List of active Bangladesh military aircraft explained

Active Bangladesh military aircraft is a list of military aircraft that are used by the Bangladesh Armed Forces.

Approximately 80 aircraft and five Mil Mi-17 were destroyed by the devastating 1991 Bangladesh cyclone.

Bangladesh Air Force

See main article: Bangladesh Air Force.

AircraftOriginTypeVariantIn serviceNotes
Combat Aircraft
MiG-29RussiaMultiroleBM/UB8[1] upgraded to BM variant from Belarus[2]
Chengdu J-7ChinaInterceptorBGI/BG/MB36
Yakovlev Yak-130RussiaLIFT12[3] [4] 4 crashed
Transport
L-410 TurboletCzech RepublicTransport 3
Antonov An-32UkraineTransport3
C-130 HerculesUnited StatesTransportC-130B3
C-130J Super HerculesUnited StatesC-130J5[5]
Helicopters
Bell UH-1N Twin HueyUnited StatesUtility14
Mil Mi-17RussiaUtility / TransportMi-17/171ish35
AgustaWestland AW139ItalySAR / Utility4
Trainer Aircraft
Bell 206United StatesRotorcraft Trainer6
Aero L-39Czech RepublicPrimary Trainer 7
Grob G 115GermanyBasic Trainer3
Grob G 120TPGermanyBasic Trainer24
Hongdu JL-8Jet TrainerK-8W151 crashed
Chengdu F-7ChinaAdvance jet TrainerFT-711license-built MiG-21
AgustaWestland AW119Italyrotorcraft trainer2
UAV
Selex ES FalcoItalyreconnaissance2used for UN peacekeeping missions.[6]

Bangladesh Army

See main article: Bangladesh Army Aviation Group.

AircraftOriginTypeVariantIn serviceNotes
Fixed wing
Cessna 208United Statestransport / utility1
Cessna 152 AerobatUnited StatesLight aircraft5A152 Aerobat variant. 1
CASA C-295SpaintransportC-295W2
Diamond DA40Austriatraining4[7]
Helicopters
Bell 206United Statestraining206L11 crashed
Bell 407United Statestransport407GXi[8] 7
Mil Mi-17RussiatransportMi-171Sh6
Eurocopter AS365Franceutility2
Unmanned aerial vehicle
Baykar Bayraktar TB2Turkeyattack66 on order
Bramor C4EYESloveniaReconnaissance UAVBramor C4EYE36[9]
RQ-12B Wasp AEUnited StatesMiniature UAVRQ-12Bon order[10]

Bangladesh Navy

See main article: Bangladesh Naval Aviation.

AircraftOriginTypeVariantIn serviceNotes
Maritime Patrol
Dornier 228Germanypatrol / surveillance228NG4
Helicopters
AgustaWestland AW109Italyutility / SARAW109E Power22 on order

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: World Air Forces 2021 . Flightglobal Insight . 2021 . 7 January 2021 . registration.
  2. Web site: Staff. Blog Before Flight. Bangladesh plans to upgrade a second batch of MiG-29 fighters. 2021-09-19. Blog Before Flight - Aerospace and Defense News.
  3. Web site: Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashes in Chittagong . . 11 July 2017.
  4. News: Accident involving two training jets of Air Force reported in Cox's Bazar . . 27 December 2017 . 27 December 2017.
  5. Web site: Bangladesh receives first of five UK-surplus C-130J transport aircraft . IHS Janes . 28 August 2019 . 4 November 2019.
  6. Web site: Il Bangladesh acquista il drone Falco EVO di Leonardo . 21 June 2020 . Ares Osservatorio Difesa.
  7. Web site: Training Aircraft Inducted In Bangladesh Army . ISPR . 12 December 2019 . 12 December 2019.
  8. Web site: Herk . Hans van . Bangladesh Army Bell 407 . www.scramble.nl . 30 August 2021.
  9. Web site: Bramor C4EYE . C-Astral . 28 May 2017.
  10. News: Gareth Jennings . Bangladesh to receive Wasp UASs . . 11 October 2020 . 9 October 2020.

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