235 more posts to be created for BAF Base Zahurul Haque
The government is going to create 235 additional posts for the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) Base Zahurul Haque in Chattogram. At the same time, the post of the chief of the air base would be upgraded to Air Commodore from the existing Group Captain, say government sources.
Recently, the Secretary Committee on Administrative Improvement Affairs recommended creation of the 235 new posts, the sources added. At present, there are 415 posts in the BAF base.
Of the 235 posts, one post of Air Commodore, four posts of Group Captain, seven posts of Wing Commander, 16 posts of Squadron Leader, three posts of Flight Lieutenant, 35 posts of Master Warrant Officer and 47 posts of Senior Warrant Officer would be created, said the proposal sent recently to the Finance Division from the defence ministry. The Finance Division has approved the proposal for creating the new posts.
But it has advised to appoint people in some posts like muajjin, cook, mess waiter, ward boy and gardener through outsourcing after taking the necessary permission from the authorities concerned in this regard.
According to the proposal, the authorities concerned are going to change the name of ‘Air Force Training Wing’ to ‘Biman Sena Proshikhan Pratisthan’ (Airmen Training Institute). The Secretary Committee on Administrative Improvement affairs has recently recommended the change of the name.
The Air Force Training Wing, which is running under this air base, is providing training to airmen since 1975. Since then, it has been functioning to build the main working force of BAF and developing supervisors of different levels.
So far, more than 28,000 trainees from home and abroad have been successfully completed their training from this wing, which has also trained personnel from the Bangladesh Army, Navy and the Sri Lankan Air Force.
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