Air Intelligence (Pakistan)

Air Intelligence
Agency overview
(AI)

Formed	1948
Jurisdiction	Pakistan Air Force personnel and bases
Headquarters	Islamabad, Pakistan
Agency executive	, PAF Director-General
Parent agency	Pakistan Air Force

The Directorate for Air Intelligence, known as "Air Intelligence" and its acronym "AI", is the intelligence arm of the Pakistan Air Force. It is headquartered in Islamabad, Pakistan.

The AI is responsible for the formulation of the aerial intelligence picture, and participates in forging the overall intelligence view as part of the Intelligence Community of Pakistan. It operates several research and collection units, including the Technical Assistance Unit (formerly the Air Photography Unit) which analyses aerial photography, and the Zoom Unit which studies the procurement of new aircraft, and AI also works alongside the Military Intelligence and the Naval Intelligence as well as with the Inter-Services Intelligence.

AI is reportedly much active on Pakistan's western borders and inside Afghanistan and monitors all the Drone activities as well as other Afghan and Collation Aerial Activity.

References

Intelligence services and agencies of Pakistan

Internal	Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Intelligence Bureau (IB) Criminal Investigation Department (CID) National Crises Management Cell (NCMC) National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA)

External	Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI)

Defence	Military Intelligence (MI) Naval Intelligence (NI) Air Intelligence (AI)

Economic	National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Directorate-General of Intelligence and Investigation (DGII)

Signals	Joint Signal Intelligence Bureau (JSIB) Financial Monitoring Unit (FMU)

Technological	Joint Intelligence Technical (JIT) Joint Intelligence X (JIX)

Imagery	Joint Intelligence X

Intelligence Estimate	National Intelligence Directorate (NID)

Intelligence measurement	Threat Matrix Strategic depth

Intelligence reforms	Ordinance VIII (1948) HRC Report (1974) Companies Ordinances (1984) SuRC Report (1992) AC Report (2013) Protection of Pakistan Ordinance (2014)

Executive Authority	National Security Council C²NS JS HQ

National intelligence agencies

Foreign intelligence agencies	Afghanistan: NDS Albania: SHISH Algeria: DRS Argentina: SI Armenia: SNB Australia: ASIS Azerbaijan: MTN Bahrain: NSA Bangladesh: NSI Belarus: KGB RB Belgium: ADIV/SGRS Bosnia and Herzegovina: OSA-OBA Brazil: ABIN Brunei: BRD Cameroon: BMM Canada: CSIS Chad: ANS Chile: ANI China: MSS Croatia: SOA Cuba: DI Czech Republic: ÚZSI Denmark: FE Djibouti: BSRG Ecuador: SENAIN Egypt: GID Estonia: TA France: DGSE Gambia: NIA Georgia: GIS Germany: BND Ghana: BNI, BGU, RDU Greece: EYP Hungary: IH India: RAW Indonesia: BIN Iran: VAJA Iraq: GSD Republic of Ireland: G2 Israel: Mossad Italy: AISE Ivory Coast: NSC Japan: NPA CIRO Jordan: GID Kazakhstan: Syrbar Kenya: NIS Kyrgyzstan: SNB Kuwait: KSS Latvia: SAB Lithuania: VSD Lebanon: GDGS Libya: MJ Republic of Macedonia: UBK Malaysia: MEIO Maldives: NSS Mexico: CISEN Mongolia: GIA Montenegro: ANB Morocco: DGST Mozambique: SISE Netherlands: AIVD New Zealand: NAB Nigeria: NIA Norway: E-tjenesten Pakistan: ISI Papua New Guinea: NIO Philippines: NICA Poland: AW Portugal: SIED Qatar: QSS Romania: SIE Russia: SVR Saudi Arabia: GIP Serbia: BIA Sierra Leone: CISU Singapore: SID Slovakia: SIS Slovenia: SOVA Somalia: NISA South Africa: SSA South Korea: NIS Spain: CNI Sri Lanka: SIS Sudan: JAWM Sweden: KSI Switzerland: NDB Syria: GSD Taiwan: NSB Tajikistan: MoS Thailand: NIA Togo: NIA Tunisia: TIA Turkey: MİT Turkmenistan: KNB Uganda: ISO Ukraine: SZRU United Arab Emirates: UAEI United Kingdom: SIS (MI6) United States: CIA Uzbekistan: SNB Vietnam: TC2

Domestic intelligence agencies	Argentina: SIDE Australia: ASIO Azerbaijan: MTN Bangladesh: SB Belarus: KGB RB Belgium: VS/SE Bosnia and Herzegovina: SIPA Brazil: ABIN Brunei: IRD Canada: CSIS Chile: ANI China: MSS Croatia: SOA Czech Republic: BIS Denmark: PET Egypt: Al Watani Estonia: KAPO Finland: SUPO France: DGSI Germany: BfV Ghana: GPS, CID Greece: EYP Hungary: AH India: IB, CBI, NSC, AIRMS Iran: VAJA, IRGC, PAVA Republic of Ireland: CSB, SDU, NSU Israel: Shin Bet Italy: AISI Kazakhstan: NSC Kenya: NIS Latvia: DP Lithuania: STT Republic of Macedonia: IA Malaysia: SB Japan: NPA PSIA Netherlands: NCTb New Zealand: NZSIS Nigeria: SSS Norway: PST Oman: ISS Pakistan: IB, FIA Philippines: NBI Poland: ABW Portugal: SIS Romania: SRI Russia: FSB Serbia: BIA Singapore: ISD South Africa: SSA South Korea: SPO Sri Lanka: SIS Sweden: SÄPO Switzerland: NDB Syria: GSD Taiwan: MJIB Thailand: ISOC, DSI Turkey: KDGM Ukraine: SBU United Kingdom: Security Service (MI5), NDEDIU, NCA, NBIS United States: FBI Uzbekistan: SNB Venezuela: SEBIN Vietnam: TC5 Zimbabwe CIO

Military intelligence agencies	Australia: DIO Bangladesh: DGFI Belgium: ADIV/SGRS Brazil: DIE Canada: Int Branch China: MID Croatia: VSOA Czech Republic: VZ Denmark: FE Egypt: DMISR Finland: FMIS France: DRM, DGSE Germany: MAD Ghana: MIU Hungary: KNBSZ Iran: IRGC India: DMI, DIA Indonesia: BAIS Republic of Ireland: G2 Israel: Aman Italy: CII Japan: MIC Kazakhstan: NSC Lithuania: AOTD Republic of Macedonia: MSSI Malaysia: DSID Morocco: DGED Netherlands: MIVD New Zealand: DDIS Norway: E-tjenesten Pakistan: MI, NI, AI Philippines: ISAFP Poland: SKW, SWW Portugal: CISMIL Romania: DGIA Russia: GRU Serbia: VOA, VBA Singapore: MIO Slovakia: VSS Slovenia: OVS South Africa: SANDF-ID South Korea: DSC Sri Lanka: DMI Sweden: MUST Switzerland: MND Syria: MI, AFID Taiwan: MND Thailand: AFSC Turkey: GENKUR İ.D.B., JİTEM Ukraine: HUR MO United Kingdom: DI United States: DIA Venezuela: DGCIM Vietnam: TC2

Signals intelligence agencies	Australia: ASD Brazil: 2ª Sch/EMD Canada: CSE China: SIGINT Croatia: OTC Finland: FIRE France: DGSE Germany: BND Ghana: RDU India: JCB,NTRO Indonesia: LEMSANEG Republic of Ireland: CIS Israel: 8200 Japan: DIH Kazakhstan: NSC Netherlands: AIVD New Zealand: GCSB Pakistan: JSIB Philippines: PCG, IACAT Russia: Spetssvyaz South Africa: SSA Sweden: FRA Switzerland: NDB Syria: MI Turkey: MİT-ETİB, MİT-SİB Ukraine: Derzhspetszviazok United Kingdom: GCHQ United States: NSA

Imagery intelligence agencies	Australia: AGO Ghana: RDU New Zealand: GEOINT NZ Portugal: CIGeoE Russia: TsVTI GRU United Kingdom: DGIFC United States: NGA

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