Momtaz Uddin Ahmed
Mumtaz Uddin Ahmed | |
|---|---|
| 7th Chief of Air Staff | |
| In office 23 July 1987 – 4 June 1991 | |
| President | Hussain Muhammad Ershad Shahabuddin Ahmed (acting) |
| Prime Minister | Mizanur Rahman Chowdhury Moudud Ahmed Kazi Zafar Ahmed Khaleda Zia |
| Preceded by | Sultan Mahmud |
| Succeeded by | Altaf Hossain Chowdhury |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 July 1944 Calcutta, Bengal Province, British India |
| Died | 22 September 2019 (aged 74) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Awards |  Hilal-i-Imtiaz Imtiazi Sanad |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |  Pakistan (before 1974)  Bangladesh |
| Branch/service |  Pakistan Air Force Bangladesh Air Force |
| Years of service | 1963-1991 |
| Rank |  Air Vice Marshal |
| Unit | No. 5 Squadron |
| Commands |
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| Battles/wars | Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 |
Air Vice Marshal Mumtaz Uddin Ahmed (20 July 1944 – 22 September 2019) was a chief of Bangladesh Air Force.
Career
[edit]Ahmed was commissioned in the PAF on 22 June 1963 in the 36th GD(P) Course. He started his career in 1963 as a F-86 fighter pilot in the No. 11, 5 and 23 Squadron of the Pakistan Air Force based in West Pakistan. He made active participation in the 1965 INDO-PAK War and was decorated for gallantry. He was a Squadron Leader posted at Sargodha Airbase at the time of the Liberation War and was kept as a prisoner of war in Pakistan until 1974. He was a top gun in MIG21 aircraft in the USSR. In the BAF he served as an OC of Flying Wing, DC of BAF Academy, Base Commander, Director of Operations and ACAS at the Air Force Headquarters.[1] He was the chief of Bangladesh Air Force from 23 July 1987 to 4 June 1991.[1] He retired on 4 June 1991.[2] Mumtaz Uddin Ahmed died in Dhaka on 22 September 2019, at the age of 74.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Former COAS – Bangladesh Air Force". www.baf.mil.bd. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ Keesing's Record of World Events. Longman. 1991. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
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