List of historic aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force

This article is about the historic aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force. For active aircraft, see List of active aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force.

List of historic aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force that are no-longer in service.

Aircraft Image Origin Role Versions No. of Units Notes
Combat Aircraft
F-7 Air Guard  China Multirole combat aircraft MB 10 Retired in favor of more capable F-7BGI.
Nanchang A-5  China Ground attack/Close air support C 8[1] Retired on 4 November, 2014
North American F-86 Sabre  USA Fighter aircraft F40 8 Surrendered by Pakistan Air Force.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21  USSR Fighter aircraft MF 12
Shenyang J-5  China Interceptor aircraft 8
Shenyang JJ-5  China Interceptor aircraft 3
Transport Aircraft
Antonov An-24  USSR Military transport aircraft V 1 V.I.P Transport. Known as Balaka.
Antonov An-26  USSR Military transport aircraft 2
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.
Helicopters
Aérospatiale Alouette III  France Utility helicopter 1 Ex Indian Air Force.
Mil Mi-8  USSR Transport Helicopter 7
Agusta-Bell 205  Italy Transport Helicopter 2 Ex Imperial Iranian Air Force.
Westland Wessex  UK Transport helicopter 5 2 Former Royal Navy helicopters donated by the United Kingdom in 1973.
Trainer Aircraft
Shenyang FT-6  China OCU 34 Used as the trainer aircraft of A-5C.
Cessna T-37 Tweet  USA Jet Trainer B 11[1] Retired from active service.Placed in reserve.Replaced with K-8W jet trainers.[2]
Fouga CM.170 Magister  France Jet Trainer 8 Retired in favor of more capable Aero L-39 Albatros.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "AMR Regional Air Force Directory 2013". Asian Military Review. 1 February 2013. Archived from the original on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Reed Business Information Limited. "Bangladesh receives first K-8 jet trainers". Retrieved 12 March 2015.
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