List of historic Bangladesh military aircraft explained

Bangladesh Air Force

Aircraft	Origin	Role	Version	Quantity	Note
Fixed Wing Aircraft
Antonov An-12		Military transport aircraft		4
Antonov An-24		Military transport aircraft	V	3	V.I.P Transport. Known as Balaka.
Antonov An-26		Military transport aircraft		6^[1]
Cessna T-37 Tweet	United States	Jet Trainer	B	11	Retired from active service. Replaced with Hongdu K-8W jet trainers.^[2]
de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter	Canada	Military transport aircraft		1	Ex Indian Air Force.
Douglas Dakota	United States	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^[3]	Retired on 4 November 2014
North American F-86 Sabre	United States	Fighter aircraft	F40	8	Surrendered by Pakistan Air Force.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21		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		Transport Helicopter		8
Westland Wessex		Transport helicopter	5	2	Former Royal Navy helicopters donated by the United Kingdom in 1973.

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