List of serving air marshals of the Bangladesh Air Force

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This is the list of serving Air Officers of the Bangladesh Air Force. At present, the air force has 1 Air Chief Marshal (ACM), no Air Marshal (AM), 14 Air Vice Marshals (AVM).

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  1. Air Vice Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan, BBP, OSP, GUP, nswc, psc, GD(P)- No 12 GD(P) Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Operations) ACAS(Ops) [2] [3]
  2. Air Vice Marshal Mohammad Kamrul Islam, BSP, GUP, nswc, afwc, psc, GD(P)- No 12 GD(P) Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Plans) ACAS(Plans)
  3. Air Vice Marshal Md Zahidul Sayeed, BUP, ndc, psc, Engineering - 24 Non GD, Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Maintenance) ACAS(Maintenance)
  4. Air Vice Marshal MA Awal Hossain BBP, OSP, GUP, ndc, awc, psc, GD(P) - No 16 GD(P), Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Administration) ACAS(Admin) [4] [5]
  5. Air Vice Marshal Badrul Amin, OSP, BUP, ndc, afwc, psc, GD(P)- No 17 GD(P), Air Officer Commanding,AOC BAF Base Bangabandhu (Kurmitola)
  6. Air Vice Marshal Sharif Uddin Sarkar, GUP, ndc, afwc, psc, GD(P) - No 18 GD(P) Air Officer Commanding, AOC BAF Base Bashar(Dhaka)
  7. Air Vice Marshal M Khair Ul Afsar, GUP, ndc, psc, GD(P) Air Officer Commanding, AOC BAF Base Bir Sreshtho Matiur Rahman(Jashore)
  8. Vacant - Air Officer Commanding, AOC BAF Base Coxsbazar
  9. Air Vice Marshal Akm Shafiul Azam - Air Officer Commanding, AOC BAF Base Zahurul Haq (Chittagong)
  10. Air Vice Marshal Md Towhidul Islam, BPP, ndc, psc, Engineering - 25 Non GD, Commandant Bangabandhu Aeronautical Centre (BAC)
  11. Air Vice Marshal ASM Fakhrul Islam, GUP, ndc, afwc, psc, GD(P) - No 14 GD(P), - Senior Directing Staff (Air), National Defense College, Mirpur, Dhaka
  12. Air Vice Marshal Muhammad Mafidur Rahman, BUP, ndu, afwc, psc, GD(P) - No 11 GD(P), Chairman, Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) [6]
  13. Air Vice Marshal A K M Manirul Bahar, BSP, ndc, hdmc, afwc, psc, ADWC - Vice Chancellor, VC Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman Aviation and Aerospace University [7] [8]
  14. Air Vice Marshal Javed Tanveer Khan, BSP, OSP, ndc,afwc, acsc, psc - Ambassador of People's Republic of Bangladesh for Lebanon, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA-Lebanon)

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References

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  2. ↑ "Bangladesh's first aviation university launched". Dhaka Tribune. 2020-02-03. Retrieved 2020-12-25.
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