List of serving marshals of the Bangladesh Air Force

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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.

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Current Bangladesh Air Force Marshals

Flag officers of the Bangladesh Air Force:

(No apportion)

  1. Air Vice Marshal Mohammad Kamrul Islam – Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Planning) (ACAS - Plans) [4] - Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka
  2. Air Vice Marshal Fakhrul Islam – Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Operations) (ACAS - Ops) [5] - Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka
  3. Air Vice Marshal Muhammad Zahidul Sayeed – Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Maintenance) (ACAS - Maint) [6] - Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka
  4. Air Vice Marshal Mahmudullah Alamgirul Awal Hossain – Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Administration) (ACAS - Admin) [7] - Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka
  5. Air Vice Marshal Muhammad Shafi Uddin Sarkar – Air Officer Commanding, (AOC) BAF Base Bashar [8] - Tejgaon, Dhaka
  6. Air Vice Marshal Rushad Bin Asad – Air Officer Commanding, (AOC) BAF Base Kurmitola - Kurmitola, Dhaka
  7. Air Vice Marshal Haider Abdullah – Air Officer Commanding, (AOC) BAF Base Zahurul Haq [9] - Patenga, Chittagong
  8. Air Vice Marshal A. K. M. Shafiul Azam – Air Officer Commanding, (AOC) BAF Base Cox's Bazar - Cox's Bazar, Chittagong
  9. Air Vice Marshal Muhammad Khair Ul Afsar – Air Officer Commanding, (AOC) BAF Base Matiur Rahman - Jessore, Khulna
  10. Air Vice Marshal Manirul Bahar – Vice Chancellor, Bangladesh Aviation and Aerospace University (VC BAAU) [10] - Lalmonirhat Airport, Rangpur
  11. Air Vice Marshal Mohammad Towhidul Islam – Commandant, Bangabandhu Aeronautical Centre (Comdt BAC) - Kurmitola, Dhaka
  12. Air Vice Marshal Muhammad Monjur Kabir Bhuiyan – Chairman, Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (Chairman CAAB) [4] - Kurmitola, Dhaka
  13. Air Vice Marshal Javed Tanveer Khan – Ambassador of Bangladesh to Lebanon, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA-Lebanon) [11] - Beirut, Lebanon
  14. Vacant – Air Officer Commanding, (AOC) BAF Base Sultan Mahmud - Pahankanchanpur, Dhaka
  15. Vacant – Senior Directing Staff (Air), National Defense College (SDS - Air, NDC) - Mirpur Cantonment, Dhaka [12]

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