Air Chief Marshal Mushaf Ali Mir NI(M), HI(M), SI(M), SBt (Punjabi, Urdu: مصحف على مير; March 5, 1947– 20 February 2003) NI(M), HI(M), SI(M), SBt was an influential statesman and a four-star air force general who served as the Chief of Air Staff of the Pakistan Air Force (PAF), appointed on 20 November 2000 until his accidental death in a plane crash on 20 February 2003. His death has been subject of numerous conspiracy theories, with many American authors charging him of having advanced knowledge on terrorist attacks in the United States in 2001.