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List of historic Bangladesh military aircraft

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

Bangladesh Air Force

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Main article: Bangladesh Air Force
Aircraft Origin Role Version Quantity Note
Fixed Wing Aircraft
Antonov An-12  Soviet Union Military transport aircraft 4[1]
Antonov An-24  Soviet Union Military transport aircraft V 3[1] V.I.P Transport. Known as Balaka.
Antonov An-26  Soviet Union Military transport aircraft 6[1]
Cessna T-37 Tweet  USA Jet Trainer B 11[2] Retired from active service. Replaced with Hongdu K-8W jet trainers.[3]
de Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter  Canada Military transport aircraft 1 Ex Indian Air Force.
Douglas Dakota  USA Military transport aircraft 1 Ex Indian Air Force.
Fouga CM.170 Magister  France Jet Trainer 19 Retired in favor of more capable Aero L-39 Albatros.
F-7 Air Guard  China Fighter aircraft MB 10 Retired in favor of more capable F-7BGI.
Nanchang A-5  China Ground attack/Close air support C 8[2] Retired on 4 November 2014
North American F-86 Sabre  USA Fighter aircraft F40 8 Surrendered by Pakistan Air Force.
Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21  Soviet Union Fighter aircraft MF/UB 12 10 MiF-21MFs and 2 MiG-21UBs
Shenyang F-5  China Interceptor aircraft 8
Shenyang FT-5  China Interceptor aircraft 3 Trainer version of the F-5
Shenyang F-6  China OCU 34 1 squadron gifted by Pakistan in 1980s.
Helicopters
Aérospatiale Alouette III  France Utility helicopter 1 Ex Indian Air Force.
Agusta-Bell 205  Italy Transport Helicopter 2 Ex Imperial Iranian Air Force.
Mil Mi-8  Soviet Union Transport Helicopter 8
Westland Wessex  UK Transport helicopter 5 2 Former Royal Navy helicopters donated by the United Kingdom in 1973.

Bangladesh Army Aviation Group

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Main article: Bangladesh Army Aviation Group
Aircraft Origin Role Version Quantity Note
Fixed Wing Aircraft
Piper PA-31T Cheyenne  USA Utility aircraft 1
Helicopter
Bell 205  USA Utility Helicopter 2 Was gifted by Iran.
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Historical Listings: Bangladesh, (BAN)." Archived 2011-07-20 at the Wayback Machine World Air Forces. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  2. ^ a b "AMR Regional Air Force Directory 2013". Asian Military Review. 1 February 2013. Archived from the original on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 12 March 2015.
  3. ^ Craig Hoyle (9 December 2014). "Bangladesh receives first K-8 jet trainers". Retrieved 12 March 2015.
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