Air Vice Marshal Mumtaz Uddin Ahmed (20 July 1944 – 22 September 2019) was a chief of Bangladesh Air Force.

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Air Vice Marshal Mumtaz Uddin Ahmed
Born	(1944-07-20)20 July 1944 Kolkata, British India
Died	22 September 2019(2019-09-22) (aged 74) Dhaka, Bangladesh
Allegiance	Pakistan Bangladesh
Service/branch	Pakistan Air Force Bangladesh Air Force
Years of service	1963-1991
Rank	Air Vice Marshal
Unit	No. 5 Squadron
Commands held	Chief of Air Staff ACAS(Operation) of Air Headquarters AOC of BAF Base Matiur Rahman
Battles/wars	Indo-Pakistani War of 1965
Awards	HI(M), IMTIAZI SANAD, AIR FORCE ONE (IRAQ)

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Ahmed was commissioned in the PAF on 22 June 1963 in the 36th GD(P) Course. He started his career in 1963 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 of Flying Wing, DC of BAF Academy, Base Commander, Director of Operations and ACAS at the Air Force Headquarters.^[1] He was the chief of Bangladesh Air Force from 23 July 1987 to 4 June 1991.^[1] He retired on 4 June 1991.^[2] Mumtaz Uddin Ahmed died in Dhaka on 22 September 2019, at the age of 74.