List of active Bangladesh military aircraft

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Active Bangladesh military aircraft is a list of military aircraft that are used by the Bangladesh Armed Forces.

For aircraft no longer in-service see: List of historic Bangladesh military aircraft.

Approximately 80 aircraft and five Mil Mi-17 were destroyed by the devastating 1991 Bangladesh cyclone.

## Contents

* 1 Bangladesh Air Force
* 2 Bangladesh Army
* 3 Bangladesh Navy
* 4 See also
* 5 References

## Bangladesh Air Force

Bangladesh Air Force MIG-29UB fly over. BAF Chengdu F-7BG fly over. BAF Yak-130. A BAF AW139 Maritime search and rescue helicopter. BAF Lockheed C-130J Super Hercules.  BAF Antonov An-32. Aircraft  | Origin  | Type  | Variant  | In service  | Notes

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Combat Aircraft
MiG-29  | Russia | Multirole  | BM/UB  | 8[1] | upgraded to BM variant from Belarus [2]
Chengdu F-7 | China | Interceptor  | BGI/BG/MB  | 36[1] |
Yakovlev Yak-130 | Russia | light attack / LIFT  |  | 13[1][3][4] | 3 crashed
Transport
L-410 Turbolet | Czech Republic | Transport  |  | 3[1] |
Antonov An-32 | Ukraine | Transport  |  | 3[1] |
C-130 Hercules | United States | Transport  | C-130B | 3[1] | 1 retired
C-130J Super Hercules  | United States | Tactical airlifter  | C-130J  | 4[1] | obtained from the RAF[5]1 on order. [6]
Helicopters
Bell UH-1N Twin Huey | United States | Utility |  | 14[1] |
Mil Mi-17 | Russia | Utility / Transport  | Mi-17/171ish | 30  | [1]
AgustaWestland AW139  | Italy  | SAR / Utility |  | 4[1] |
Trainer Aircraft
Bell 206  | United States | Rotorcraft Trainer  | 206L  | 6[1] |
Aero L-39 | Czech Republic | Primary Trainer  |  | 7[1] |
Grob G 115 | Germany | Basic Trainer |  |  | 3 on order.[7]
Grob G 120TP | Germany | Basic Trainer |  | 12  | 12 more on order (Total 24 ordered).[8] [9][10]
Hongdu JL-8 | China | Intermediate Jet Trainer  | K-8W | 15[11][12][13][14] | 1 crashed
Chengdu F-7 | China | Jet Trainer  | FT-7 | 11[1] | license-built MiG-21
AgustaWestland AW119  | Italy  | rotorcraft trainer  |  | 2[1] |
UAV
Selex ES Falco | Italy  | reconnaissance  |  |  | used for UN peacekeeping missions.[15]

## Bangladesh Army

An Army CN-295W  Bangladesh Army Aviation Bell 206-L4 LongRanger  Aircraft  | Origin  | Type  | Variant  | In service  | Notes

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Fixed wing
Cessna 208 | United States  | transport / utility  |  | 1  |
Cessna 152 Aerobat | United States  | Light aircraft |  | 5  | A152 Aerobat variant.[1] |
CASA C-295 | Spain | transport  | C-295W  | 2[1] |
Diamond DA40 | Austria  | training  |  | 4[16] |
Helicopters
Bell 206  | United States | training  | 206L  | 1[1] | 1 Crashed
Bell 407  | United States | training  | 407GXi  | 2 [17] |
Mil Mi-17 | Russia | transport  | Mi-171Sh | 6  | [1]
Eurocopter AS365  | France | utility  |  | 2[1] |
Unmanned aerial vehicle
Baykar Bayraktar TB2  | Turkey | UCAV |  |  | 6 delivered
Bramor C4EYE  | Slovenia  | Reconnaissance UAV | Bramor C4EYE  | 36  | [18]
RQ-12B Wasp AE | United States | Miniature UAV | RQ-12B  |  | on order[19]

## Bangladesh Navy

An AW109 helicopter of Bangladesh Navy Aircraft  | Origin  | Type  | Variant  | In service  | Notes

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Maritime Patrol
Dornier 228 | Germany | patrol / surveillance  | 228NG | 4  | [1]
Helicopters
AgustaWestland AW109  | Italy  | utility / SAR  | AW109E Power  | 2[1] |

## See also

* List of historic Bangladesh military aircraft
* Bangabandhu Aeronautical Centre

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 1.18 1.19 1.20 "World Air Forces 2021". Flightglobal Insight. 2021. https://www.flightglobal.com/reports/world-air-forces-2021/141456.article.
2. ↑ Staff, Blog Before Flight. "Bangladesh plans to upgrade a second batch of MiG-29 fighters". https://www.blogbeforeflight.net/2021/03/bangladesh-mig29-modernization.html.
3. ↑ "Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashes in Chittagong". http://www.janes.com/article/72206/bangladesh-air-force-training-aircraft-crashes-in-chittagong.
4. ↑ "Accident involving two training jets of Air Force reported in Cox's Bazar". bdnews24.com. 27 December 2017. https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2017/12/27/air-force-training-plane-crashes-in-coxs-bazar-rescue-operation-under-way.
5. ↑ "Bangladesh receives first of five UK-surplus C-130J transport aircraft". IHS Janes. 28 August 2019. https://www.janes.com/article/90722/bangladesh-receives-first-of-five-uk-surplus-c-130j-transport-aircraft.
6. ↑ "Janes | Latest defence and security news" (in en). https://www.janes.com/defence-news.
7. ↑ "PM Hasina inducts new trainer aircraft in BAF" (in en). 2022-03-16. https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/pm-hasina-inducts-new-trainer-aircraft-baf-386126.
8. ↑ "Bangladesh confirms purchase of 24 Grob G 120TP trainer aircraft". https://www.airrecognition.com/index.php/news/defense-aviation-news/2021/june-2021/7375-bangladesh-confirms-purchase-of-24-grob-g-120tp-trainer-aircraft.html.
9. ↑ Herk, Hans van. "Grob G120 for Bangladesh". https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/grob-g120-for-bangladesh.
10. ↑ "PM Hasina inducts new trainer aircraft in BAF" (in en). 2022-03-16. https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/pm-hasina-inducts-new-trainer-aircraft-baf-386126.
11. ↑ "Trade Register 1971-2020". http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php.
12. ↑ "A Look at China's Growing International Arms Trade". https://news.usni.org/2015/05/07/a-look-at-chinas-growing-international-arms-trade.
13. ↑ "Two Air Force pilots killed as jet crashes in Jessore". Dhaka Tribune. July 2018. https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/military-affairs/2018/07/01/baf-trainer-aircraft-crashes-in-jessore-two-missing.
14. ↑ "7 newly procured aircraft for BAF arrive in Chittagong". Dhaka Tribune. 15 October 2020. https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/2020/10/15/7-newly-procured-aircraft-for-baf-arrive-in-chittagong.
15. ↑ "Il Bangladesh acquista il drone Falco EVO di Leonardo". https://www.aresdifesa.it/2020/06/21/il-bangladesh-acquista-il-drone-falco-evo-di-leonardo/.
16. ↑ "Training Aircraft Inducted In Bangladesh Army". ISPR. 12 December 2019. https://www.ispr.gov.bd/en/training-aircraft-inducted-in-bangladesh-army/.
17. ↑ Herk, Hans van. "Bangladesh Army Bell 407". https://www.scramble.nl/military-news/bangladesh-army-bell-407.
18. ↑ "Bramor C4EYE". C-Astral. http://www.c-astral.com/en/products/bramor-c4eye.
19. ↑ Gareth Jennings (11 October 2020). "Bangladesh to receive Wasp UASs". Jane's Information Group. https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/bangladesh-to-receive-wasp-uass.

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