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

Main article: Bangladesh Air Force

Type	Origin	Class	Role	Introduced	In service	Total	Notes
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

Main article: Bangladesh Army Aviation Group

Type	Origin	Class	Role	Introduced	In service	Total	Notes
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

Main article: Bangladesh Naval Aviation

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

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  Bangladesh Air Force Mikoyan MiG-29 multirole fighter aircraft
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  MiG-29 flypast of victory day, 2016 at National Parade Ground
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  Bangladesh Air Force Mig-29 rushes of for a short mission
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  Chengdu F-7 BG fighter aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force
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  Chengdu F-7 BGI fighter aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force
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  Chengdu F-7 MB fighter aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force
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  Yakovlev Yak-130 advanced jet trainer of Bangladesh Air Force
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  Bangladesh Air Force Hongdu K-8 jet trainer aircraft
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  Bangladesh Air Force L-39 jet trainer
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  Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules military transport aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force
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  Lockheed C-130B military transport aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force
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  Bangladesh Air Force Antonov An-32 transport aircraft
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  Let L-410 trainer aircraft
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  Mil Mi-17 helicopter of Bangladesh Air Force
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  Mi-171Sh helicopter used by Bangladesh Air Force
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  AgustaWestland AW139 search and rescue helicopter of Bangladesh Air Force
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  C-295 transport aircraft of Bangladesh Army
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  Bangladesh Army's Cessna 208 aircraft
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  Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin helicopter of Bangladesh Army
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  Bell 206 helicopter of Bangladesh Army
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  Dornier Do 228 MPA of Bangladesh Navy
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  AgustaWestland AW109 helicopters of Bangladesh Navy
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  Bangladesh Air Force Mil Mi-17 helicopter at UN Peacekeeping mission
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  Bangladesh Air Force aircraft during an exercise with US Air Force
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  Bangladesh Air Force paratroopers descend from a C-130B aircraft
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  Bangladesh Air Force Bell-212s.

See also

• List of historic Bangladesh military aircraft
• Bangabandhu Aeronautical Centre

References

1. "World Air Forces 2017". Flightglobal Insight. 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
2. "Trade Register 1971-2019". Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
3. "Pilot killed as BAF training aircraft crashes in Tangail". The Daily Star. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
4. "Two Air Force pilots killed as jet crashes in Jessore". Dhaka Tribune. July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
5. "World Air Forces 2019". Flightglobal Insight. 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
6. "Bangladesh procurement of surplus UK C-130Js confirmed with support deal". IHS Jane’s. 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
7. "Bangladesh receives final surplus UK C-130J airlifter". IHS Jane’s. 2020-04-01. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
8. "Air force chopper makes emergency landing in Sreemangal". Dhaka Tribune. 2018-01-03. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
9. "Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashes in Chittagong". IHS Jane’s. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
10. "Accident involving two training jets of Air Force reported in Cox's Bazar". Bdnews24.com. 27 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
11. "Bramor C4EYE". C-Astral. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
12. "Training Aircraft Inducted In Bangladesh Army". ISPR. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
13. "Bangladesh Navy's new Dornier 228 multirole aircraft will feature Leonardo AESA radars". Naval Today. 12 September 2017.