List of serving marshals of the Bangladesh Air Force

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This is the list of serving senior air officers of the Bangladesh Air Force. As of December 2024, the force has 1 Air Chief Marshal and 11 Air Vice Marshals, but no Air Marshal.

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Current Bangladesh Air Force Marshals

Flag officers of the Bangladesh Air Force:

  1. Air Vice Marshal Md. Sharif Uddin Sarkar, OSP, GUP, BPP, ndc, psc - Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Plans) ACAS (Plans) [4]
  2. Air Vice Marshal ASM Fakhrul Islam, OSP, GUP, ndc, afwc, psc - Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Operations) ACAS (Ops) [5]
  3. Air Vice Marshal Md Zahidul Sayeed, BUP, ndc, psc - Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Maintenance) ACAS (Maintenance) [6]
  4. Air Vice Marshal Rushad Din Asad, BPP, ndu, aowc, psc - Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Administration) ACAS (Admin) [7]
  5. Air Vice Marshal Mohammed Khair Ul Afsar, GUP, ndc, psc - Air Officer Commanding, AOC BAF Base Bashar [8]
  6. Air Vice Marshal Haider Abdullah, ndc, fawc, psc - Air Officer Commanding, AOC BAF Base Zahurul Haq [9]
  7. 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 [10]
  8. Air Vice Marshal Md Towhidul Islam, BPP, ndc, psc - Commandant Bangabandhu Aeronautical Centre (BAC)[ citation needed ]
  9. Vacant - Senior Directing Staff (Air),SDS (Air) National Defense College, Dhaka [11]
  10. Air Vice Marshal Md Monjur Kabir Bhuiyan, OSP, BUP, ndc, nswc, afwc, psc - Chairman of Civil Aviation Authority, Bangladesh (CAAB) [4]
  11. Air Vice Marshal Javed Tanveer Khan, OSP, BSP, ndc, afwc, acsc, psc - Ambassador of Bangladesh to Lebanon, Ministry of Foreign Affairs [12]

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