List of historic Bangladesh military aircraft

This article is about the historic Bangladesh military aircraft. For active aircraft, see List of active Bangladesh military aircraft.

Bangladesh Air Force

Main article: Bangladesh Air Force

Aircraft	Origin	Role	Version	Quantity	Note
Fixed Wing Aircraft
Antonov An-12	Soviet Union	Military transport aircraft		4 [1]
Antonov An-24	Soviet Union	Military transport aircraft	V	3 [1]	V.I.P Transport Aircraft. Also known as "Balaka" (”বলাকা”). 1 stored in BAF Museum for ride.
Antonov An-26	Soviet Union	Military transport aircraft		6 [1]
Cessna T-37 Tweet	USA	Jet Trainer	B	11 [2]	Retired from active service. Replaced with Hongdu K-8W jet trainers. [3]
de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter	Canada	Military transport aircraft		1	Ex Indian Air Force (IAF) Aircraft. Registered as B-721
Douglas Dakota	USA	Military transport aircraft		1	Ex Indian Air Force (IAF) Aircraft. Also used by the "Maharaja Of Jodhpur"
Fouga CM.170 Magister	France	Jet Trainer		19	Retired in favor of more capable Aero L-39 Albatros.
F-7 Air Guard	China	Fighter aircraft	MB	10	Retired in favor of more capable F-7BGI.
Nanchang A-5	China	Ground attack/Close air support	C	8 [2]	Retired on 4 November 2014
North American F-86 Sabre	USA	Fighter aircraft	F40	8	Surrendered by Pakistan Air Force.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21	Soviet Union	Fighter aircraft	MF/UB	12	10 MiG-21MF's and 2 MiG-21UB's. 2 aircraft Registered as 008 & 009 set up as a Sculpture on BAF Headquarters in Dhaka Cantonment.
Shenyang F-5	China	Interceptor aircraft		8
Shenyang FT-5	China	Interceptor aircraft		3	Trainer version of the F-5
Shenyang F-6	China	OCU		34	1 squadron gifted by Pakistan in 1980s.
Helicopters
Aérospatiale Alouette III	France	Utility helicopter		1	Ex Indian Air Force.
Agusta-Bell 205	Italy	Transport Helicopter		2	Ex Imperial Iranian Air Force.
Mil Mi-8	Soviet Union	Transport Helicopter		8	Some of them are stored as a ride in BAF Museum, Agargaon
Westland Wessex	UK	Transport helicopter	5	2	Former Royal Navy helicopters donated by the United Kingdom in 1973.

Bangladesh Army Aviation Group

Main article: Bangladesh Army Aviation Group

Aircraft	Origin	Role	Version	Quantity	Note
Fixed Wing Aircraft
Piper PA-31T Cheyenne	USA	Utility aircraft		1	This aircraft was helped to make Bangladesh Army Aviation Group.
Helicopter
Bell 205	USA	Utility Helicopter		2	Was gifted by Iran.

Gallery

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  Chengdu F-7 MB fighter aircraft of BAF
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  MiG-21UB fighter aircraft of BAF
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  Shenyang F-6 fighter aircraft at BAF Museum
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  BAF's F-86F40 Sabre interceptor aircraft
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  Nanchang A-5 ground attack aircraft of BAF
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  F-86 Sabre fighter Aircraft at BAF Museum
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  Antonov An-24 transport aircraft of BAF
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  Cessna T-37 jet trainer of BAF
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  Fouga CM.170 Magister jet trainer at BAF Museum
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  de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter of BAF
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  Mil Mi-8 helicopter at BAF Museum
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  Westland Wessex helicopter of BAF
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  Aérospatiale Alouette III helicopter of BAF

See also

• Bangabandhu Aeronautical Centre

References

1. "Historical Listings: Bangladesh, (BAN)." Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine World Air Forces. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
2. "AMR Regional Air Force Directory 2013". Asian Military Review. 1 February 2013. Archived from the original on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
3. Craig Hoyle (9 December 2014). "Bangladesh receives first K-8 jet trainers" . Retrieved 12 March 2015.