Kolkata, Dec 19: Air Chief Marshal Shaikh Abdul Hannan, Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Bangladesh Air Force, visited Air Force Station Barrackpore on Monday. He was received by Group Captain Saideep Lall, Station Commander, Air Force Station Barrackpore.

The dignitary visited the Technical Type Training School and a Helicopter Unit while also interacting with all personnel of the Station.

Military ties between the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Bangladesh Air Force are vibrant and date back to the Indo- Pak war 1971 when the IAF had trained the Kilo flight which later transcended into Bangladesh Air Force.

The visit of the CAS, Bangladesh Air Force is a step towards further cementing the warm military ties between the two nations.