BANGLADESH AIR FORCE'S F-7:POOR MAN'S F-16

[kobiraaz]

What will fighter jets do for Bangladesh? Help them rescue people in an event of cyclones? Bangladesh has absolutely no need for fighter jets.
What threat does it face anyway?

Exactly. This is why Bangladesh should collect transport aircrafts and helicopters like Chinook and Blackhawk for relief purposes and patrol aircrafts for searching and rescue purposes. USA should provide them in discount.....

 

[PlanetSoldier]

Exactly. This is why Bangladesh should collect transport aircrafts and helicopters like Chinook and Blackhawk for relief purposes and patrol aircrafts for searching and rescue purposes. USA should provide them in discount.....

lolz

 

[[--Leo--]]

F-7 is good upgraded and affordable price but why not JF-17 that is also affordable and well 4th Gen but why still purchasing 3rd gen aircraft with upgrades?

the concept of JF-17 is for developing air force with such low prices and upgraded avionics which suit the BAF very well

but why BAF went for F-7?can any buddy give reason

 

[Invincible_at_Sea]

F-7 is good upgraded and affordable price but why not JF-17 that is also affordable and well 4th Gen but why still purchasing 3rd gen aircraft with upgrades?

the concept of JF-17 is for developing air force with such low prices and upgraded avionics which suit the BAF very well

but why BAF went for F-7?can any buddy give reason

I believe because it's performance (including maintenance frequency, maintenance cost, service length) & capabilities are not well verified and reputed as F-7s are. I am not questioning about the quality of JF-17 neither do I underestimating it. Let it be used by PAF and PLA Air Force for few years, then we will consider judging it's performance and capability.

 

[TheRafael00000]

Why we can't have Migs or F-16? or even the FC-1/20? I'm not satisfied with Bangladesh defense as we hardly have any superiority over in any aspects. Bangladesh Air force has only 200+ air crafts. We yet use A-5 for attack! We are far from adequate! Seems like Bangladesh is going to take some special projects to modernize Air force which includes 40 Mig-29s and even Sukhoi.

Good but it is not in hand yet. Those are projects and yet to be accomplished. We need measures.

 

[scholseys]

Our air force should follow vietnam's path it has 24 Su-30MK2V and 15 Su-27SK/UBK. It also has two S-300PMU with similar gdp to our's. Instead we buy outdated garbage from China. Thse deals have corruption written all over them.

 

[p3avi8tor69]

Why we can't have Migs or F-16? or even the FC-1/20? I'm not satisfied with Bangladesh defense as we hardly have any superiority over in any aspects. Bangladesh Air force has only 200+ air crafts. We yet use A-5 for attack! We are far from adequate! Seems like Bangladesh is going to take some special projects to modernize Air force which includes 40 Mig-29s and even Sukhoi.



Good but it is not in hand yet. Those are projects and yet to be accomplished. We need measures.

Why? Because Bangladesh is a country with a GDP of $110 billion and a population of 163 million. F16's and Migs aren't cheap to buy and fly. Build the Padma bridge first and your economy will fly and the money will flow. Right now, your exports (textile) are skyrocketing. If you play it right it will mushroom 10 times over and you will find yourselves with oodles of cash. Unless of course you fark it up and let the Africans get a foothold in the apparel industry.

 

[eastwatch]

What will fighter jets do for Bangladesh? Help them rescue people in an event of cyclones? Bangladesh has absolutely no need for fighter jets. What threat does it face anyway?

Bangladesh faces threats from India and Burma simultaneously. If you have no doubt about that then you will understand BD needs all kinds of weapons to protect itself. F-7BGI is defensive in nature, India does not have to care about this small purchase. There was a time when India even protested the training of Commandos.

However, the training was done clandestinely. However, there was a time when DADA India had vetoed all our efforts to strengthen the military. Now, at least, it can pursue it. About rescueing people during natural disasters, our military certainly do things like that. It is also a part of their duty.

 

[MST]

Bangladesh faces threats from India and Burma simultaneously. If you have no doubt about that then you will understand BD needs all kinds of weapons to protect itself. F-7BGI is defensive in nature, India does not have to care about this small purchase. There was a time when India even protested the training of Commandos.

In that case Bangladesh should prepare for two front war just like us. I am sure we will coordinate with Myanmar when we attack you and vice versa

 

[peep]

Why? Because Bangladesh is a country with a GDP of $110 billion and a population of 163 million. F16's and Migs aren't cheap to buy and fly. Build the Padma bridge first and your economy will fly and the money will flow. Right now, your exports (textile) are skyrocketing. If you play it right it will mushroom 10 times over and you will find yourselves with oodles of cash. Unless of course you fark it up and let the Africans get a foothold in the apparel industry.

get 10 rafales... it will take care of entire burmese airforce ..

 

[asad71]

What will fighter jets do for Bangladesh? Help them rescue people in an event of cyclones? Bangladesh has absolutely no need for fighter jets.
What threat does it face anyway?

The threat we face, as if you didn't know, is from INDIA. And we need eqpt capable of mauling IAF.

 

[asad71]

In the cyclone of 29 Apr 1991 BAF lost a number of operational aircrafts including Mig-21s, which were stationed at BAF Base Zahurul Haq (Chittagong). The then COAS AVM Momtaz Uddin Ahmed was held responsible for not shifting those aircrafts to Dhaka in time and was discharged subsequently. Records are there that on 03 May 1991 AVM Mumtaz Uddin Ahmed relieved an exhausted crew and piloted one of the flights himself carrying relief goods.

1. After consecutive cyclones of 1961 and 1962, Asghar Khan had given written orders to PAF E Pakistan not to use Chittagong air field. Consequently Chittagong was abandoned as a SEATO Base. Instead Chiringa in Cox's Bazar District was selected for development as a SEATO air base.

2. GOB, BAF and the BD hierarchy are all responsible for the debacle. Man can fight nature only up to a level. Even now BAF is using this and equally perilously located Cox's Bazar as bases. No body learns from past errors.

 

[TopCat]

get 10 rafales... it will take care of entire burmese airforce ..

Ya once India decided to buy them became the best fighter in the world and capable of wiping out anything including my poo a$$..

 

[shree835]

I don know why Bangladeshi are investing this much of money on Jets… They should concentrate on development of Bangladesh…

 

[scholseys]

I don know why Bangladeshi are investing this much of money on Jets… They should concentrate on development of Bangladesh…

lol the irony