List of active Bangladesh military aircraft

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.

Bangladesh Air Force

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
Combat Aircraft (44)
MiG-29	Russia	Multirole	BM/UB	8 [1]	upgraded to BM variant from Belarus [2]
Chengdu F-7	China	Multirole		36 [3]
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]
C-130J Super Hercules	United States	Tactical airlifter	C-130J	5	[4]
Helicopters (53)
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
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 [3]	license-built MiG-21
Bell 206	United States	rotorcraft trainer	206L	6
AgustaWestland AW119	Italy	rotorcraft trainer		2
UAV
Selex ES Falco	Italy	reconnaissance		2	used for UN peacekeeping missions. [5]

Bangladesh Army

Main article: Bangladesh Army Aviation Group

An Army CN-295W

Bangladesh Army Aviation Bell 206-L4 LongRanger

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Variant	In service	Notes
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 [6]
Helicopters (15)
Bell 206	United States	training	206L	1 [1]	1 crashed
Bell 407	United States	transport	407GXi	[7] 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	[8]
RQ-12B Wasp AE	United States	Miniature UAV	RQ-12B		on order [9]

Bangladesh Navy

Main article: Bangladesh Naval Aviation

An AW109 helicopter of Bangladesh Navy

Aircraft	Origin	Type	Variant	In service	Notes
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

• Bangladesh portal

• List of historic Bangladesh military aircraft
• Bangabandhu Aeronautical Centre

References

1. "World Air Forces 2021" . Flightglobal Insight. 2021. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
2. Staff, Blog Before Flight. "Bangladesh plans to upgrade a second batch of MiG-29 fighters". Blog Before Flight - Aerospace and Defense News. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
3. Hoyle 2023, p. 13.
4. "Bangladesh receives first of five UK-surplus C-130J transport aircraft". IHS Janes. 28 August 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2019.
5. "Il Bangladesh acquista il drone Falco EVO di Leonardo". Ares Osservatorio Difesa . Retrieved 21 June 2020.
6. "Training Aircraft Inducted In Bangladesh Army". ISPR. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
7. Herk, Hans van. "Bangladesh Army Bell 407". www.scramble.nl. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
8. "Bramor C4EYE". C-Astral. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
9. Gareth Jennings (11 October 2020). "Bangladesh to receive Wasp UASs". Jane's Information Group . Retrieved 9 October 2020.

Sources

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