Saiful Azam (Bengali: সাইফুল আজম; (Urdu: سیف الاعظم; 11 September 1941 – 14 June 2020) was a Bangladeshi fighter pilot and flying ace, and politician.

After retiring from the military, Azam continued government service on contract basis and started his own private trading firm.

Azam was a one term parliament member (1991-1996) representing his hometown seat of Pabna in Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).

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.

After training with the Cessna T-37 aircraft and further education at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, with F-86 Sabres, in 1963, Azam was posted briefly in Dhaka before becoming an instructor with the T-33s at PAF's No.

[4] According to Pakistani sources, during the 1967 Arab Israel war, Flight Lieutenant Saiful Azam shot down a Dassault Mystère IV a supersonic aircraft belonging to the Israeli Air Force while flying a Hawker Hunter.

According to the same sources, a day later, he was shifted to an Iraqi airbase where he shot down a Vautour IIA and Dassault Mirage III belonging to the Israeli Air Force, all these fighter aircraft shot down only in two missions this remains the highest shooting record of Israeli Air Force aircraft till today.

A state funeral was arranged at the BAF Base Khademul Bashar parade ground including a fly past in honor of him.