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.
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] |
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] |
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] |
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List of active Bangladesh military aircraft.
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