The Command Safety Seminar-2022 of Bangladesh Air Force was held at Falcon Hall of Dhaka Cantonment on Thursday.
Chief of Air Staff of BAF Air Chief Marshal Shaikh Abdul Hannan attended the seminar as the chairman and distributed Flight Safety trophies.
In his speech, he praised the Almighty Allah and appreciated all BAF personnel for achieving significant 28,678 safe flying hours in the
year 2021 which is the highest in a single year as well as highest flying hour in BAF history despite COVID-19 pandemic situation.
The Air Chief said, the year was full of events covering operational flying activities. BAF celebrated golden jubilee of the independence of Bangladesh as well as of BAF. The BAF made ‘50’, ‘100’ and ‘101’ formation flypast to celebrate the golden jubilee of the independence of Bangladesh as well as BAF and birth centenary of Father of the Nation. He also thanked all BAF personnel for successful operational activities at home and abroad.
The Chief of Air Staff said that BAF had been gradually transforming from analogue to digital systems in terms of operating aircraft. He emphasised on quality training for personnel of all level to achieve high standard in aviation safety. He expressed his confidence that today’s seminar of professionals will further strengthen safety awareness and make our operational environment safer. Collective approach is the key to safe flying. He added that lessons learnt from the past experiences are invaluable in preventing recurrences and developing a "Safety Culture".
BAF Base Bashar was awarded with “Inter-Base Flight Safety Trophy” and 15 Squadron BAF was awarded with “Inter-Squadron Khademul Bashar Flight Safety Trophy” for achieving the highest safe flying hours in the year 2021. In addition 1, 3, 8, 9, 15, 18, 25, 31 and 35 Squadrons, FIS, 103 ATTU, BAN AVN was awarded with Accident Free Year Award. Senior BAF Officers and Airmen from Air HQ, BAF Base Bashar and BAF Base Bangabandhu were present on the occasion.
