Air Marshal Shah Mohammad Ziaur Rahman, ndc, fawc, psc (born 1955) was Chief of Staff of the Bangladesh Air Force. He was preceded by Air Vice Marshal Fakhrul Azam, ndc, psc.
S M Ziaur Rahman, was born in 1955 in to a Muslim family in Gopalgonj. He joined the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) as a flight cadet on March 10, 1975 and was commissioned on December 29, 1976 in the General Duties (Pilot) [GD(P)] branch .
Zia graduated from the Defence Services Command & Staff College in Dhaka in 1991 and from the PAF Air War College in 1992. He also graduated from National Defence College, Pakistan in 2001. Afterwards he participated in the seminars for “Executive Course” at USA Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies and the “Military and Peace Keeping Operations in Accordance with Rule of Law" course in Rhode Island, USA in 2003 and 2006 respectively.
Recognitionedit
Ziaur Rahman was a qualified fighter pilot and a Qualified Flying Instructor of the BAF who had logged over 2400. He served in various air squadrons across BAF stations. Some of the noted aircraft he flew was MiG-21 and F-7. Being a “Qualified Flying Instructor”, he carried out extensive instructional flying in various jet trainer and fighter aircraft such as L39Z F7 Fouga both at home and abroad.
Air Commandsedit
Zia had held command positions with most of the air squadrons of the Bangladesh Air Force. He successfully commanded the BAF's two fighter squadrons, 25 & 35 squadron.
Ziaur Rahman also held a range of staff command positions including Air Officer Commanding, Paharkanchanpur, Air Officer Commanding, Bashar and Air Officer Commanding, Zahurul Huq. He also served as Assistant Chief of Air Staff (Operations & Training) at air headquarters prior taking the appointment of Chief of Air Staff.
Rahman was promoted from air commodore to air vice-marshal and appointed as the Chief of Air Staff on 8 April 2007,[1] and promoted to Air Marshal on 24 May of the same year.[2] As Chief of Staff he had supported the introduction of new technology for the operation of aircraft, and a modernisation of the ageing Bangladesh air fleet. He had initiated a modern Personnel Evaluation System in BAF that resulted in revolutionary improvements in the Flying Output and Research and Development sectors. The modern objective methods of the Performance-based Evaluation and Tactical Evaluation systems are giving the BAF a new dimension of sustainable development.
The participation of BAF in United Nations peacekeeping missions had increased manifold during his tenure of office. BAF has reportedly received many accolades from world leaders and United Nations Headquarters for its professionalism, dedication and sincerity in different UN missions. He retired on 12 June 2012 and Air Vice Marshal Enamul Bari was appointed as the new chief.[3]
shah, mohammad, ziaur, rahman, marshal, fawc, born, 1955, chief, staff, bangladesh, force, preceded, vice, marshal, fakhrul, azam, marshal, retd, marshal, fawc, pscair, marshal, born1955gopalganjallegiancebangladeshservice, branchbangladesh, forceyears, servic. Air Marshal Shah Mohammad Ziaur Rahman ndc fawc psc born 1955 was Chief of Staff of the Bangladesh Air Force He was preceded by Air Vice Marshal Fakhrul Azam ndc psc Air Marshal retd Air Marshal Shah Mohammad Ziaur Rahman ndc fawc pscAir Marshal Shah Mohammad Ziaur RahmanBorn1955GopalganjAllegianceBangladeshService wbr branchBangladesh Air ForceYears of service1976 2012RankAir MarshalCommands held25 Squadron BAF35 Squadron BAFAir Officer Commanding BAF Base PaharkanchanpurAir Officer Commanding BAF Base BasharAir Officer Commanding BAF Base Zahurul HaqueAssistant Chief of Air Staff Operations amp Training Chief of Air Staff Contents 1 Early life 2 Recognition 3 Air Commands 4 Personal life 5 See also 6 ReferencesEarly life editS M Ziaur Rahman was born in 1955 in to a Muslim family in Gopalgonj He joined the Bangladesh Air Force BAF as a flight cadet on March 10 1975 and was commissioned on December 29 1976 in the General Duties Pilot GD P branch Zia graduated from the Defence Services Command amp Staff College in Dhaka in 1991 and from the PAF Air War College in 1992 He also graduated from National Defence College Pakistan in 2001 Afterwards he participated in the seminars for Executive Course at USA Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies and the Military and Peace Keeping Operations in Accordance with Rule of Law course in Rhode Island USA in 2003 and 2006 respectively Recognition editZiaur Rahman was a qualified fighter pilot and a Qualified Flying Instructor of the BAF who had logged over 2400 He served in various air squadrons across BAF stations Some of the noted aircraft he flew was MiG 21 and F 7 Being a Qualified Flying Instructor he carried out extensive instructional flying in various jet trainer and fighter aircraft such as L39Z F7 Fouga both at home and abroad Air Commands editZia had held command positions with most of the air squadrons of the Bangladesh Air Force He successfully commanded the BAF s two fighter squadrons 25 amp 35 squadron Ziaur Rahman also held a range of staff command positions including Air Officer Commanding Paharkanchanpur Air Officer Commanding Bashar and Air Officer Commanding Zahurul Huq He also served as Assistant Chief of Air Staff Operations amp Training at air headquarters prior taking the appointment of Chief of Air Staff Rahman was promoted from air commodore to air vice marshal and appointed as the Chief of Air Staff on 8 April 2007 1 and promoted to Air Marshal on 24 May of the same year 2 As Chief of Staff he had supported the introduction of new technology for the operation of aircraft and a modernisation of the ageing Bangladesh air fleet He had initiated a modern Personnel Evaluation System in BAF that resulted in revolutionary improvements in the Flying Output and Research and Development sectors The modern objective methods of the Performance based Evaluation and Tactical Evaluation systems are giving the BAF a new dimension of sustainable development The participation of BAF in United Nations peacekeeping missions had increased manifold during his tenure of office BAF has reportedly received many accolades from world leaders and United Nations Headquarters for its professionalism dedication and sincerity in different UN missions He retired on 12 June 2012 and Air Vice Marshal Enamul Bari was appointed as the new chief 3 Personal life editZia is married and has one son and one daughter See also editBangabandhu Aeronautical CentreReferences edit Shah Mohammad Ziaur Rahman new Air Force chief bdnews24 com Retrieved 5 July 2015 Bangladesh armed forces elite promoted 25 May 2007 Enamul Bari new air chief The Daily Star Retrieved 13 June 2015 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shah Mohammad Ziaur Rahman Military officesPreceded byAir Vice Marshal Fakhrul Azam Chief of Air Staff2007 2012 Succeeded byAir Marshal Enamul Bari Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shah Mohammad Ziaur Rahman amp oldid 1172754566, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
