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Air Vice Marshal Shaikh Abdul Hannan takes over BAF Command

Nation 2021-06-12, 10:33pm

Newly appointed Chief of Air Staff Air Vice Marshal Shaikh Abdul Hannan on Saturday took over the command of Bangladesh Air Force. ISPR Photo



Dhaka, June 12 - Newly appointed Chief of Air Staff Air Vice Marshal Shaikh Abdul Hannan on Saturday took over the command of Bangladesh Air Force, an Inter-Service public relations ( ISPR) press release said.
He took over from the outgoing Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Masihuzzaman Serniabat at a ceremony at the Chief of Air Staff’s secretariat.
Principal Staff Officers along with other senior officers of Air Headquarters were present during the occasion, ISPR said.
Earlier in the morning, the outgoing  Air Chief paid homage to Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman by placing a wreath at his portrait in front of the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum.
He also laid wreaths at Shikha Anirban to pay homage to the members of the Armed Forces who were martyred during the War of Liberation in 1971. - UNB