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Jamal Uddin Ahmed is a former chief of Air Staff, the highest appointment in the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF), and former chairman of the board of directors of Biman Bangladesh. [1] He was promoted to Air Marshal by then Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on the day of his retirement from the BAF in 2001.
The Chief of Air Staff (abbreviated as CAS) (Bengali: বিমান বাহিনী প্রধান, romanized: Bimāna bāhinī pradhāna) is the professional head of the Bangladesh Air Force. [1] Only pilots (officers from GDP branch) get this post.
Ensign of Bangladesh Air Force. This list represents the serving Air officers of Bangladesh Air Force. Currently the air force has 1 Air Chief Marshal with 13 Air Vice Marshals. Formerly, the Air Marshal uphold the assignments as chief of air staff. However as of 2016, there is no Air Marshal posts formed immediately.
In 1980, Azam retired as a group captain from the Bangladesh Air Force. After retiring from the military, Azam continued government service on contract basis and started his own private trading firm. Azam was a one term parliament member (1991-1996) representing his hometown seat of Pabna in Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
Abdul Ghaffar Mahmud (born 01 March 1934) [1] is a former chief of the Bangladesh Air Force. He negotiated the release of hostages from the hijacked Japan Airlines Flight 472 . [ 2 ] For his role in keeping the situation under control and securing the lives of every single passenger, the Japanese government conferred upon him the "Order of the ...
Muhammad Shafiqul Alam BBP, OSP, BSP, ndc, fawc, psc is a retired officer of Bangladesh Air Force and former assistant chief of air staff (operations and training). [1] Earlier, he was assistant chief of air staff (plans). [2] He also served as air officer commanding of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) Base Bashar. [3]
In 1972, this chief of air staff which is abbreviated as coas was created (in april 1972), and the first air chief was A. K. Khandker [39] whose rank was air vice marshal, all air chiefs till Fakhrul Azam [40] (served as air chief from 2002 to 2007) was air vice marshals, Shah Mohammad Ziaur Rahman was the first air chief who served in this ...
Within next two years, he assembled a fighter squadron, a helicopter squadron, and 2 radar units to its strength. He served the Bangladesh Air Force as its Chief during the period 1972–1975. Apart from serving the Bangladesh Air Force, he was the first Chairman of the national carrier Bangladesh Biman for the period 1972–1973.