at
BAF Base Bangabandhu on December 2015 Esrar joined the
Bangladesh Air Force on 19 September 1978 and commissioned in the GD(P) branch on 1 February 1981. He is an alumnus of
National Defence College and
Air Command and Staff College of
Maxwell Air Force Base in United States. Esrar has undergone flying instructors course in the
United Kingdom and flying supervisors course in Australia. He has obtained training under
Mikoyan Project 1.44 and MiG-29 in China and Russia respectively. Esrar has flown
Fugi-200,
Chengdu J-7,
MiG-29 and worked as instructor at
Bangladesh Air Force Academy. He has also worked as defence attache in
Moscow, Russia. As air commodore, Esrar has commanded three airbases and was director of air training. He was promoted to air vice marshal on 2012 and posted as assistant chief of air staff (operation and training) which he served until 2015. He replaced Air Marshal
Enamul Bari as chief of air staff. On 16 January 2016 he was ameliorated to
Air Chief Marshal under
Third Hasina ministry. Esrar was also awarded the Biman Bahini Padak medal in 2013. ==References==