Azam was born in Khagarbaria village, [[Pabna District]], [[East Bengal]], British India (later [[East Pakistan]] and now [[Bangladesh]]) in 1941.<ref name="AirUni">{{cite web|title=Welcome to the Air Command and Staff College Gathering of Eagles Homepage!|url=http://www.au.af.mil/au/goe/eagle_bios/2000/azam_2000.asp|titleurl-status=Welcome to the Air Command and Staff College Gathering of Eagles Homepage! dead|websitearchive-url=Auhttps://web.archive.org/web/20121231114413/http://www.au.af.mil/au/goe/eagle_bios/2000/azam_2000.asp|archive-date=15 September 2021|access-date=2016-05-12|website=Au.af.mil}}</ref> After completing his secondary schooling in East Pakistan, he moved to West Pakistan and joined the Pakistan Air Force College in Sargodha. After that he joined the [[Pakistan Air Force Academy]], [[Risalpur]] in 1958, successfully gaining commission as an officer in the PAF's General Duties Pilot or GD (P) branch in 1960. Saiful Azam was married to Nishat Azam who is a lawyer.
== Service with the Pakistan Air Force (1960–1971) ==
