The Chief Of Air Staff (abbreviated as COAS) ( bn, বিমান বাহিনী প্রধান, Biman Bahini Pradhan) is the professional head and highest appointment of the

Bangladesh Air Force The Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) ( bn, বাংলাদেশ বিমান বাহিনী, Bangladesh Biman Bahini) is the aerial warfare branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The Air Force is primarily responsible for air defence of ...

. Only pilots (officers from GDP branch) get this post. The appointment is held by a four-star

air officer An air officer is an air force officer of the rank of air commodore or higher. Such officers may be termed "officers of air rank". While the term originated in the Royal Air Force, air officers are also to be found in many Commonwealth nations ...

and the current COAS is Air Chief Marshal

Shaikh Abdul Hannan Shaikh Abdul Hannan (born 1 August 1963) is a four-star Air chief marshal and the current Chief of Air Staff of the Bangladesh Air Force. On 12 June 2021, Hannan took over command of the Bangladesh Air Force from his predecessor Masihuzzaman S ...

. 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.

List of Chiefs of Air Staff

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Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

Bangladesh Air Force Chiefs of Air Staff (Bangladesh)

List of Chiefs of Air Staff

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