in-C and CS Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Chief of the General Staff (Army, Navy and Air) Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Commander-in-Chief (Air) 7. Chief of Staff (Army) Chief of Staff (Navy) Chief of Staff (Air)
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