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 F-7ChinaInterceptorBGI/BG/MB36
Yakovlev Yak-130Russialight attack / LIFT12[3] [4] 4 crashed
Transport
L-410 TurboletCzech RepublicTransport 3
Antonov An-32UkraineTransport3
C-130 HerculesUnited StatesTransportC-130B31 retired
C-130J Super HerculesUnited StatesTactical airlifterC-130J4obtained from the RAF[5] 1 on order.[6]
Helicopters
Bell UH-1N Twin HueyUnited StatesUtility14
Mil Mi-17RussiaUtility / TransportMi-17/171ish30
AgustaWestland AW139ItalySAR / Utility4
Trainer Aircraft
Bell 206United StatesRotorcraft Trainer6
Aero L-39Czech RepublicPrimary Trainer 7
Grob G 115GermanyBasic Trainer3 on order.[7]
Grob G 120TPGermanyBasic Trainer1212 more on order (Total 24 ordered).[8] [9]
Hongdu JL-8Intermediate Jet TrainerK-8W15[10] [11] [12] [13] 1 crashed
Chengdu F-7ChinaJet TrainerFT-711license-built MiG-21
AgustaWestland AW119Italyrotorcraft trainer2
UAV
Italyreconnaissanceused for UN peacekeeping missions.[14]

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[15]
Helicopters
Bell 206United Statestraining206L11 Crashed
Bell 407United Statestraining407GXi2 [16]
Mil Mi-17RussiatransportMi-171Sh6
Eurocopter AS365Franceutility2
Unmanned aerial vehicle
Baykar Bayraktar TB2Turkey6 delivered
Bramor C4EYESloveniaReconnaissance UAVBramor C4EYE36[17]
RQ-12B Wasp AEUnited StatesMiniature UAVRQ-12Bon order[18]

Bangladesh Navy

See main article: Bangladesh Naval Aviation.

AircraftOriginTypeVariantIn serviceNotes
Maritime Patrol
Dornier 228Germanypatrol / surveillance228NG4
Helicopters
AgustaWestland AW109Italyutility / SARAW109E Power2

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: Janes Latest defence and security news. 2021-09-19. Janes.com. en.
  7. Web site: 2022-03-16 . PM Hasina inducts new trainer aircraft in BAF . 2022-03-16 . The Business Standard . en.
  8. Web site: Bangladesh confirms purchase of 24 Grob G 120TP trainer aircraft . www.airrecognition.com . 14 June 2021.
  9. Web site: Herk . Hans van . Grob G120 for Bangladesh . www.scramble.nl . 14 June 2021.
  10. Web site: Trade Register 1971-2020 . . 28 April 2020.
  11. Web site: A Look at China's Growing International Arms Trade . USNI News . 30 October 2020.
  12. Web site: Two Air Force pilots killed as jet crashes in Jessore . . 14 July 2018 . July 2018.
  13. News: 7 newly procured aircraft for BAF arrive in Chittagong . . 15 October 2020 . 16 October 2020.
  14. Web site: Il Bangladesh acquista il drone Falco EVO di Leonardo . 21 June 2020 . Ares Osservatorio Difesa.
  15. Web site: Training Aircraft Inducted In Bangladesh Army . ISPR . 12 December 2019 . 12 December 2019.
  16. Web site: Herk . Hans van . Bangladesh Army Bell 407 . www.scramble.nl . 30 August 2021.
  17. Web site: Bramor C4EYE . C-Astral . 28 May 2017.
  18. News: Gareth Jennings . Bangladesh to receive Wasp UASs . . 11 October 2020 . 9 October 2020.