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
TypeOriginClassRoleIntroducedIn serviceTotalNotes
Aero L-39 Albatros  Czechoslovakia Jet Jet trainer 1995 7 8 [1][2]
Antonov An-32  Ukraine Turboprop Transport 1990 3[3] 3 [3] Overhauled and upgraded with life extension by SE PLANT 410 CA of Ukraine.[3][1]
AgustaWestland AW139  Italy Rotorcraft SAR 2015 4 4 [1][2]
AgustaWestland AW119  Italy Rotorcraft Trainer 2017 2 2 [1][2]
Bell 206 Long Ranger  USA Rotorcraft Trainer 1981 6 6 [1]
Bell 212  USA Rotorcraft Utility 1977 13 13 [1]
Chengdu F-7  China Jet Fighter 1989 36 57 Including 16 F-7 BGI and 15 F-7 BG. One F-7 BG fighter crashed on 23 November 2018.[4][1][2]
Hongdu K-8  China Jet Jet Trainer 2014 15 16 One aircraft crashed on 1 July 2018.[5][1] 7 K-8W of the second batch were received on 15 October 2020.[2][6]
Let L-410 Turbolet  Czechoslovakia Turboprop Trainer 2015 3 3 [1][2]
Lockheed C-130 Hercules  USA Turboprop Transport 2000 4 4 [1][2]
Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules  USA Turboprop Transport 2019 5 5[7] Procured from RAF surplus[8][9][2][10] and modified by Marshall ADG. Marshall will provide total support to the entire C-130J fleet under a multi-million-pound support contract.[11]
Mikoyan MiG-29  Russia Jet MRCA 1999 8 8 6 Mig-29B and 2 Mig-29UB.[1][2][12]
Mi-17/171Sh  Russia Rotorcraft Transport / Assault 1993 31 33 5 more on order.[13] one helicopter crashed whilst carrying Kuwaiti delegates.[14]Another one crashed in 2015.[15]
Nanchang PT-6  China Turboprop Basic Trainer 1977 22[16] 53 [1][2]
Selex ES Falco  Italy Unmanned aerial vehicle Reconnaissance Used in UN peacekeeping mission.[17]
Yakovlev Yak-130  Russia Jet Advanced Jet Trainer 2015 13 16 [1][2] One aircraft crashed on 11 July 2017.[18] Two aircraft crashed on mid air collision on 27 December 2017.[19]

Bangladesh Army
Main article: Bangladesh Army Aviation Group
TypeOriginClassRoleIntroducedIn serviceTotalNotes
Bell 206  USA Rotorcraft Utility 2 2 [1]
Bramor C4EYE  Slovenia UAV Reconnaissance 2018 36 36 [20]
CASA C-295W  Spain Turboprop Transport 2017 1 1 1 in order
Cessna 152  USA Turboprop Training 4 4
Cessna 208 Caravan  USA Turboprop Utility 1 1 [1]
Diamond DA40  Austria Turboprop Training 2019 4 4 [21] 2 more on order.[2]
Eurocopter AS365 Dauphin  France Rotorcraft Utility 2012 2 2 [1]
Mi-171Sh  Russia Rotorcraft Transport / Assault 2016 6 6 [1]

Bangladesh Navy
Main article: Bangladesh Naval Aviation
TypeOriginClassRoleIntroducedIn serviceTotalNotes
AgustaWestland AW109  Italy Rotorcraft Utility 2011 2 [1]
Dornier 228  Germany Turboprop MPA 2013 2 2 more on order with Leonardo's Seaspray 5000E Active Electronically Scanned Array surveillance radar.[22][1]

See also

References
  1. "World Air Forces 2017". Flightglobal Insight. 2017. Retrieved 27 February 2017.
  2. "Trade Register 1971-2019". Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  3. "SE PLANT 410 CA HANDS OVER THIRD OVERHAULED AND UPGRADED AN-32 AIRCRAFT OF BANGLADESH AIR FORCE". PLANT 410 CA. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  4. "Pilot killed as BAF training aircraft crashes in Tangail". The Daily Star. Retrieved 23 November 2018.
  5. "Two Air Force pilots killed as jet crashes in Jessore". Dhaka Tribune. July 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  6. "7 newly procured aircraft for BAF arrive in Chittagong". Dhaka Tribune. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 16 October 2020.
  7. "Bangladesh receives final surplus UK C-130J airlifter". IHS Jane's. 1 April 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  8. "World Air Forces 2019". Flightglobal Insight. 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
  9. "Bangladesh procurement of surplus UK C-130Js confirmed with support deal". IHS Jane’s. 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  10. "US ORIGIN C-130J TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT ARRIVES DHAKA". ISPR. 17 September 2020. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
  11. "Marshall Aerospace and Defence signs new multi-million-pound support contract for Bangladesh C-130J fleet". Marshall. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  12. "TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR OVERHAUL AND LIFE EXTENSION OF 04 X MIG-29 B/UB AC" (PDF). Directorate General of Defence Purchase. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  13. "World Air Forces 2020". Flightglobal Insight. 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2020.
  14. "Air force chopper makes emergency landing in Sreemangal". Dhaka Tribune. 2018-01-03. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  15. "Air force chopper crash lands in Ctg, 3 hurt". The Daily Star. Archived from the original on 14 May 2015. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  16. "আকাশে '১০০' এঁকে বঙ্গবন্ধুকে শত সালাম জানাবে বিমান বাহিনী". Jamuna Television (in Bengali). Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  17. Giacomo Cavanna (21 June 2020). "Il Bangladesh acquista il drone Falco EVO di Leonardo" [Bangladesh buys Leonardo's Falco EVO drone]. Associazione Culturale Ares (in Italian). Rome, Italy. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  18. "Bangladesh Air Force training aircraft crashes in Chittagong". IHS Jane’s. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
  19. "Accident involving two training jets of Air Force reported in Cox's Bazar". Bdnews24.com. 27 December 2017. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  20. "Bramor C4EYE". C-Astral. Retrieved 28 May 2017.
  21. "Training Aircraft Inducted In Bangladesh Army". ISPR. 12 December 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  22. "Bangladesh Navy's new Dornier 228 multirole aircraft will feature Leonardo AESA radars". Naval Today. 12 September 2017.
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