The following table lists the active and former aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force.
Active Service[]
| Combat Aircraft | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aircraft | Image | Origin | Role | Series | In service[1][2] | Notes |
| MiG-29 | 
|
Russia | Air superiority | S UB |
6 2 |
On April 25, 2013 Russian Aviaton published a news that RAC MiG is negotiating with Bangladesh government for upgrading the 8 Mig-29 into Mig-29SMT.[3] |
| F-7 | 
|
China | Fighter / Interceptor | BG BGI |
16 16 |
12 F-7BG with 4 FT-7BG received in early 2006. 16 F-7BGI received in 2013 as stop-gap aircraft till the proposed 4.5 generation fighter procurement matures. |
| Yak-130 | Russia | LA/AJT | 12 | 4 crashed due to mid-air collision and mechanical failures. | ||
| Shenyang FT-6 | 
|
China | OCU | 6 | Used as the trainer aircraft of A-5C. Scheduled to be replaced soon. 36 F-6/FT-6 received from China from 1976-1983. 40 more received from Pakistan on 1989-1990, however, all were damaged in 1990 cyclone. | |
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! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="7" | Trainer Aircraft
|-
! style="text-align:center;"|Aircraft
! style="text-align:center;"|Image
! style="text-align:center;"|Origin
! style="text-align:center;"|Role
! style="text-align:center;"|Series
! style="text-align:center;"|In service
! style="text-align:center;"|Notes
|-
| Nanchang PT-6
| 
| China
|! style="text-align: center;"|Primary Trainer
|! style="text-align: center;"|A
|! style="text-align: center;"|24
| One of the aircraft crashed in 2012. 24 aircraft remain out of 40 delivered.
|-
| Bell 206 Long Ranger
| 
| USA
|! style="text-align: center;"|Rotary Wing Trainer
|! style="text-align: center;"|L-2
L-4
|! style="text-align: center;"|2
2
|
|-
| Cessna T-37 Tweet
| File:T37 MAROC.jpg
| USA
|! style="text-align: center;"|Jet Trainer
|! style="text-align: center;"|B
|! style="text-align: center;"|12[4]
| Placed in reserve. Scheduled to be replaced with Advanced Turboprop Trainers along with PT-6. The possible replacement might be YAK-152/CJ-7.
|-
| Transport Aircraft | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aircraft | Image | Origin | Role | Series | In service | Notes | |
| Lockheed C-130 Hercules | USA | Special Ops | B | 4 | Former United States Air Force aircraft bought at cost of $15M each. Bangladesh Air Force is negotiating for 4 off the shelf C-130Es under Excess Defence Article (EDA). The package would also include 20 Rolls-Royce T56 engines to be provided plus training and other equipment and services associated with the upgrade. |
||
| Antonov An-32 | 
|
Ukraine | Tactical Transport / Converted Bomber | C | 3 | Bangladesh Air Force received 3 aircraft in late '80s. | |
| V.I.P. Transport Helicopter | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aircraft | Image | Origin | Role | Series | In service | Notes |
| Mil Mi-17V-5 | 
|
Russia | V.I.P. Transport helicopter | V | 2 | |
| Attack Helicopter | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aircraft | Image | Origin | Role | Series | In service | Notes |
| Mil Mi-171 | 
|
Russia | Battlefield Close Air Support | Sh | 6 | 6 Mi-171sh were bought at a cost of $15M each. |
| Helicopter | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aircraft | Image | Origin | Role | Series | In service | Notes |
| Mil Mi-17 |
|
Russia | Air Assault, MedEvac, Battlefield Close Air Support | H | 18 | |
| Bell 212 | 
|
USA | Air Assault, Special Ops, SAR, MedEvac | 13 | Bought from US stock. | |
Retired[]
List of BAF obsolete and retired aircraft:[5][6]
| Warbird | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aircraft | Origin | Role | Versions | No. of Units | Notes | Image |
| F-7 Air Guard | China | Multirole combat aircraft | MB | 10 | Retired in favor of more capable F-7BGI. |
|
| North American F-86 Sabre | USA | Fighter aircraft | F40 | 8 | Surrendered by Pakistan Air Force. | 
|
| Douglas Dakota | USA | Military transport aircraft | 1 | Ex Indian Air Force. | 
| |
| de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter | Canada | Military transport aircraft | 1 | Ex Indian Air Force. | 
| |
| Aérospatiale Alouette III | France | Utility helicopter | 1 | Ex Indian Air Force. | 
| |
| Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 | USSR | Fighter aircraft | MF | 12 | 
| |
| Mil Mi-8 | USSR | Transport Helicopter | 8 | 
| ||
| Shenyang J-5 | China | Interceptor aircraft | 8 | 
| ||
| Shenyang JJ-5 | China | Interceptor aircraft | 3 | 
| ||
| Augusta-Bell 205 | Italy | Transport Helicopter | 2 | Ex Imperial Iranian Air Force. | 
| |
| Antonov An-24 | USSR | Military transport aircraft | V | 1 | V.I.P Transport. Known as Balaka. | 
|
| Antonov An-26 | USSR | Military transport aircraft | 2 | 
| ||
| Shenyang J-6 | China | Operational conversion unit | 28 | 
| ||
| L-39 Albatros | Czech Republic | Advanced Jet Training | 7 | |||
References[]
- ↑ http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/sourcebook/content.jsp?channelName=pro&story=xml/sourcebook_xml/2009/01/26/AW_01_26_2009_p0240-112924-11.xml&headline=World%20Military%20Aircraft%20Inventory%20-%20Bangladesh
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20110928163252/http://www.asianmilitaryreview.com/upload/201102172337151.pdf
- ↑ http://www.ruaviation.com/news/2013/4/25/1657/
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20110928163252/http://www.asianmilitaryreview.com/upload/201102172337151.pdf
- ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20050208231403/http://www.sprucegoose.org/pdfs/planes/Trainers/MiG.pdf
- ↑ "Helicopters | Bangladesh Military Forces | BDMilitary.com – The voice of the Bangladesh Armed Forces". BDMilitary.com. http://www.bdmilitary.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=86&Itemid=110. Retrieved 2010-03-23.
The original article can be found at List of aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force and the edit history here.