Russian MRCA, Chinese Sub for Bangladesh

[avene]

That does not necessarily mean we are getting a new fighter. Furthermore, it did not specify the country.
Getting our air force to train outside our country is quite a symbolic gesture of friendship. I mean we had members of the chinese, indian air force who came to bangladesh for training.

Congrats to Bangladesh !

now I am confused, why and when did China send pilots there for training.....I mean the only other planes we have are Russian

 

[bd_4_ever]

You got anything to say about that, other than passing wisecracks?

Ponder over my words and figure.


Cheers!!!

 

[PlanetSoldier]

Very enlightened finding!


Cheers!!!

We could help more in enlightened finding of this innocent indian child by killing some civilian indians on border and wait to see if we still remain so called friend to them .

 

[wild_fire1979]

I heard that US people attending training at Mirpur Staff College, Dhaka are termed Mirporean in US.

Are you kidding?!??! Any link to back up your claim?

 

[The enlightened]

Ponder over my words and figure.


Cheers!!!

I'll take that as a no.

We could help more in enlightened finding of this innocent indian child by killing some civilian indians on border and wait to see if we still remain so called friend to them .

Give it your best shot.

 

[boltu]

Does anyone have the new design of the F-7BGI?


Cheers!!!

I don't think the F-7BGI would be anything new than the F-7BG other than some mew avionics and 3 screens in the cockpit !!

 

[kobiraaz]

Are you kidding?!??! Any link to back up your claim?

Actually a BAF pilot once told me that (when i ridiculed about our force) some American pilots recieved training under BAF instructors......

 

[Lone]

@iajdani bro, 1st post last part! 3122 pilots will get training in BD and 120 will get training in different countries... Total 3242 pilots in a year getting trained!

...That's quite a number !!! Can't wait to see the new fighters .

 

[bd_4_ever]

I'll take that as a no.

Whatever rows your boat.


Cheers!!!

We could help more in enlightened finding of this innocent indian child by killing some civilian indians on border and wait to see if we still remain so called friend to them .

Now now..dont get them in the attitude brah! Soon the "So many planes..So many ships..yada yada yada.." figures would sprout out!


Cheers!!

 

[Zabaniyah]

BD doesn't even have any threat. It's just a waste of money.

Well, someone has to do the job of maintaining security sufficiently. We are concerned about maritime security specifically.

It is not recommended to 'outsource' national security. Especially to a third world country with many complicated issues with any lack of clarity. See the example of Lebanon.

 

[Mattrixx]

You got anything to say about that, other than passing wisecracks?

While we have no threat why not create some threat by us

We actually want to scare the hell out of nepal and bhutan, maldives! All show ofF! They should know after China, India, Pakistan, Srilanka, Myanmar. .Bangladesh is the boss in neighbourhood...

You r suggesting we should prove ourself superior to these innocent countries


And telling that we r weaker than mayanmar & srilanka or what?????

 

[Avisheik]

Congrats to Bangladesh !

now I am confused, why and when did China send pilots there for training.....I mean the only other planes we have are Russian

China sent its pilots for Basic training, safety course etc. Happened somewhere in the early 2000s

 

[ebr77]

Are you kidding?!??! Any link to back up your claim?

''
Well we see them sometime in NDC bus at Dhaka, travelling to somewhere.

Let me translate the Air Force part, an extract from a news source below-

Air Force getting multibillion dollar revamp

Sun, Apr 15th, 2012 7:01 pm BdST

Sheikh Shahariar Zaman
bdnews24.com Senior Correspondent


Dhaka, Apr 15 (bdnews24.com) – The government has initiated a 'massive programme' to technologically advance the Bangladesh Air Force, a parliamentary watchdog says in a report.

The multibillion dollar programme include purchase of fighters, advanced jet trainers, radar and other equipment from Russia, China and other countries.

"Bangladesh installed short range air defence (SHORAD) system in December last year. It signed agreements last year to buy one squadron (16) of F-7 BGI fighter planes, three MI-171 helicopters and two AD radars," revealed a report of the parliamentary standing committee on planning ministry.

"Bangladesh will also procure one squadron of MRCA (Multi-Role Combat Aircraft) advanced jet trainers and high-powered radar under long-term loan protocol from Russia," it added.

Modernisation

Under the modernisation plan announced by the Awami League-led government, new weapons and reconnaissance have been added to the force, says the report, a copy of which is available with bdnew24.com.

"The government has asked us to give a modernisation plan. Accordingly we provided the plan and working on it," said a senior Air Force official who is familiar with the matter, speaking on condition of anonymity.

"We never had SHORAD, but now we have installed it. Also, we laid foundation to set up Bangabandhu aeronautical technology centre where we can have test launch and repair our planes," he said.

"We have signed a couple of agreements with Russia and China and expect to get the delivery in phases starting from this year," the official said. "We hope to get a couple of BGI fighter planes from China this year."

Intense study

Officials say the Air Force purchases highly technical gadgets and for that intense study is necessary.

"It takes about two years of study before an order is placed to buy a particular type of plane," he said.

"Over the years we have developed negotiation skills to bargain for Bangladesh-specific products and to not purchase what is available with the manufacturers," he explained.

"We have courses at the staff college where we teach and learn about this study and negotiations," the official said. "Often we inquire about the quality of a product from consumers, not from manufacturers."

"The purchase contracts include all the technical details, photographs of the products and conditions regarding supply of spare parts and other accessories," the Air Force official continued.

Training

The watchdog's report said a total of 3,122 Air Force members will get training in the current fiscal year and out of them 120 would be trained overseas.

In the Medium Term Budget Framework (MTBF), it was revealed that the Air Force would replace 16 fighter planes and 16 training planes.

The Air Force earmarked Tk 17.66 billion in spending for fiscal 2011-12, which will jump to Tk 25.49 billion in 2015-16 fiscal year.

bdnews24.com/ssz/sk/bd/1900h

Air Force getting multibillion dollar revamp | Bangladesh | bdnews24.com

 

[Avisheik]

3,122 Air Force members will get training

Air force training does not mean all of them are gonna be pilots. Some are gonna be the ground crew, maintence, etc.
However, since the number of ppl getting trained has increased,there is a good reason to believe that there are going to be quite a few pilots getting trained.

Anyway the reason why bd is training a lot of pilots is probably because they BAF wants to select the best of the best and keep the rest in case something happens to the main pilots

 

[Luftwaffe]

F-7BGI will have almost similar capabilities as J-17 or FC-1. Besides, we are buying another squadron from Russia probably SU-30 and one squadron of Yak-130. So low and high combination will suit us very well. inducting 48 aircraft within a year is no fckin joke.

No F-7BGI does not have similar capabilities as to FC-1/JF-17 ref to JF-17 Thread.

Besides F-7BGI as replacement of 7 A-5 Fantans and 9-10 F-7MB to be exact 16 in numbers. So Not so fast, not so soon. 16 Yak-130 (dual variant Attack/Training 131 variant) would cost $17-$18M each not including weapons/other equipment and life time cost. YAK-130/131 in few numbers [8] could be a possibility but after the induction of F-7BGI and around 2014-2015. Those 16 Trainers that are to be replaced are either Basic Trainers or mix of Basic and Advance Trainers which could be 16 Basic Trainers PT-6 or 8 PT-6/8 T-37 or 8 PT-6/7 L-39 Albatros complicated one my guess would be half of Basic Trainers and Half of L-39.