Commander of the Air Force (Azerbaijan)

The Commander of the Azerbaijani Air Force (Azerbaijani: Hərbi Hava Qüvvələri Komandanı) is the head of the aviation and the administrative head in the Azerbaijani Air Force, and is under the Chief of the General Staff and the Minister of Defence. The current Commander of the Air Force is Lieutenant General Ramiz Tahirov.

Commander of the Air Force
Hərbi Hava Qüvvələri Komandanı
Air Force Flag of Azerbaijan
Incumbent Namig Islamzadeh since 23 September 2024
Ministry of Defence
Member of	General Staff of Azerbaijani Armed Forces
Reports to	Chief of the General Staff
Formation	1993
First holder	Rail Rzayev
Deputy	Deputy commander of the Air Force

List of commanders

No.	Portrait	Chief of the Azerbaijani Air Force	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1		Rzayev, RailLieutenant General Rail Rzayev (1945–2009)	1993	11 February 2009 †	15–16 years	.
2		Mehdiyev, AltayMajor general Altay Mehdiyev	12 May 2009	18 November 2013	4 years, 190 days	[1]
3		Tahirov, RamizLieutenant general Ramiz Tahirov	14 May 2014	23 September 2024	11 years, 153 days	[2]
4		Islamzadeh, NamigLieutenant general Namig Islamzadeh	23 September 2024	Incumbent	1 year, 21 days	[3]