Alamgir Hossain (officer)

Alamgir Hossain is a retired Major General of Bangladesh Army. He served as the Group Commander of the Bangladesh Army Aviation Group.[1]

Alamgir Hossain
Allegiance Bangladesh
Service/branch Bangladesh Army
Years of service1984-2022
Rank Major General
UnitRegiment of Artillery
Commands held

Career

Hossain was the commander of Army Aviation School in 2016 and under him the first female helicopter pilots of Bangladesh Army graduated from the Army Aviation School.[2]

In March 2020, the Army Aviation School was shifted from Dhaka to Lalmonirhat District in Lalmonirhat Airport.[3][4] He along with Army Chief of Staff, General Aziz Ahmed, oversaw the transition.[3][5] In October 2021, he inaugurated a forward operating base for the Army Aviation Group in Chittagong District.[6]

References
  1. লালমনিরহাটে আর্মি এভিয়েশন স্কুলের যাত্রা শুরু. jagonews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  2. "Bangladesh Army gets its first lady pilots". The Independent. Dhaka. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  3. "Army Aviation School to be shifted to Lalmonirhat". bangladeshpost.net. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  4. আর্মি এভিয়েশন স্কুল এখন লালমনিরহাটে. Samakal (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  5. লালমনিরহাটে আর্মি এভিয়েশন স্কুল উদ্বোধন করলেন সেনাপ্রধান. Barta24 (in Bengali). Retrieved 2021-11-28.
  6. চট্টগ্রামে বাংলাদেশ সেনাবাহিনীর আর্মি এভিয়েশন ফরওয়ার্ড বেস এর উদ্বোধন. SATV (in Bengali). 2021-10-11. Retrieved 2021-11-28.
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