Chief of Air Staff (Ghana)

Chief of the Air Staff
Air Force Ensign of Ghana
Incumbent Frederick Asare Bekoe since January 2023
Ghana Air Force
Abbreviation	CAS
Reports to	Chief of the Defence Staff
Appointer	President of Ghana
Formation	1959
First holder	K. Jaswant-Singh

Chief of Air Staff is the official title of the highest ranking air force personnel of the Ghana Air Force. The current Chief of Air Staff is Air Marshal Frederick Asare Bekoe.

The senior appointment in the GHF is the Chief of Air Staff. The following is a list of the Ghana Air Force Chiefs of Air Staff:^[1]

No.	Portrait	Chief of Air Staff	Took office	Left office	Time in office
1		Jaswant, K.Air Commodore K. Jaswant-Singh Indian	May 1959	August 1960	1 year, 3 months
2		Gundry, I.Wing Commander I. M. Gundry-White (1918–1961) British	September 1960	March 1961	6 months
3		Whitworth, JohnAir Commodore John N. H. Whitworth (1912–1974) British	March 1961	September 1962	1 year, 6 months
4		Graft, J.Air Commodore J.E.S. de Graft-Hayford (1912–2002) First Ghanaian CAS	September 1962	July 1963	10 months
5		Otu, MichaelAir Vice-Marshal Michael Otu (1925–2006) [2]	July 1963	March 1968	4 years, 8 months
6		Ashley, NapoleonAir Commodore Napoleon Ashley-Lassen (born 1934)	March 1968	January 1971	2 years, 10 months
7		Beausoliel, CharlesAir Commodore Charles Beausoliel	January 1971	December 1971	11 months
(6)		Beausoliel, CharlesAir Commodore Napoleon Ashley-Lassen	December 1971	January 1972	1 month
(7)		Beausoliel, CharlesAir Commodore Charles Beausoliel	December 1972	November 1976	4 years, 11 months
8		Boakye, GeorgeAir Vice Marshal George Yaw Boakye (1937–1979)	November 1976	June 1979	2 years, 7 months
9		Gyabaah, SamuelWing Commander Samuel Gyabaah	June 1979	July 1979	1 month
10		Klutse, F.Group Captain F. W. K. Klutse	July 1979	December 1979	4 months
11		Odaate, JohnAir Commodore John Odaate-Barnor (1937–2012)	December 1979	May 1980	5 months
12		Pumpuni, K.Air Commodore K. K. Pumpuni	May 1980	January 1982	1 year, 8 months
13		Awuviri, E.Group Captain E. A. A. Awuviri	January 1982	December 1982	11 months
14		Kotei, J.Air Vice Marshal J. E. A. Kotei (1940–2010)	December 1982	June 1988	5 years, 6 months
15		Dumashie, HarryAir Marshal Harry Dumashie (1938–2002)	June 1988	June 1992	4 years
16		Bruce, JohnAir Marshal John Asamoah Bruce (1938–2002)	5 June 1992	16 March 2001	8 years, 9 months
17		Mantey, EdwardAir Vice Marshal Edward Mantey (born 1946) [3]	16 March 2001	20 May 2005	4 years, 2 months
18		Boateng, JuliusAir Vice Marshal Julius Boateng [4]	20 May 2005	28 January 2009	3 years, 8 months
19		Samson, MichaelAir Vice Marshal Michael Samson-Oje (born 1954) [5]	31 March 2009	January 2016	6 years, 9 months
20		Nagai, MaxwellAir Vice Marshal Maxwell Nagai [5]	January 2016	January 2019	3 years
21		Hanson, FrankAir Vice Marshal Frank Hanson [5]	January 2019	January 2023	4 years
22		Bekoe, Frederick AsareAir Marshal Frederick Asare Bekoe	January 2023	Incumbent	1 year, 11 months