The Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) is the aerial warfare branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The air force is primarily responsible for air defence of Bangladesh's sovereign territory as well as providing air support to the Bangladesh Army and Bangladesh Navy. Furthermore,the BAF has a territorial role in providing tactical and strategic air transport and logistics capability for the country.
Mohammad Ataul Gani Osmani was a Bangladeshi military officer and revolutionary. His military career spanned three decades,beginning with his service in the British Indian Army in 1939. He fought in the Burma Campaign during World War II,and after the partition of India in 1947,he joined the Pakistan Army and served in the East Bengal Regiment,retiring as a colonel in 1967. Osmani joined the Provisional Government of Bangladesh in 1971 as the commander-in-chief of the nascent Bangladesh Forces. Regarded as the founder of the Bangladesh Armed Forces,Osmani retired as the first full general from the Bangladesh Army in 1972.
The Battle of Boyra was a ground and aerial battle that was fought on 22 November 1971 between the India and Pakistan.
PAF College Sargodha is a Pakistan Air Force operated boarding school located in Sargodha,Punjab,Pakistan. It was established in 1953. Founded as a feeding school for Pakistan Air Force Academy,it is now a public school since 1990 funded by the Pakistan Air Force.
Shafaat Jamil,Bir Bikrom was a Bangladesh Army colonel. He was the commanding officer of the 3rd East Bengal Regiment of Z Force Brigade in Sector 11 of Bangladesh Forces during the War of Bangladesh Independence in 1971. He was among the first Bengali officers who rebelled against the Pakistani Army in the 1971 Liberation War of Bangladesh and later fought in 11 sector and in Sylhet sector.
Muhammad Hamidullah Khan,TJ,Sitara-e-Harb,BP was a military leader and a war hero in two wars fought in South Asia:the Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 and the Bangladesh Independence War in 1971. M. Hamidullah Khan was also a public official as a member of both Awami League (1996~1997),and Bangladesh Nationalist Party. Hamidullah held quite a number of public offices as Chairman such as Sonali Bank,Freedom Fighters Welfare Trust,Security &Exchange Commission and Board of Investment.
William Leslie Kirk was a four-star general in the United States Air Force (USAF). He served as Commander in Chief,United States Air Forces in Europe/Commander,Allied Air Forces Central Europe (CINCUSAFE/COMAAFCE) from 1987 to 1989.
M Khademul Bashar,Bir Uttom was the Chief of Air Staff of the Bangladesh Air Force during 1976. He also held the office of Deputy Chief Martial Law Administrator and was in charge of the Ministry of Petroleum,the Ministry of Food and Civil Aviation and the Department of Tourism.
Abdul Karim Khandker,Bir Uttom is a former planning minister of the Government of Bangladesh. He is a retired diplomat and was the Deputy Chief of Staff of the Bangladesh Armed Forces during the Bangladesh Liberation War,He was also the first Chief of Air Staff,getting the appointment immediately after the independence of Bangladesh in 1972.
Syed Mohammad AhsanHQA,SPk,DSC,DMM,LOM often known as S. M. Ahsan,was a senior admiral of the Pakistan Navy who was the Commander in Chief of the Pakistan Navy,serving under President Ayub Khan from 1966 until 1969.
Air Chief Marshal Parvaiz Mehdi QureshiNI(M) HI(M) SI(M) SBt best known as PQ Mehdi,is a retired four-star air officer and former fighter pilot who served as the eighth Chief of Air Staff (CAS) of the Pakistan Air Force from 1997 until his retirement in 2000.
Muhammad Zafar Masud also known as Mitty Masud,was a one star air officer in the Pakistan Air Force and a military strategist who was known for his role as air officer commanding of the Dacca airbase in East Pakistan.
Saiful Azam (Bengali:সাইফুলআজম;was a Bangladeshi fighter pilot and flying ace,and politician. He first served as a fighter pilot for the Pakistan Air Force and later the Bangladesh Air Force. According to Pakistani sources,during his career as a PAF pilot,he shot down one Indian Air Force aircraft in the 1965 Indo-Pakistani War and four Israeli aircraft during the Six-Day War,where he served as a military advisor and mercenary pilot for the air forces of Jordan and Iraq.
Arnold Webb Braswell was a lieutenant general in the United States Air Force (USAF) and command pilot who was commander in chief of Pacific Air Forces,with headquarters at Hickam Air Force Base in Hawaii. His command comprised more than 34,000 USAF operational and support personnel stationed at eight major bases and more than 87 facilities principally located in Japan,South Korea,the Philippines and Hawaii.
Z Force,also known as the Tura Brigade,was the first military brigade of Bangladesh Forces,formed during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971 under Major Ziaur Rahman along with the consent of the revolutionary government of Bangladesh in exile. The brigade was formed with the 1st,3rd and 8th Battalion of East Bengal Regiment on 7 July 1971. It is the first ever complete brigade formed during the Liberation War of Bangladesh in 1971.
Air Chief Marshal Satish Kumar Sareen,PVSM,AVSM,VM,ADC was the Chief of Air Staff of Indian Air Force from 31 December 1995 till 31 December 1998.
S Force was a military brigade of the Bangladesh Armed Forces that was formed under the leadership of Major K M Shafiullah on October 1,1971. The brigade was composed of the 2nd and 11th East Bengal Regiment.
Air Vice Marshal (retd.) Abdul Ghaffar Mahmud is a former chief of the Bangladesh Air Force. He negotiated the release of hostages from the hijacked Japan Airlines Flight 472. For his role in keeping the situation under control and securing the lives of every single passenger,the Japanese government conferred upon him the "Order of the Rising Sun,Gold and Silver Star" awards.
Kilo Flight was the code name for the Mukti Bahini combat aviation formation during the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971. It consisted of one DHC-3 Otter plane and one Alouette III helicopter,both carrying rocket pods and machine guns for launching hit-and-run attacks on Pakistani targets,and one DC-3 Dakota for logistical missions. 9 Bengali pilots and 58 former PAF personnel formed the unit under the command of Group Captain A. K. Khandker in September 1971. The aircraft were supplied by Indian Authorities and the formation was led by Squadron Leader Sultan Mahmud under the operational control of IAF base Jorhat. The unit started training in October 1971 at Dimapur in Nagaland,and this unit was the first to launch airstrikes on Pakistani targets in East Pakistan on December 4,1971,by attacking oil depots at Narayanganj and Chittagong. In total,the unit flew 90 sorties and 40 combat missions between December 4 and 16,1971. After the war,this unit formed the core of the nascent Bangladesh Air Force.
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