Bangladesh Air Force
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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| Fixed wing (12) | |||||
| Cessna 208 | United States | transport / utility | 1 | ||
| Cessna 152 Aerobat | United States | Light aircraft | 5 | A152 Aerobat variant. | |
| Army aviation will soon get new transport aircraft | |||||
| 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 | |
| army aviation will soon get some new helicopters | |||||
| 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 | |
| Bramor C4EYE | Slovenia | Reconnaissance UAV | Bramor C4EYE | 36 | [7] |
| RQ-12B Wasp AE | United States | Miniature UAV | RQ-12B | on order [8] | |
| 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 | |
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