the pakistan air force was created from the partition of the royal indian air force after the partition of india in 1947, and were commanded by the appointments approved by the british air council. the position was then-known as the commander in chief who would directly reported to the governor-general who was also under british monarchs. at first, the office was held by the two-star rank air officer, an air vice marshal, and later upgraded to a three-star rank, air marshal. the british air council continued making the appointment at the command level until 1957, when pakistan had promoted a local air officer to the commanding position.