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Bangladeshi renowned fighter pilot Saiful Azam dies at 80

15th Jun 2020
Bangladeshi renowned fighter pilot Saiful Azam dies at 80

By Md. Kamruzzaman

 

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AA): Bangladeshi-origin legendary fighter pilot Saiful Azam died in the capital Dhaka on Sunday morning, according to officials and media reports.

Retired group captain, 80, died at his residence after suffering from various old-age complications for a long time, the local newspaper Jugantor said.

Bangladeshi army’s mouthpiece Inter Service Public Relation Directorate (ISPR) also confirmed the death to Anadolu Agency over the phone.

“We came to know about his death but we have not published it in our official web page as he is a retired official,” ISPR director Lt. Col. Abdullah Ibn Zaid said.

Recalling Azam’s outstanding past records as a retired military official, Zaid added that “due to official rules we cannot issue any formal press release about the demise of any ex-official.”

Azam, also a former lawmaker from Bangladesh’s mid-northern Pabna-3 constituency, was regarded as a legendary figure for Bangladeshi people thanks to his untouched records as a fighter pilot.

“Many of the current generation do not know that this military official’s past records upheld the dignity of Bangladesh a lot before the world,” Jugantor said.

According to available records, Azam is the unique air force figure in the history of Bangladesh who took part in wars as a fighter pilot of three different countries — Jordan, Iraq and Pakistan.

As a Bangladeshi-origin, he is the only fighter pilot who downed four Israeli aircrafts during the 1967 Arab-Israel war. This is also a world record.

During the 1965 India-Pakistan war he also downed an Indian war plane that encouraged Pakistani forces to stand against India with limited warfare tools.

The act was widely applauded in Pakistan, awarding Azam Pakistani’s Star of Courage (Sitara-e-Jurat) medal, the third prestigious award of Pakistan’s military.

He was part of PAF till 1971- trained at Sargodha and Risalpur in Pakistan.

The US government awarded him as one of the world’s 22 “Living Eagles” for his outstanding war skills and courage.

Born in 1941 and raised in India, Azam left home at 18 to enlist in the Pakistani Air Force.

Following the independence of Bangladesh in 1971, the veteran fighter joined the Bangladesh Air Force at his newly-independent homeland.

In 1980, he retired from the military and developed a career in the civil service and later became a politician.

[Photo: Saiful Azam. Pakistan Defence Photo]

One Response to “Bangladeshi renowned fighter pilot Saiful Azam dies at 80”

Gul Rabi ShahJune 16, 2020

May Allah Grant Eternal peace,
We pakistanies SALUTE you for your bravery during your services in PAF, you will be remembered in Pakistan within the nation and armed Forces.

Gul Rabi Shah
+971 50 1120803

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