Chief of Air Staff (Bangladesh)

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Chief of the Air Staff
বিমান বাহিনী প্রধান (Bengali)
Chief of Air Staff of emblem
Flag of the Bangladesh Air Force
Incumbent Air chief marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan since 12 June 2024
Bangladesh Air Force
Type	Air Force Service chief
Abbreviation	COAS
Member of	Bangladesh Armed Forces Ministry of Defence Armed Forces Division Intelligence Community
Reports to	Prime Minister Minister of Defence
Residence	BAF Officers Residence
Seat	Air Force Headquarters, Dhaka Cantonment, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Appointer	The Prime Minister with advice and consent of the President
Constituting instrument	Air Force Act, 1953 of (Act No. VI of 1953)
Formation	7 April 1972
First holder	Air Vice Marshal A. K. Khandker
Unofficial names	Chief of Air Force
Deputy	Assistant Chief of Air Staff
Salary	৳ 100,000 Monthly (US$ 1,175) ৳ 12,00,000 annually (US$ 14,104)
Website	Official website

The Chief Of Air Staff (abbreviated as COAS) (Bengali: বিমান বাহিনী প্রধান, romanized: Bimāna bāhinī pradhāna) is the professional head and highest appointment of the Bangladesh Air Force.^[1] Only pilots (officers from GDP branch) get this post. The appointment is held by a four-star air officer and the current COAS is Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan.^[2][3][4] 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.^[5][6]