Muhammad Ghulam Tawab Air Vice Marshal Muhammad Ghulam Tawab ( 1 July 1930 – 23 February 1999 ) was the second chief of the air staff of Bangladesh Air Force who also served as deputy chief martial law administrator of Bangladesh with Ziaur Rahman and M . H . Khan from 1975 to 1977 . During the nations war of independence Group Captain Tawab was barred from participating in the struggle due to internal politics spearheaded by A . K . Khandker . However , he remained in contact with General Osmani , and after 16 December 1971 , Tawab immediately returned to Bangladesh and General M . A . G . Osmani appointed Tawab as his principal deputy with the rank of Air Commodore at the Bangladesh Forces interim Head Quarters in the older 14 Division HQ ' s office of Pakistan Army at Dhaka Cantoment . Within a short period of three months Tawab played his part in the creation and organization of Bangladesh Air Force . Though a short lived tenure , along with Osamni ' s resignation as Commander in Chief of Bangladesh Forces on April 21 , 1972 , Tawab had to leave the country due to political meddling of the Awami League administration . After Sheikh Mujib ' s assassination in August 1975 , Tawab was immediately recalled from West Germany to active duty by Major Dalim upon then Wing Commander M . Hamidullah Khan ' s advice . Air Vice Marshal A . K . Khandker was promtly dismissed , and Tawab was reinstated to Bangladesh Air Force and appointed the Chief of Air Staff with the rank of Air Vice Marshal . During Tawabs command Bangladesh Air Force reemerged as an active department of armed forces of Bangladesh and received its accurate transformation and structuring . In less than two years , under Tawab ' s tremendous and dedication hard work Bangladesh Air Force Academy came into being . M . G . Tawab retired from Bangladesh Air Force in 1977 and returned to West Germany . He died in Munich on February 23 , 1999 from prostate cancer after several years of heroic fight against this deadly affliction . Brief . Tawab was born in a village near Sylhet , of Bengal Province , British Indian Empire , on July 1 , 1930 . After graduating college Tawab joined the Pakistan Air Force and was commissioned with the 9th GD ( P ) course as a pilot officer in the PAF . He graduated from PAF College Risalpur on September 15 , 1951 . Tawab excelled in the PAF by reputation and professionally as well as in Bangladesh Air Force . In 1965 , during Indo - Pak war on the western front , Tawab brilliant performance won him great recognition and the highest gallantry award . In 1975 , Tawab was promoted to Air Vice Marshal and appointed as Chief of Air Staff of Bangladesh Air Force . He was married to Henrietta , a German national , and has two sons and a daughter . Pakistan Air Force . Soon after graduating as a Pilot Officer GD ( P ) , Tawab attended fighter conversion school and after a short stint in a fighter squadron , he was posted as flying instructor at PAF College Risalpur . During Pakistan Air Force ' s early years dedicated trained instructors were in high demand . Though flying instruction was demanding work , due to Tawab ' s reputation at excelling in all fields , after two years tenure there he was posted back to a frontline combat fighter squadron . He was one of the first PAF pilots to undergo jet conversion with the USAF in Germany in early 1956 . In recognition of his capabilities he was posted as a NATO instructor pilot at the USAF run T - 33 ( T - Bird ) jet transition school at Furstenfledbruck Air Base near Munich in Germany . It was here that he met and married Henrietta , his constant companion in joy , happiness and adversity the lasted forty three years . Tawab made an effective contribution in the grooming of the group of fighter pilots who defeated the Indian Air Force and blunted Indian land offensives in the 1965 war . Between 1957 and 1971 he held command of No 11 and 14 front line PAF fighter squadrons . He was the chief instructor at the PAF Fighter Leader School , when this premier fighter training institution was commanded by Wg Commander M . Z Masud PAF ' s top fighter pilot , who later as Base Commander Sargodah emerged as the top hero of the 1965 war . In recognition of his high professional expertise Tawab was given command of PAF ' s No 32 Fighter Wing in 1963 , which he completed with distinction . After graduating from the PAF Staff College Tawab held key appointments at Air Headquarters PAF including Director of Projects and Director of Flight Safety . He was Director of Flight Safety before and during the 1965 war . Seeing the clouds of war on the horizon Tawab volunteered to fly operational combat missions . He was attached to No 19 Squadron commanded by Squadron Leader ' Nosey ' Haider . Despite his seniority he flew 24 F - 86 Sabre combat missions which included sixteen air defence sorties and eight ground attack missions . He was in the strike formation which bombed Srinagar airfield and Jammu radar during the 1965 war . His citation approved by Air Marshal Noor Khan C - in - C PAF reads as follows , ' Wing Commander Mohammad Ghulam Tawab started taking part in operations from the very first day the hostilities began . He provided top cover for the first strike against Pathankot . During the war he flew sixteen air defence missions and eight close support sorties . He took part in the bombing of Srinagar airfield and Jammu radar . He was responsible for the destruction of ten enemy tanks and twenty vehicles . Such active participation in operations set an excellent example for all the fighter pilots at Peshawar . Wing Commander Mohammad Ghulam Tawab is therefore awarded Sitara - i - Jur ' at ' . During the ' text book attack ' on Pathankot airfield , Tawab flying one of the two top cover sabres counted fourteen fires burning i . e . destruction of 14 IAF Mig - 21 ' s and Mystere fighters by Squadron Leader Nosey Haider and his fighter boys . Tawab had an intuitive and alert mind . During a recce mission on 3rd Sept 65 Tawab reported heavy concentration of India armour for a major offensive towards Chawinda . This report helped Pakistan Army to deploy its armour in time to crush the India armour offensive . Tawab was Base Commander PAF base Kohat until before the 1971 war . Bangladesh Air Force . Tawab left the PAF in the summer of 1971 and went to Bangkok , Thailand , from where he tried to join forces with General M A G Osmani at 8 Theatre Rd . , Calcutta , India . He was barred by Indian authorities under the influence of A . K . Khandker to participate in the glorious war of independence in 1971 . Furthermore he was well known as a Pakistan Air Force fighter ace , as he was awarded the prestigious gallantry award of Sitara - i - Jurat for his extreme bravery in the 1965 Indo - Pak war . With his excellent record as a highly qualified fighter pilot , he with a little effort got a job as a test pilot with a German aircraft manufacturing company and as instructor pilot with a flying school there . He was a dare - devil and liked challenges wherever he found them . After retirement Tawab returned to Munich Germany and started indenting business of sorts . He had lived in Munich since with his wife and three children till his death .