Chief of Air Staff (Bangladesh)
{{Short description|Head of the Bangladesh Air Force}}
{{more citations needed|date=September 2022}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Chief
| body = Air Staff
| native_name = বিমান বাহিনী প্রধান
| insignia = Chief of Air Staff (Bangladesh) Insignia.svg
| insigniasize = 121px
| insigniacaption = Emblem
| insigniaalt =
| flag = Air Force Ensign of Bangladesh.svg
| flagsize = 145px
| flagalt =
| flagborder =
| flagcaption = Flag of the Bangladesh Air Force
| image =
| imagesize = 150
| alt =
| imagecaption =
| incumbent = Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan|
| incumbentsince = 12 June 2024
| department = {{air force|Bangladesh}}
| style =
| type = Bangladesh Air Force service chief
| status =
| abbreviation = COAS
| member_of = National Committee on Security Affairs
| reports_to = 20px President
20px Chief Adviser
| residence = Air House, Dhaka Cantonment
| seat = Air Force Headquarters, Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka
| nominator =
| appointer = The Prime Minister
| appointer_qualified = with President advice and consent
| termlength = 3 years,
| termlength_qualified =
| constituting_instrument = [http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-256.html?hl=1 Air Force Act, 1953 of (Act No. VI of 1953)]
| precursor =
| formation = {{start date and age|7 April 1972}}
| first = Air Vice Marshal A. K. Khandker
| last =
| abolished =
| superseded_by =
| succession =
| unofficial_names =
| deputy =
| salary = {{BDTConvert|150000}}
per month
{{BDTConvert|1800000}}
per year (incl. allowances)
| website = {{URL|https://baf.mil.bd/website/coas.php|Official website}}
| footnotes =
}}
The Chief of Air Staff (abbreviated as COAS) ({{langx|bn|বিমান বাহিনী প্রধান|Bimān bāhinī prôdhān}}) is the professional head of the Bangladesh Air Force.{{cite web |title=Chief of Air Staff |url=https://baf.mil.bd/website/coas.php |website=Bangladesh Air Force | access-date=9 July 2024}} Only pilots (officers from GDP branch) get this post. The appointment is held by a four-star air officer and the current COAS is Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan.{{Cite web |url=https://www.ispr.gov.bd/en/chief-of-air-staff-adorned-with-air-marshal-rank/ |title=Chief of Air Staff Adorned with Air Marshal Rank |date=13 June 2021}}{{cite news |title=BN, BAF chiefs rank upgraded |url=http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=547167&date=2016-01-17 |work=Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha | accessdate=17 January 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160203162949/http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=547167&date=2016-01-17 |archive-date=3 February 2016 |url-status=dead}}{{cite news |title=New Air Force chief Abu Esrar gets rank of Air Marshal |url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2015/06/12/new-air-force-chief-abu-esrar-gets-rank-of-air-marshal |website=bdnews24.com | access-date=6 July 2015}} Prior to 2016, from 2007 the appointment was held by an Air Marshal (three-star air officer) and from 1972 to 2007 COAS's rank was Air Vice Marshal.{{cite news |url=https://www.daily-sun.com/printversion/details/107524 |title=Navy, BAF chiefs' rank upgraded |work=Daily Sun |date=17 January 2016}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/amp/bangladesh/bangladesh-others/118458/ranks-of-bn-baf-chiefs-upgraded |title=Ranks of BN, BAF chiefs upgraded |work=Dhaka Tribune}}
List of Chiefs of Air Staff
{{Officeholder table start
| showorder = y
| showimage = y
| officeholder_title = Chief of Air Staff
| showtermlenght = y
| showparty = n
| showdefencebranch = n
| showref = y
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 1
| image =A. K. Khandker in New Delhi on 07 May 2011.jpg
| military_rank = Air Vice Marshal
| officeholder = Abdul Karim Khandker {{small|BU, psa}}
| officeholder_sort = Khandker, Abdul
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1930
| died_year =
| term_start = April 7, 1972
| term_end = October 15, 1975
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1972|04|07|1975|10|15}}
| ref = –
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 2
| image =
| military_rank = Air Vice Marshal
| officeholder = Muhammad Ghulam Tawab {{small|SJ, SBT, psa}}
| officeholder_sort = Tawab, Muhammad
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1930
| died_year = 1999
| term_start = October 15, 1975
| term_end = April 30, 1976
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1975|10|15|1976|04|30}}
| ref = –
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 3
| image =
| military_rank = Air Vice Marshal
| officeholder = Khademul Bashar {{small|BU, TBT}}
| officeholder_sort = Bashar, Khademul
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1935
| died_year = 1976
| died = y
| term_start = May 1, 1976
| term_end = September 1, 1976
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1976|05|01|1976|09|01}}
| ref = –
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 4
| image =
| military_rank = Air Vice Marshal
| officeholder = Abdul Gafoor Mahmud {{small|TBT, psa}}
| officeholder_sort = Mahmud, Abdul
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1934
| died_year =
| term_start = September 5, 1976
| term_end = December 8, 1977
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1976|09|05|1977|12|08}}
| ref = –
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 5
| image =
| military_rank = Air Vice Marshal
| officeholder = Sadruddin Mohammad Hossain {{small|BP}}
| officeholder_sort = Hossain, Sadruddin
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1941
| died_year =
| term_start = December 9, 1977
| term_end = July 22, 1981
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1977|12|09|1981|07|22}}
| ref = –
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 6
| image =
| military_rank = Air Vice Marshal
| officeholder = Sultan Mahmud {{small|BU}}
| officeholder_sort = Mahmud, Sultan
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1944
| died_year = 2023
| term_start = July 23, 1981
| term_end = July 22, 1987
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1981|07|23|1987|07|22}}
| ref = –
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 7
| image =
| military_rank = Air Vice Marshal
| officeholder = Momtaz Uddin Ahmed {{small|psc}}
| officeholder_sort = Ahmed, Momtaz
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1941
| died_year =
| term_start = July 23, 1987
| term_end = June 4, 1991
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1987|07|23|1991|06|04}}
| ref = –
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 8
| image =
| military_rank = Air Vice Marshal
| officeholder = Altaf Hossain Chowdhury {{small|ndu, psc}}
| officeholder_sort = Chowdhury, Altaf
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1941
| died_year =
| term_start = June 4, 1991
| term_end = June 3, 1995
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1991|06|04|1995|06|03}}
| ref = –
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 9
| image =
| military_rank = Air Marshal
| officeholder = Jamal Uddin Ahmed {{small|ndc, bems, psc}}
| officeholder_sort = Ahmed, Jamal
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1943
| died_year =
| term_start = June 4, 1995
| term_end = June 3, 2001
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|1995|06|04|2001|06|03}}
| ref = –
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 10
| image =
| military_rank = Air Vice Marshal
| officeholder = Mohammad Rafiqul Islam {{small|ndu, psc }}
| officeholder_sort = Islam, Mohammad
| officeholder_note =
| born_year =
| died_year =
| term_start = June 4, 2001
| term_end = April 8, 2002
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2001|06|04|2002|04|08}}
| ref = –
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 11
| image =
| military_rank = Air Vice Marshal
| officeholder = Fakhrul Azam {{small|ndc, psc}}
| officeholder_sort = Azam, Fakhrul
| officeholder_note =
| born_year =
| died_year =
| term_start = April 8, 2002
| term_end = April 7, 2007
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2002|04|08|2007|04|07}}
| ref = –
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 12
| image =Shah Mohammad Ziaur Rahman in New Delhi on April 24, 2009.jpg
| military_rank = Air Marshal
| officeholder = Shah Mohammad Ziaur Rahman {{small|ndc, fawc, psc}}
| officeholder_sort = Rahman, Shah
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1955
| died_year =
| term_start = April 8, 2007
| term_end = June 12, 2012
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2007|04|07|2012|06|12}}
| ref = –
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 13
| image = এয়ার মার্শাল (অব.) মোহাম্মদ ইনামুল বারী.jpg
| military_rank = Air Marshal
| officeholder = Muhammad Enamul Bari {{small|BBP, ndu, psc}}
| officeholder_sort = Bari, Enamul
| officeholder_note =
| born_year =
| died_year =
| term_start = June 13, 2012
| term_end = June 12, 2015
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2012|06|13|2015|06|12}}
| ref = –
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 14
| image =
| military_rank = Air Chief Marshal
| officeholder = Abu Esrar {{small|BBP, ndc, acsc}}
| officeholder_sort = Esrar, Abu
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1961
| died_year =
| term_start = June 12, 2015
| term_end = June 12, 2018
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2015|06|12|2018|06|12}}
| ref = –
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 15
| image =
| military_rank = Air Chief Marshal
| officeholder = Masihuzzaman Serniabat {{small|BBP, OSP, ndu, psc}}
| officeholder_sort = Serniabat, Masihuzzaman
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1962
| died_year =
| term_start = June 12, 2018
| term_end = June 12, 2021
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2018|06|12|2021|06|12}}
| ref = –
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 16
| image = Air Chief Marshal Shaikh Abdul Hannan (cropped).jpg
| military_rank = Air Chief Marshal
| officeholder = Shaikh Abdul Hannan {{small|BBP,BUP, nswc, fawc, psc}}
| officeholder_sort = Hannan, Shaikh Abdul
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1963
| died_year =
| term_start = June 12, 2021
| term_end = June 11, 2024
| timeinoffice = {{ayd|2021|06|12|2024|06|11}}
}}
{{Officeholder table
| order = 17
| image =
| military_rank = Air Chief Marshal
| officeholder = Hasan Mahmood Khan {{small|BBP, OSP, GUP, nswc, psc}}
| officeholder_sort = Khan, Hasan Madmood
| officeholder_note =
| born_year = 1966
| died_year =
| term_start = June 12, 2024
| term_end =
| timeinoffice ={{ayd|2024|06|12}}
| ref = {{cite news |url=https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/hasan-mahmood-khan-appointed-new-air-chief-861106 |title=Hasan Mahmood Khan appointed new Air Chief |date=27 May 2024 |work=The Business Standard}}
}}
{{Officeholder table end}}
See also
References
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External links
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{{Military of Bangladesh}}
{{Chief of the air force by country}}