Dhaka, 11 July:- Chief of Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force Air Chief Marshal Shaikh Abdul Hannan, BBP, BUP, nswc, fawc, psc along with his spouse and two entourages left Dhaka for United Kingdom on Sunday (10-07-2022) for a seven-days official visit. He left the country at the invitation of Chief of the Air Staff of Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal Sir Mike Wigston.
During visit, Chief of Air Staff will visit C-130 Hercules aircraft maintenance, modification and repairing organization ‘Marshall Aerospace Facility’. Subsequently he will attend the ‘Global Air Chiefs’ Conference-2022’ organized by the Royal Air Force in London. The conference will include important seminars on Operational Integration, Technological Adaptation, Digital skills etc. Chief of Air Staff of different countries will attend this Conference. Then COAS will attend the world’s largest air show ‘Royal International Air Tattoo- 2022’ at RAF Fairford. It will mark the 75th anniversary of Royal Air Force. Finally Chief of Air Staff will attend the ‘Farnborough International Air Show- 2022’ in Farnborough, London.
It is expected that the visit of Chief of Air Staff will play a vital role for strengthening the bilateral relationship with Bangladesh and UK. It will also enhance the scope of mutual cooperation in the professional sectors. Mentionable that Chief of Air Staff is scheduled to return back on 20-07-2022.
