Momtaz Uddin Ahmed

Mumtaz Uddin Ahmed
Born 20 December 1941
Kolkata
Allegiance Pakistan Pakistan
Bangladesh Bangladesh
Service/branch Pakistan Air Force
Bangladesh Air Force
Years of service 1963-1991
Rank Air Vice Marshal
Unit No. 18, 5, 23 Squadrons in PAF & NO 507 SQN in BAF
Battles/wars RANN OF KATCH 7 INDO_PAK WAR IN 1965
Awards HI(M), IMTIAZI SANAD, AIR FORCE ONE (IRAQ)

Air Vice Marshal (retd.) Momtaz Uddin Ahmed is a former chief of Bangladesh Air Force.

Career

Ahmed started his career in 1961 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]

References

  1. 1 2 "Former COAS – Bangladesh Air Force". www.baf.mil.bd. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Keesing's Record of World Events. Longman. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
Military offices
Preceded by
Air Vice Marshal Sultan Mahmud		 Chief of Air Staff
1987 – 1991		 Succeeded by
Air Vice Marshal Altaf Hossain Chowdhury


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