List of historic Bangladesh military aircraft

Bangladesh Air Force edit

AircraftOriginRoleVersionQuantityNote
Fixed Wing Aircraft
Antonov An-12  Soviet UnionMilitary transport aircraft4[1]
Antonov An-24  Soviet UnionMilitary transport aircraftV3[1]V.I.P Transport. Known as Balaka.
Antonov An-26  Soviet UnionMilitary transport aircraft6[1]
Cessna T-37 Tweet  USAJet TrainerB11[2]Retired from active service. Replaced with Hongdu K-8W jet trainers.[3]
de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter  CanadaMilitary transport aircraft1Ex Indian Air Force.
Douglas Dakota  USAMilitary transport aircraft1Ex Indian Air Force.
Fouga CM.170 Magister  FranceJet Trainer19Retired in favor of more capable Aero L-39 Albatros.
F-7 Air Guard  ChinaFighter aircraftMB10Retired in favor of more capable F-7BGI.
Nanchang A-5  ChinaGround attack/Close air supportC8[2]Retired on 4 November 2014
North American F-86 Sabre  USAFighter aircraftF408Surrendered by Pakistan Air Force.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21  Soviet UnionFighter aircraftMF/UB1210 MiF-21MFs and 2 MiG-21UBs
Shenyang F-5  ChinaInterceptor aircraft8
Shenyang FT-5  ChinaInterceptor aircraft3Trainer version of the F-5
Shenyang F-6  ChinaOCU341 squadron gifted by Pakistan in 1980s.
Helicopters
Aérospatiale Alouette III  FranceUtility helicopter1Ex Indian Air Force.
Agusta-Bell 205  ItalyTransport Helicopter2Ex Imperial Iranian Air Force.
Mil Mi-8  Soviet UnionTransport Helicopter8
Westland Wessex  UKTransport helicopter52Former Royal Navy helicopters donated by the United Kingdom in 1973.

Bangladesh Army Aviation Group edit

AircraftOriginRoleVersionQuantityNote
Fixed Wing Aircraft
Piper PA-31T Cheyenne  USAUtility aircraft1
Helicopter
Bell 205  USAUtility Helicopter2Was gifted by Iran.

Gallery edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "Historical Listings: Bangladesh, (BAN)." Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine World Air Forces. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Craig Hoyle (9 December 2014). "Bangladesh receives first K-8 jet trainers". Retrieved 12 March 2015.