Bangladesh Air Force

[The Ronin]

BAF ground crew load the Mi-171Sh's pylon mounted cannons with deadly HEI rounds.

 

[Tanveer666]

BAF ground crew load the Mi-171Sh's pylon mounted cannons with deadly HEI rounds.

Are those 50 cal ammo?

 

[Ideas_R_Bulletproof]

those of us who actually live in Bangladesh and know the economy know that this is a lot of trash about 7% growth. The business environment is in a severe downturn. Bangladeshi figures for "GDP" are trash, madeup numbers. IMF and WB are not the police that they will come and "catch you".

Try to at least act mature instead of making snide remarks.

Probably talking to a teen with raging hormones so worthless to respond.

Nobody in BD thinks BAF will be gettin Typhoons and Gripens and what-not. These are childhood wet dreams of some child in his cot living in the UK.

rather you should try to go around Bangladesh.....
try Bogra, Rajshahi, Khulna, Jessore, Faridpur, Narsingdi, Tangail, Mymensingh, Jamalpur, Comilla, Lakshmipur, Maizdi, Brahmanbaria, Habiganj, Gazipur, N-Ganj, Feni, Ishwardi, Saidpur, and whatever other place you would like to add to it.... look around and talk to people.... count the number of new buildings under construction and also their number of floors.... count the bags of cement and amount of rods they're using..... and also count the number of industries under construction as we speak....

my words are nothing.... see for yourself....

 

[Michael Corleone]

Why not both? An east west mix.

Realistically, we haven’t been able to purchase fighter jets for 8 years now... realistically, j-10 deal was done after 1billion was arranged for as credit by China, realistically... we don’t have money allocated for any major defence purchase in airforce atm to warrant two aircrafts of the same types to operate.

 

[Arthur]

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It's almost Two decades now that Bangladesh achieved a 100% radar coverage over it's territory.
So What's the point of this incomplete and that "something shouldn't be in public domain" map again?

 

[TopCat]

Dude, you are not looking at how the BD economy is progressing.The economy is now 276 billion US dollars with growth exceeding 7% a year and is on an upward trajectory.

Like I say BD found 4 billion US dollars out of it's own money between 2014-2018 to build Padma Bridge and so can find 2 billion US dollars between 2018-2022 to purchase 16 Gripen E. These fighters are critical for BAF since the Rohingya crisis has exposed BD has no friends at all it can count on, apart from far away Turkey that is not fully developed enough yet to supply all of BD's weapons imports.

I simply cannot state how important a squadron of 16 Gripen E(with 1-2 AWACs) is for the national security of BD. These planes are far far more needed than either Russian Su-30SMEs or Chinese J-10Cs as both those countries supported the Barman savages over the Rohingyas.


Like @Avicenna has stated, BD has a good reputation in the Western world and BD need only hire some good lobbyists in Washington and there is a good chance that the US will clear the engine transfer to allow Sweden to sell Gripens to BD.

Guys.. just hold you horses...
YOu have to first think about the BAF requirement. BAF is looking for deep attack aircraft so the tender was all about. How Gripen fit in that? We may replace F-7 with gripen but J-10 is a far better contender as we are using chinese missiles which are far more economic and have a good prospect of TOT in the future.
The reason I suggested Typhoon is because of fewer number of aircraft which can be afforded for a squadron for sure. I hope BAF dont go for Mig-25 $hit.

 

[UKBengali]

Guys.. just hold you horses...
YOu have to first think about the BAF requirement. BAF is looking for deep attack aircraft so the tender was all about. How Gripen fit in that? We may replace F-7 with gripen but J-10 is a far better contender as we are using chinese missiles which are far more economic and have a good prospect of TOT in the future.
The reason I suggested Typhoon is because of fewer number of aircraft which can be afforded for a squadron for sure. I hope BAF dont go for Mig-25 $hit.

Top requirement for BAF is a Western aircraft as per Rohingya issue. Typhoon would be a better fighter but is more expensive and has higher operating costs.

BD can afford a single squadron(16) of Gripen Es while also purchasing SU-30SME and J-10C. Gripen E will wipe out MAF's Mig-29s and JF-17s and it is likely to also be better than the SU-30SME at air-to-air combat as well.

 

[TopCat]

Top requirement for BAF is a Western aircraft as per Rohingya issue. Typhoon would be a better fighter but is more expensive and has higher operating costs.

BD can afford a single squadron(16) of Gripen Es while also purchasing SU-30SME and J-10C. Gripen E will wipe out MAF's Mig-29s and JF-17s and it is likely to also be better than the SU-30SME at air-to-air combat as well.

I will rather ditch entire SU-30 and procure Typhoon. Gripen will be redundant for either J-10 or Typhoon.

 

[gslv mk3]

If you're yet to make even one aircraft component, it's best to avoid being emotional about other's programmes

Lol, so damn true. I don't think there is a single certified aerospace vendor there...

 

[UKBengali]

I will rather ditch entire SU-30 and procure Typhoon. Gripen will be redundant for either J-10 or Typhoon.

You do know that only the SU-30SME has the range and payload to support the BN far out in the Bay of Bengal?
Again Typhoon is too expensive to buy and operate for an airforce like BD.

Let me try to explain what BAF needs and why:

1. Gripen E- Relatively cheap to buy and operate. Far superior than any MAF fighter apart from the Su-30SME but it should still be better than that with it's superior network centric warfare and Meteor ramjet AAM. It also comes from a source where it can be freely used against Myanmar.

2. SU-30SME - only realistic option to get a heavy fighter that can support BN far out in Bay of Bengal and carry heavy load deep into enemy territory.

3. J-10C - Best Chinese 4th generation fighter and potential to take on anything in the IAF arsenal. Can be freely used against India.

@Avicenna
@araberuni7

 

[araberuni7]

Its the job of Saab to clear Engine from Washington not Bangladesh. Saab has done it for RTAF Gripen. Typhoon is too costly for BAF to procure a squadron. But Typhoon Trache 3 is great indeed. Cost will prohabit BD to procure Typhoon.
Bangladeshi military leaders are weak and pathetic not the economy. Our politicians are also licking Indians a$$ that's a major problem too.

 

[UKBengali]

Its the job of Saab to clear Engine from Washington not Bangladesh. Saab has done it for RTAF Gripen. Typhoon is too costly for BAF to procure a squadron. But Typhoon Trache 3 is great indeed. Cost will prohabit BD to procure Typhoon.
Bangladeshi military leaders are weak and pathetic not the economy. Our politicians are also licking Indians a$$ that's a major problem too.

BD should pre-empt this by lobbying Washington first.
Thailand had an advantage as it already has US fighters and so has already been "pre-approved".

Saab is hardly likely to make too much effort for a single squadron of 16 planes.

 

[araberuni7]

You do know that only the SU-30SME has the range and payload to support the BN far out in the Bay of Bengal?
Again Typhoon is too expensive to buy and operate for an airforce like BD.

Let me try to explain what BAF needs and why:

1. Gripen E- Relatively cheap to buy and operate. Far superior than any MAF fighter apart from the Su-30SME but it should still be better than that with it's superior network centric warfare and Meteor ramjet AAM. It also comes from a source where it can be freely used against Myanmar.

2. SU-30SME - only realistic option to get a heavy fighter that can support BN far out in Bay of Bengal and carry heavy load deep into enemy territory.

3. J-10C - Best Chinese 4th generation fighter and potential to take on anything in the IAF arsenal. Can be freely used against India.

@Avicenna
@araberuni7

Su-30SME is chicken in front of Gripen E. Russian fighter has very high radar signatures. Gripen can kill not just Su-30SME but also Su-35 on basis on high radar signatures. Russian Zhuk-AE or Zhuk-ME radar can be jammed by Gripen.
Zhuk-AE radar known to be overheated and need high maintenance. This is exactly why Russia didn't supply Zhuk-AE radar to Egyptian Air Force. Zhuk-AE is still 5/6 years behind schedule. Dont believe that shitty Wikipedia.
BN's seaspray would detect MAF and MN assets from a very long distance.
Point is European radar is and always great today and decades to come.

 

[UKBengali]

Su-30SME is chicken in front of Gripen E. Russian fighter has very high radar signatures. Gripen can kill not just Su-30SME but also Su-35 on basis on high radar signatures. Russian Zhuk-AE or Zhuk-ME radar can be jammed by Gripen.
Zhuk-AE radar known to be overheated and need high maintenance. This is exactly why Russia didn't supply Zhuk-AE radar to Egyptian Air Force. Zhuk-AE is still 5/6 years behind schedule. Dont believe that shitty Wikipedia.
BN's seaspray would detect MAF and MN assets from a very long distance.
Point is European radar is and always great today and decades to come.

We still need to respect the SU-30-series but I have already made the point that the Gripen-E has advantage with better network-centric warfare and Meteor AAM.
16 Gripen Es would totally neutralise the 50 or so Mi-29s, JF-17s and SU-30SME that Myanmar will have soon and so that is what BAF should get before anything else. I am sure that the idiots in BAF/AL are too busy negotiating for Russian and Chinese aircraft at this very minute but maybe they will surprise us!

PS - Russian aircraft radars are poor compared to EU/US but the Chinese have made huge strides as per J-11/J-10C and J-20. I would not be very surprised if the AESA inside the J-10C is somewhat similar in performance to Rafale and Typhoon's AESA radar.

 

[wiseone2]

Top requirement for BAF is a Western aircraft as per Rohingya issue. Typhoon would be a better fighter but is more expensive and has higher operating costs.

BD can afford a single squadron(16) of Gripen Es while also purchasing SU-30SME and J-10C. Gripen E will wipe out MAF's Mig-29s and JF-17s and it is likely to also be better than the SU-30SME at air-to-air combat as well.

having few combat aircraft does not give you the ability to launch attacks on enemy air bases deep inside Myanmar
enough said