Momtaz Uddin Ahmed

Air Vice Marshal (retd.) Momtaz Uddin Ahmed is a former chief of Bangladesh Air Force.

Career
He was the chief of Bangladesh Air Force from 23 July 1987 to 4 June 1991. He started his career in 1961 as a F-86 fighter pilot in the No. 11 5 and 23 Squadron of the Pakistan Air Force based in West Pakistan. He made active participation in the 1965 INDO-PAK War and was decorated for gallantry. He was a Squadron Leader posted at Sargodha Airbase at the time of the Liberation War and was kept as a prisoner of war in Pakistan until 1974. He was a top gun in MIG21 aircraft in the USSR. In the BAF he served as an OC FLYING WING, DC BAF ACADEMY, BASE COMMANDER, DIRECTOR OPERSTIONS AND ACAS (OPS & TRG) at the Air Headquarters. He retired on 4 June 1991].