Engineering:List of historic Bangladesh military aircraft
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Bangladesh Air Force
Aircraft | Origin | Role | Version | Quantity | Note | |
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Fixed Wing Aircraft | ||||||
Antonov An-12 | ![]() |
Military transport aircraft | 4[1] | |||
Antonov An-24 | ![]() |
Military transport aircraft | V | 3[1] | V.I.P Transport. Known as Balaka. | |
Antonov An-26 | ![]() |
Military transport aircraft | 6[1] | |||
Cessna T-37 Tweet | ![]() |
Jet Trainer | B | 11[2] | Retired from active service. Replaced with Hongdu K-8W jet trainers.[3] | |
de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter | ![]() |
Military transport aircraft | 1 | Ex Indian Air Force. | ||
Douglas Dakota | ![]() |
Military transport aircraft | 1 | Ex Indian Air Force. | ||
Fouga CM.170 Magister | ![]() |
Jet Trainer | 19 | Retired in favor of more capable Aero L-39 Albatros. | ||
F-7 Air Guard | ![]() |
Fighter aircraft | MB | 10 | Retired in favor of more capable F-7BGI. | |
Nanchang A-5 | ![]() |
Ground attack/Close air support | C | 8[2] | Retired on 4 November 2014 | |
North American F-86 Sabre | ![]() |
Fighter aircraft | F40 | 8 | Surrendered by Pakistan Air Force . | |
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 | ![]() |
Fighter aircraft | MF/UB | 12 | 10 MiF-21MFs and 2 MiG-21UBs | |
Shenyang F-5 | ![]() |
Interceptor aircraft | 8 | |||
Shenyang FT-5 | ![]() |
Interceptor aircraft | 3 | Trainer version of the F-5 | ||
Shenyang F-6 | ![]() |
OCU | 34 | 1 squadron gifted by Pakistan in 1980s. | ||
Helicopters | ||||||
Aérospatiale Alouette III | ![]() |
Utility helicopter | 1 | Ex Indian Air Force. | ||
Agusta-Bell 205 | ![]() |
Transport Helicopter | 2 | Ex Imperial Iranian Air Force. | ||
Mil Mi-8 | ![]() |
Transport Helicopter | 8 | |||
Westland Wessex | ![]() |
Transport helicopter | 5 | 2 | Former Royal Navy helicopters donated by the United Kingdom in 1973. |
Bangladesh Army Aviation Group
Aircraft | Origin | Role | Version | Quantity | Note | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fixed Wing Aircraft | ||||||
Piper PA-31T Cheyenne | ![]() |
Utility aircraft | 1 | |||
Helicopter | ||||||
Bell 205 | ![]() |
Utility Helicopter | 2 | Was gifted by Iran. |
Gallery
Chengdu F-7 MB fighter aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force
MiG-21UB fighter aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force
Shenyang F-6 fighter aircraft at Bangladesh Air Force Museum
F-86F40 Sabre interceptor aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force
Nanchang A-5 ground attack aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force
F-86 Sabre fighter Aircraft at Bangladesh Air Force Museum
Antonov An-24 transport aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force
Cessna T-37 jet trainer of Bangladesh Air Force
Fouga CM.170 Magister jet trainer at Bangladesh Air Force Museum
de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter of Bangladesh Air Force
Mil Mi-8 helicopter at Bangladesh Air Force Museum
Westland Wessex helicopter of Bangladesh Air Force
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Historical Listings: Bangladesh, (BAN)." World Air Forces. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "AMR Regional Air Force Directory 2013". 1 February 2013. http://www.asianmilitaryreview.com/the-amr-regional-airforce-directory-2013/.
- ↑ Craig Hoyle (9 December 2014). "Bangladesh receives first K-8 jet trainers". http://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/bangladesh-receives-first-k-8-jet-trainers-406906/.
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