Chief of Air Staff (Bangladesh)

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search

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

  1. 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.