A. G. Mahmud

Air Vice Marshal
A. G. Mahmud
TBt
Air Vice Marshal A. G. Mahmud TBt
আব্দুল গাফফার মাহমুদ
Adviser for Food
	In office; 27 March 1982 – 15 January 1985
Preceded by	Abdul Halim Chowdhury
Succeeded by	Mohabbat Jan Chowdhury
	In office; 6 September 1976 – 14 July 1977
Preceded by	Khademul Bashar
Succeeded by	Abdul Momen Khan
Adviser for Civil Aviation and Tourism
	In office; 6 September 1976 – 3 July 1978
Preceded by	Khademul Bashar
Succeeded by	Kazi Anwarul Haque
4th Chief of Air Staff
	In office; 5 September 1976 – 8 December 1977
President	Abu Sadat Mohammad Sayem; Ziaur Rahman
Prime Minister	None
Preceded by	Khademul Bashar
Succeeded by	Sadruddin Mohammad Hossain
Personal details
Born	Abdul Ghaffar Mahmud; 1 March 1934; Calcutta, Bengal, British India
Awards	Order of the Rising Sun 2nd Class; Independence Day Award; Tamgha-i-Basalat
Military service
Allegiance	Pakistan (before 1973); Bangladesh
Branch/service	Pakistan Air Force; Bangladesh Air Force
Years of service	1954–1977
Rank	Air Vice Marshal;
Unit	No. 14 Squadron
Commands	CO of No. 2 Squadron PAF; Director (Operations) at BBA; AOC of BAF Base Chittagong; Air Secretary at Air Headquarters; ACAS (Operations) of Air Headquarters; Chief of Air Staff;
Battles/wars	Indo-Pak War of 1965; Indo-Pak War of 1971;

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A. G. Mahmud (born 1 March 1934) is a former chief of the Bangladesh Air Force. He negotiated the release of hostages from the hijacked Japan Airlines Flight 472. For his role in keeping the situation under control and securing the lives of every single passenger, the Japanese government conferred upon him the "Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star" awards.