Momtaz Uddin Ahmed

Air Vice Marshal

Mumtaz Uddin Ahmed
Born(1944-07-20)20 July 1944
Kolkata, British India
Died22 September 2019(2019-09-22) (aged 74)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
AllegiancePakistan Pakistan
Bangladesh Bangladesh
Service / branchPakistan Air Force
Bangladesh Air Force
Years of service1963-1991
Rank Air Vice Marshal
UnitNo. 5 Squadron
Commands
Battles / warsIndo-Pakistani War of 1965
AwardsHI(M), IMTIAZI SANAD, AIR FORCE ONE (IRAQ)

Air Vice Marshal Mumtaz Uddin Ahmed (20 July 1944 – 22 September 2019) was a chief of Bangladesh Air Force.

Career

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

  1. ^ a b "Former COAS – Bangladesh Air Force". www.baf.mil.bd. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
  2. ^ Keesing's Record of World Events. Longman. 1991. 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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