List of active Bangladesh military aircraft

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

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

## Bangladesh Air Force

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Main article: 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 (44)
MiG-29 | Russia | Multirole | BM/UB  | 3[1] | 5 grounded due to engine problem.
Chengdu F-7 | China | Multirole | BG/MB  | 35[2] |
Transport (14)
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] | one is retired
C-130J Super Hercules | United States | Tactical airlifter | C-130J | 5  | [3]
Helicopters (65)
Bell UH-1N Twin Huey | United States | Utility |  | 14[1] |
Mil Mi-17 | Russia | Utility / Transport | Mi-17/171ish | 35  | [1]
AgustaWestland AW139 | Italy | SAR / Utility |  | 4  |
Trainer Aircraft (80)
Grob G 115 | Germany | Basic Trainer |  | 3  |
Grob G 120TP | Germany | Basic Trainer |  | 24  | 1 Damaged At Jessore In 2025
Yakovlev Yak-130 | Russia | LIFT |  | 12  | 4 crashed
Hongdu JL-8 | China | Jet trainer | K-8W | 15  | 1 crashed
Chengdu F-7 | China | Jet trainer | FT-7 | 11[2] | license-built MiG-21, 1 crashed
Bell 206 | United States | rotorcraft trainer | 206L | 6  |
AgustaWestland AW119 | Italy  | Rotorcraft Trainer  |  |  | Used by BAFA (Bangladesh Air Force Academy)
Selex ES Falco | Italy | reconnaissance |  | 2  | used for UN peacekeeping missions.[4]

## Bangladesh Army

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Main article: Bangladesh Army Aviation Group

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

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Fixed wing (12)
Cessna 208 | United States  | transport / utility |  | 1  |
Cessna 152 Aerobat | United States | Light aircraft |  | 5  | A152 Aerobat variant.
CASA C-295 | Spain | transport | C-295W | 2[1] |
Diamond DA40 | Austria | training |  | 4[5] |
Helicopters (15)
Bell 206 | United States | training | 206L | 1[1] | 1 crashed
Bell 407 | United States | transport | 407GXi | [6]7  |
Mil Mi-17 | Russia | transport | Mi-171Sh | 5  | [1]
Eurocopter AS365 | France | utility |  | 2[1] |
Unmanned aerial vehicle
Baykar Bayraktar TB2 | Turkey | UCAV | attack | 6  | 6 on order
Bramor C4EYE | Slovenia | Reconnaissance UAV | Bramor C4EYE | 36  | [7]
RQ-12B Wasp AE | United States | Miniature UAV | RQ-12B  |  | on order[8]

## Bangladesh Navy

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Main article: Bangladesh Naval Aviation

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

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

## See also

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* Bangladesh portal

* List of historic Bangladesh military aircraft
* Bangabandhu Aeronautical Centre

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "World Air Forces 2021". Flightglobal Insight. 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
2. ^ a b Hoyle 2023, p. 13.
3. ^ "Bangladesh receives first of five UK-surplus C-130J transport aircraft". IHS Janes. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
4. ^ "Il Bangladesh acquista il drone Falco EVO di Leonardo". Ares Osservatorio Difesa. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
5. ^ "Training Aircraft Inducted In Bangladesh Army". ISPR. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
6. ^ Herk, Hans van. "Bangladesh Army Bell 407". www.scramble.nl. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
7. ^ "Bramor C4EYE". C-Astral. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
8. ^ Gareth Jennings (11 October 2020). "Bangladesh to receive Wasp UASs". Jane's Information Group. Retrieved 9 October 2020.

## Sources

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* Hoyle, Craig (2023). "World Air Forces 2024". Flight International. Retrieved 2 December 2023.

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Bangladesh Armed Forces

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Organization|

* Armed Forces Division
* Bangladesh Forces
* Ministry of Defence
* Directorate General of Forces Intelligence
* Inter-Service Public Relations
* Army formations
* Military installations
* East Bengal Regiment
* 1st East Bengal Regiment
* Bangladesh Infantry Regiment
* UN Peacekeeping Force
* Armed Forces Day

Leadership|

* Commander-in-chief: President of Bangladesh
* Chief of Air Staff
* Chief of Army Staff
* Chief of Naval Staff
* serving Generals
* serving Marshals
* serving Admirals

History and wars|

* Military history
* Bengal Army
* Bengal Regiment
* Bangladesh Liberation War
* Gulf War
* Chattogram Hill Tracts conflict
* 2001 Bangladesh–India border clashes

War leaders|

* M.A.G. Osmani
* Ziaur Rahman
* K. M. Shafiullah
* Khaled Mosharraf
* Khademul Bashar
* Muhammed Abul Manzur
* Shafaat Jamil
* Kazi Nuruzzaman
* Abu Osman Chowdhury
* Muhammad Hamidullah Khan
* Abu Taher
* Mohammad Abdul Jalil

Decorations|

* Bir Shreshtho
* Bir Uttom
* Bir Bikrom
* Bir Protik

Personnel and
equipment|

| Ranks|

* Military ranks of Bangladesh

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Training|

* ARTDOC
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* BUP
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* Military Academy
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Equipment|

* Army equipment
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Special ops|

* President Guard Regiment
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Lists of aircraft

By name

* pre-1914
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Civil aircraft

By characteristic

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* Aerobatic
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* Flying boats and floatplanes
* STOL
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* Trimotors
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* Unmanned
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Fuselage|

* Double-deck
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* Weight
* Size

* Maximum takeoff weight
* Light aircraft
* very light jets
* Large aircraft

Manufacturer|

*  Airbus
*  Antonov
*  Boeing
*  Bombardier
*  Comac
*  Douglas / McDonnell Douglas
*  Embraer
*  Ilyushin
*  Tupolev

Engine number|

* Twinjets
* Trijets
* Trimotors
* Four-engined jet aircraft

Range|

* Jet airliners
* Regional airliners

Use|

* Racers
* Regional airliner
* regional jet

Research|

* Early flying machines
* Experimental
* X-planes

Rotor-powered|

* Rotorcraft
* utility
* Tiltrotors

* Executive
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* Business jets
* Light-sport aircraft
* Flying car

Other lists

* By date and usage
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* Most-produced

Military aircraft

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* Tanker

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Nation|

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Era|

* WWI Entente
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* World War II jets

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