Living Eagle's of the World
Living Eagle's of the World Group Captain Saiful Azam , a legendary fighter pilot from Bangladesh, remains a unique figure in the history of aviation. Born in 1941 in Khagarbaria Village, Pabna District, East Bengal (now Bangladesh), Azam’s early years were spent in East Pakistan and briefly in West Pakistan , where he completed his secondary education before joining the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) in 1958 . Commissioned as a General Duty pilot in 1960 , Azam’s career would span four different air forces, a distinction unmatched in military aviation. Training and Early Career Azam’s initial training included the Cessna T-37 , followed by advanced fighter instruction at Luke Air Force Base in Arizona , flying F-86 Sabres . After returning to Pakistan, he was posted briefly in Dhaka and then became an instructor at PAF’s No. 2 Squadron, Jet Conversion Unit, Mauripur, Karachi , training pilots on the T-33 aircraft. During the 1965 Indo-Pak War , Azam flew combat missio...