List of active Bangladesh military aircraft
Active Bangladesh military aircraft is a list of military aircraft that are used by the Bangladesh Armed Forces. For aircraft no longer in-service see List of historic Bangladesh military aircraft.
Approximately 80 aircraft and five Mil Mi-17 were destroyed by the devastating 1991 Bangladesh cyclone.
Bangladesh Air Force
Type | Origin | Class | Role | Introduced | In service | Total | Notes |
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Aero L-39 Albatros | Czechoslovakia | Jet | Jet trainer | 1995 | 7 | 8 | [1][2] |
Antonov An-32 | Ukraine | Propeller | Transport | 1990 | 3 | 3 | [1] |
AgustaWestland AW139 | Italy | Rotorcraft | SAR | 2015 | 4 | 4 | [1][2] |
AgustaWestland AW119 | Italy | Rotorcraft | Trainer | 2017 | 2 | 2 | [1][2] |
Bell 206 Long Ranger | United States | Rotorcraft | Trainer | 1981 | 6 | 6 | [1] |
Bell 212 | United States | Rotorcraft | Utility | 1977 | 13 | 13 | [1] |
Chengdu F-7 | China | Jet | Fighter | 1989 | 36 | 57 | [1][2] One F-7 BG fighter crashed on 23 November 2018.[3] |
Hongdu K-8 | China Pakistan | Jet | Jet Trainer | 2014 | 8 | 9 | [1] One aircraft crashed on 1 July 2018.[4] 7 more on order.[2] |
Let L-410 Turbolet | Czechoslovakia | Propeller | Trainer | 2015 | 3 | 3 | [1][2] |
Lockheed C-130 Hercules | United States | Propeller | Transport | 2000 | 4 | 4 | [1][2] |
Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules | United States | Propeller | Transport | 2019 | 2 | 5 | Procured from RAF surplus.[5][6][2][7] |
Mikoyan MiG-29 | Russia | Jet | MRCA | 1999 | 8 | 8 | [1][2] |
Mil Mi-17 | Russia | Rotorcraft | Transport | 1993 | 32 | 33 | 4 more on order.[1] 1 helicopter crashed whilst carrying Kuwaiti delegates.[8] |
Nanchang PT-6 | China | Propeller | Basic Trainer | 1977 | 23 | 53 | [1][2] |
Shenyang FT-6 | China | Jet | Trainer aircraft | 1980's | 9 | 34 | |
Yakovlev Yak-130 | Russia | Jet | Advanced Jet Trainer | 2015 | 13 | 16 | [1][2] One aircraft crashed on 11 July 2017.[9] Two aircraft crashed on mid air collision on 27 December 2017.[10] |
Bangladesh Army
Type | Origin | Class | Role | Introduced | In service | Total | Notes |
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Bell 206 | USA | Rotorcraft | Utility | 2 | 2 | [1] | |
Bramor C4EYE | Slovenia | UAV | Reconnaissance | 2018 | 36 | 36 | [11] |
CASA C-295W | Spain | Propeller | Transport | 2017 | 1 | 1 | |
Cessna 152 | USA | Propeller | Training | 4 | 4 | ||
Cessna 208 Caravan | USA | Propeller | Utility | 1 | 1 | [1] | |
Diamond DA40 | Austria | Propeller | Training | 2019 | 4 | 4 | [12] 2 more on order.[2] |
Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin | France | Rotorcraft | Utility | 2012 | 2 | 2 | [1] |
Mi-171Sh | Russia | Rotorcraft | Transport | 2016 | 6 | 6 | [1] |
Bangladesh Navy
Type | Origin | Class | Role | Introduced | In service | Total | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AgustaWestland AW109 | Italy | Rotorcraft | Utility | 2011 | 2 | [1] | |
Dornier Do 228 | Germany | Propeller | MPA | 2013 | 2 | 2 more on order with Leonardo's Seaspray 5000E Active Electronically Scanned Array surveillance radar.[13][1] |
Gallery
- Bangladesh Air Force Mikoyan MiG-29 multirole fighter aircraft
- MiG-29 flypast of victory day, 2016 at National Parade Ground
- Bangladesh Air Force Mig-29 rushes of for a short mission
- Chengdu F-7 BG fighter aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force
- Chengdu F-7 BGI fighter aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force
- Chengdu F-7 MB fighter aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force
- Yakovlev Yak-130 advanced jet trainer of Bangladesh Air Force
- Bangladesh Air Force Hongdu K-8 jet trainer aircraft
- Bangladesh Air Force L-39 jet trainer
- Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules military transport aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force
- Lockheed C-130B military transport aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force
- Bangladesh Air Force Antonov An-32 transport aircraft
- Let L-410 trainer aircraft
- Mil Mi-17 helicopter of Bangladesh Air Force
- Mi-171Sh helicopter used by Bangladesh Air Force
- AgustaWestland AW139 search and rescue helicopter of Bangladesh Air Force
- C-295 transport aircraft of Bangladesh Army
- Bangladesh Army's Cessna 208 aircraft
- Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin helicopter of Bangladesh Army
- Bell 206 helicopter of Bangladesh Army
- Dornier Do 228 MPA of Bangladesh Navy
- AgustaWestland AW109 helicopters of Bangladesh Navy
- Bangladesh Air Force Mil Mi-17 helicopter at UN Peacekeeping mission
- Bangladesh Air Force aircraft during an exercise with US Air Force
- Bangladesh Air Force paratroopers descend from a C-130B aircraft
- Bangladesh Air Force Bell-212s.
References
- "World Air Forces 2017". Flightglobal Insight. 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- "Trade Register 1971-2019". Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
- "Pilot killed as BAF training aircraft crashes in Tangail". The Daily Star. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- "Two Air Force pilots killed as jet crashes in Jessore". Dhaka Tribune. July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
- "World Air Forces 2019". Flightglobal Insight. 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
- "Bangladesh procurement of surplus UK C-130Js confirmed with support deal". IHS Jane’s. 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- "Bangladesh receives final surplus UK C-130J airlifter". IHS Jane’s. 2020-04-01. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
- "Air force chopper makes emergency landing in Sreemangal". Dhaka Tribune. 2018-01-03. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- "Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashes in Chittagong". IHS Jane’s. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
- "Accident involving two training jets of Air Force reported in Cox's Bazar". Bdnews24.com. 27 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
- "Bramor C4EYE". C-Astral. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
- "Training Aircraft Inducted In Bangladesh Army". ISPR. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- "Bangladesh Navy's new Dornier 228 multirole aircraft will feature Leonardo AESA radars". Naval Today. 12 September 2017.
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