Bangladesh Air Force

[BDforever]

Jane’s World Air Forces
December 2014 Update

Bangladesh Air Force Active Rotary Wing and Transport fleet:

20 Mi-17/171 5 more on order
(1 Mi-17 lost in a crash, 7 more Mi-8 delivered by USSR in 70s in storage in unknown condition including 1 on display in BAF Museum, Dhaka).

4 Bell 206L4

13 Bell 212

4 C-130B

3 An-32

5 Mi-171sh on order

2 Augusta Westland AW139 on order

3 Let-410 on order

Bangladesh Army:

3 Bell 206L4 (Number could be 2.
4th Bell 206L4 lost in a crash in 2009)

2 Eurocopter AS365N3

4 Cessna 152
2 Cessna 337F
1 Cessna 208
1 Piper PA31T

Bangladesh Navy:

2 AgustaWestland AW109

2 Dornier Do 228NG

correction: total 28 Mil Mi series helicopters ( 9 Mil Mi-171sh, 17 Mil Mi-17 and 2 Mil Mi-17 v5) now 5 more Mil Mi171sh on order

 

[Assault Rifle]

@BDforever

According to SIPRI Arms Transfers database 28 Mi-17/8 have been exported to Bangladesh:

Trade Registers

Russia:
R: Bangladesh 4 Mi-8/Mi-17/Hip-
H Helicopter (1992) 1993 (4)
Mi-17 version
8 Mi-8/Mi-17/Hip-H
Helicopter (1995) 1995 8 Mi-17
version
3 Mi-8/Mi-17/Hip-H
Helicopter (1998) 1999 3 $4 m
deal (not incl value of trade-in of 7 ex-
Bangladeshi Mi-8 helicopters)

3 Mi-8/Mi-17/Hip-H
Helicopter 2004 2007 3 BDT78
m ($1.3 m) deal; Mi-171 armed
version.

3 Mi-8/Mi-17/Hip-H
Helicopter 2010 2011 ; Mi-171 armed
version.

USSR
R: Bangladesh
(7) Mi-8T/Hip-C
Helicopter (1973) 1974 (7)

1 Mi-17 crashed in 2002 killing 4 crew members and 7 Mi-8 received in 70s are in storage.
So there are 20 in service. 5 more are on order

Edit: Bangladesh Navy has ordered 3 Harbin Z-9 (ASW version, number on order could be 2).

 

[BDforever]

 

[Hindustani78]

A Bangladesh Air Force C-130B taxis behind a U.S. Air Force C-130H at Sylhet International Airport on Sunday before a personnel-drop mission during Exercise COPE SOUTH. The exercise is a Pacific Air Forces-sponsored, bilateral tactical airlift exercise conducted in Bangladesh, with a focus on cooperative flight operations, day and night low-level navigation, tactical airdrop, and air-land missions as well as subject-matter expert exchanges in the fields of operations, maintenance and rigging disciplines.

 

[bongbang]

 

[BDforever]

but... but according to @khair_ctg ... US military personnels were not impressed, it was just bdnews24 site propaganda.
well this video might hurt his feelings

 

[bongbang]

but... but according to @khair_ctg ... US military personnels were not impressed, it was just bdnews24 site propaganda.
well this video might hurt his feelings

Actually this training isnt any new for BD. But lot for the US. So we arent learning much but the US come here to learn

 

[chaanmia]

but... but according to @khair_ctg ... US military personnels were not impressed, it was just bdnews24 site propaganda.
well this video might hurt his feelings

for them only basher kella is real anyway,how is my avatar everybody ?

 

[BDforever]

for them only basher kella is real anyway,how is my avatar everybody ?

language

 

[chaanmia]

The picture is actually symbolic the language too just ignore the vulgar part

 

[Arthur]

Great !!thanks for sharing!!

but... but according to @khair_ctg ... US military personnels were not impressed, it was just bdnews24 site propaganda.
well this video might hurt his feelings

LET HIM BURN!!!!!

 

[Arthur]

for them only basher kella is real anyway,how is my avatar everybody ?

Basherkella is the most transparent news channel in the whole continent!! you shouldn't bad mouth them!! Its blasphemy!!!

 

[BDforever]

This isn't something that u see everyday .............

2xF-7BG & 1xC-130B of Bangladesh Air Force with 2xC-130H of United State Air Force in Exercise

 

[Hindustani78]

Bangladeshi commandos jump from a U.S. Air Force C-130H aircraft Jan. 24 over a drop zone during Exercise COPE SOUTH near Sylhet, Bangladesh. COPE SOUTH helps cultivate common bonds, foster goodwill, and improve readiness and compatibility between members of the Bangladesh and U.S. Air Forces. 1st Lt. Jake Bailey/Air Force

 

[Luftwaffe]

Pakistan should be replacing C-130H in 7-10 years slowly could BAF be potential candidate for such a procurment considering C-130 long term excellent support by Lockheed and knowing more than 200 of them their spares available with USAF. In my personal opinion these Transports would be around 15m each without other spares etc at such a low cost these would be best addition to current fleet along with couple of these upgraded for maritime surveillance. Pakistan have 17 of E/H models atleast few would be going out in 7-10 years. PAF have long term investment in C-130s and it complete maintainance thus my opinion PAF would be looking for few C-130J non stretch version which would still cost close to $100m each with spares and vice versa.