List of commanders of the Air Force of Zimbabwe

Commander of Air Force of Zimbabwe
Commander of Air Force of Zimbabwe
	Incumbent; Air Marshal John Jacob Nzvede; since March 2024
	Air Force of Zimbabwe
Abbreviation	Comd AFZ
Member of	Defence Policy Council
Reports to	Chief of Defense
Website	Official website

The Commander of the Air Force is chief of the Air Force of Zimbabwe. He commands operations, administration and logistics within the air force.

List of officeholders

No.	Name (born-died)	Term of office			Ref.
No.	Name (born-died)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1	Major Dirk Cloete	1936	1938	1–2 years	^[1]
2	Lieutenant colonel Charles Meredith	1939	1946	6–7 years	^[1]
3	Lieutenant colonel Keith Taute	1947	1949	1–2 years	^[1]
4	Air vice-marshal Ted Jacklin	1949	30 June 1961	11–12 years	^[1]^[2]
5	Air vice-marshal Raf Bentley	30 June 1961	1965	3–4 years	^[1]^[2]
6	Air vice-marshal Harold Hawkins	1965	1968	2–3 years	^[1]^[2]
7	Air marshal Archibald Wilson (1921–2014)	8 February 1969	13 April 1973	4 years, 64 days	^[1]^[2]
8	Air marshal Mick McLaren (1930–2016)	15 April 1973	12 April 1977	3 years, 362 days	^[1]^[2]
9	Air marshal Frank Mussell (born 1932)	12 April 1977	18 April 1980	3 years, 6 days	^[1]^[2]

No.	Name (born-died)	Term of office			Ref.
No.	Name (born-died)	Took office	Left office	Time in office	Ref.
1	Air marshal Frank Mussell (born 1932)	18 April 1980	1981	0–1 years	^[1]^[2]
2	Air marshal Norman Walsh (1933–2010)	1981	22 May 1983	1–2 years	^[1]^[2]
3	Air marshal Azim Daudpota (1933–2017)	July 1983	January 1986	2–3 years	^[1]
4	Air chief marshal Josiah Tungamirai (1948–2005)	January 1986	1992	5–6 years	^[1]
5	Air marshal Perrance Shiri (1955–2020)	1992	7 December 2017	24–25 years	^[1]
–	Air vice-marshal Shebba Shumbayaonda acting	7 December 2017	18 December 2017	11 days
6	Air marshal Elson Moyo	18 December 2017	16 March 2024	6 years, 89 days	^[3]
7	Air marshal John Jacob Nzvede	16 March 2024	Incumbent	251 days	^[3]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Geldenhuys, Preller (2014). Rhodesian Air Force Operations. Peysoft Publishing. p. 14. ISBN 9780994115416.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Commanders of the Rhodesian Air Force". rhodesianforces.org. Retrieved 2020-01-03.
^ ^a ^b "Zimbabwe: New Air Force of Zimbabwe Commander Officially Takes Over". All Africa. New Zimbabwe. 16 March 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.