Chief of Air Staff (Bangladesh)
The Chief Of Air Staff (COAS) is the professional head of the Bangladesh Air Force. By statute the incumbent is a four-star air officer and the current COAS is Air Chief Marshal Abu Esrar.[1][2]
- Air Vice Marshal Abdul Karim Khandker
- (10 April 1972 – 17 August 1975)
- Air Vice Marshal Muhammad Ghulam Tawab
- (August 18th 1975–1977)
- Air Vice Marshal Khademul Bashar
- (1977–1977)
- Air Vice Marshal Abdul Gafoor Mahmud
- (1977–1978)
- Air Vice Marshal Sadruddin Mohammad Hossain
- (1978–1982)
- Air Vice Marshal Sultan Mahmud
- (1982–1987)
- Air Vice Marshal Momtaz Uddin Ahmed
- (1987–1991)
- Air Vice Marshal Altaf Hossain Chowdhury
- (4 June 1991 – 3 June 1995)
- Air Marshal Jamal Uddin Ahmed
- (3 June 1995 – 4 June 2001)
- Air Vice Marshal Rafiqul Islam
- (4 June 2001 – 7 April 2002)
- Air Vice Marshal Fakhrul Azam
- (8 April 2002 – 7 April 2007)
- Air Marshal Shah Mohammad Ziaur Rahman ndc, afwc, psc
- (8 April 2007 – 12 June 2012)
- Air Marshal Muhammad Enamul Bari,BBP, ndu, psc
- (13 June 2012 – 12 June 2015 )
- Air Chief Marshal Abu Esrar, BBP, ndc, acsc[1]
- (12 June 2015 (Afternoon) – Present)
References
- ^ a b "BN, BAF chiefs rank upgraded". Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
- ^ "New Air Force chief Abu Esrar gets rank of Air Marshal". bdnews24.com. Retrieved 6 July 2015.