Zahid Mahmood (air marshal)
{{Short description|Vice chief of air staff in the Pakistan Air Force}}
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| honorific_suffix = HI(M) SI(M) TI(M)
| name = Zahid Mahmood
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| office1 = Vice Chief of Air Staff
| predecessor = Air Marshal Syed Noman Ali
| term_start1 = March 2022
| term_end1 = 2024
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Muhammad Zahid Mahmood HI TI SI is a retired air marshal and flight instructor in the Pakistan Air Force who served as the 6th vice chief of air staff.https://casstt.com/about/experts/air-marshal-zahid-mehmood-retd/ Prior to assuming the office in March 2022, he commanded the Combat Commanders' School at PAF Base Mushaf.{{cite web | title=Government of Pakistan promotes two air officers as air marshal and two as air voice marshal | website=paf.gov.pk | date=2019-03-03 | url=http://www.paf.gov.pk/press_release/uploaded/1467636769.pdf | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190303114844/http://www.paf.gov.pk/press_release/uploaded/1467636769.pdf | archive-date=2019-03-03 | url-status=dead | access-date=2022-05-08}}
Career
Mahmood was commissioned in GD Pilot branch of the Pakistan Air Force in April 1987.{{cite web | last=Yousaf | first=Saba | title=Air Marshal Zahid Mahmood becomes Vice Chief of Air Staff | website=Daily Times | date=2022-03-21 | url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/905118/air-marshal-zahid-mahmood-becomes-vice-chief-of-air-staff/ | access-date=2022-05-08}} His staff appointments include deputy chief of air staff (Personal) at the Air Headquarters, director general of the Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence (C4I) and assistant chief of the air staff (Plans).
He graduated from the Combat Commanders’ School, National Defence University, and the Air Command and Staff College, United States.{{cite web | title=Air Marshal Zahid becomes Vice Chief of Air Staff - Peshawar | website=The News International | date=2022-03-22 | url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/943552-air-marshal-zahid-becomes-vice-chief-of-air-staff | access-date=2022-05-08}}