List of historic Bangladesh military aircraft

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## Contents

* 1 Bangladesh Air Force
* 2 Bangladesh Army Aviation Group
* 3 Gallery
* 4 See also
* 5 References

## 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 Aircraft. Also known as "Balaka" (”বলাকা”). 1 stored in BAF Museum for

ride.

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 (IAF) Aircraft. Registered as B-721
Douglas Dakota |  USA  | Military transport aircraft |  | 1  | Ex Indian Air Force (IAF) Aircraft. Also used by the "Maharaja Of Jodhpur"
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 MiG-21MF's and 2 MiG-21UB's. 2 aircraft Registered as 008 & 009 set up as a Sculpture on BAF Headquarters in Dhaka Cantonment.
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  | Some of them are stored as a ride in BAF Museum, Agargaon
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  | This aircraft was helped to make Bangladesh Army Aviation Group.
Helicopter
Bell 205  |  USA  | Utility Helicopter  |  | 2  | Was gifted by Iran.

## Gallery

* Chengdu F-7 MB fighter aircraft of BAF

* MiG-21UB fighter aircraft of BAF

* Shenyang F-6 fighter aircraft at BAF Museum

* BAF's F-86F40 Sabre interceptor aircraft

* Nanchang A-5 ground attack aircraft of BAF

* F-86 Sabre fighter Aircraft at BAF Museum

* Antonov An-24 transport aircraft of BAF

* Cessna T-37 jet trainer of BAF

* Fouga CM.170 Magister jet trainer at BAF Museum

* de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter of BAF

* Mil Mi-8 helicopter at BAF Museum

* Westland Wessex helicopter of BAF

* Aérospatiale Alouette III helicopter of BAF

## See also

* Bangabandhu Aeronautical Centre

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Historical Listings: Bangladesh, (BAN)." World Air Forces. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "AMR Regional Air Force Directory 2013". 1 February 2013. http://www.asianmilitaryreview.com/the-amr-regional-airforce-directory-2013/.
3. ↑ Craig Hoyle (9 December 2014). "Bangladesh receives first K-8 jet trainers". https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/bangladesh-receives-first-k-8-jet-trainers-406906/.

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