Honorific-Prefix: | Air Vice Marshal (retd.) |
Fakhrul Azam | |
Native Name: | এয়ার ভাইস মার্শাল (অব.) ফখরুল আজম |
Native Name Lang: | Bengali |
Honorific-Suffix: | ndc,psc |
Office: | 11th Chief of Air Staff |
Term Start: | 8 April 2002 |
Term End: | 7 April 2007 |
Predecessor: | Air Vice Marshal Rafiqul Islam |
Successor: | Air Vice Marshal Ziaur Rahman |
President: | Iajuddin Ahmed |
Primeminister: | Khaleda Zia |
Alma Mater: | PAF College Sargodha |
Allegiance: | Bangladesh |
Serviceyears: | 1971–2007 |
Rank: | Air Vice Marshal |
Air Vice Marshal (retd.) Fakhrul Azam, ndc, psc was the Chief of the Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force from 2002 to 2007. He studied in the prestigious Sargodha College of Pakistan Air Force. He was in the Tempest house (694-T). He left the institution in 1965 after completing his Senior Cambridge. He was commissioned in the Pakistan Air Force on 13 March 1971 from the 51st GD(P) Course. Fakhrul was appointed as the 'Chief of the Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force' on 8 April 2002 by then-Prime Minister Khaleda Zia. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]