List of historic Bangladesh military aircraft
Bangladesh Air Force
Aircraft | Origin | Role | Version | Quantity | Note | |
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Fixed Wing Aircraft | ||||||
Antonov An-12 | Soviet Union | Military transport aircraft | 4[1] | |||
Antonov An-24 | Soviet Union | Military transport aircraft | V | 3[1] | V.I.P Transport. Known as Balaka. | |
Antonov An-26 | Soviet Union | Military transport aircraft | 6[1] | |||
Cessna T-37 Tweet | USA | Jet Trainer | B | 11[2] | Retired from active service. Replaced with Hongdu K-8W jet trainers.[3] | |
de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter | Canada | Military transport aircraft | 1 | Ex Indian Air Force. | ||
Douglas Dakota | USA | Military transport aircraft | 1 | Ex Indian Air Force. | ||
Fouga CM.170 Magister | France | Jet Trainer | 19 | Retired in favor of more capable Aero L-39 Albatros. | ||
F-7 Air Guard | China | Fighter aircraft | MB | 10 | Retired in favor of more capable F-7BGI. | |
Nanchang A-5 | China | Ground attack/Close air support | C | 8[2] | Retired on 4 November 2014 | |
North American F-86 Sabre | USA | Fighter aircraft | F40 | 8 | Surrendered by Pakistan Air Force. | |
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 | Soviet Union | Fighter aircraft | MF/UB | 12 | 10 MiF-21MFs and 2 MiG-21UBs | |
Shenyang F-5 | China | Interceptor aircraft | 8 | |||
Shenyang FT-5 | China | Interceptor aircraft | 3 | Trainer version of the F-5 | ||
Shenyang F-6 | China | OCU | 34 | 1 squadron gifted by Pakistan in 1980s. | ||
Helicopters | ||||||
Aérospatiale Alouette III | France | Utility helicopter | 1 | Ex Indian Air Force. | ||
Agusta-Bell 205 | Italy | Transport Helicopter | 2 | Ex Imperial Iranian Air Force. | ||
Mil Mi-8 | Soviet Union | Transport Helicopter | 8 | |||
Westland Wessex | UK | 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 | |
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Fixed Wing Aircraft | ||||||
Piper PA-31T Cheyenne | USA | Utility aircraft | 1 | |||
Helicopter | ||||||
Bell 205 | USA | 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
- Aérospatiale Alouette III helicopter of Bangladesh Air Force
See also
References
- ^ a b c "Historical Listings: Bangladesh, (BAN)." Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine World Air Forces. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
- ^ a b "AMR Regional Air Force Directory 2013". Asian Military Review. 1 February 2013. Archived from the original on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
- ^ Craig Hoyle (9 December 2014). "Bangladesh receives first K-8 jet trainers". Retrieved 12 March 2015.