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The Bangladesh Air Force ( BAF) ( Bengali: বাংলাদেশ বিমান বাহিনী, romanized : Bangladesh Biman Bahini) is the aerial warfare branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The air force is primarily responsible for air defence of Bangladesh's sovereign territory as well as providing air support to the Bangladesh ...
Mass arrests of air force personnel. After the coup failed, Air Vice Marshall A.G. Mahmud visited the Kurmitola air force base, where some of the mutineers were from. Mahmud allegedly threatened "You have killed 11 persons, so 1100 of you, will perish". Mahmud handed over control of the Kurmitola air force base to the army.
Shamsul Alam (Bir Uttam) Shamsul Alam (18 August 1947 – 8 December 2022) was a veteran of Bangladesh Liberation war. For his bravery during Operation Kilo Flight the Government of Bangladesh awarded him the title of Bir Uttom. He was awarded the Independence Day Award in 2017.
Bangladesh Air Force. Bangladesh Air Force MIG-29UB fly over. BAF Chengdu F-7BG fly over. BAF Yak-130. A BAF AW139 Maritime search and rescue helicopter. BAF Lockheed C-130J Super Hercules. BAF Antonov An-32. Aircraft. Origin.
Mukti Bahini. The Mukti Bahini, [a] also known as the Bangladesh Forces, was the guerrilla resistance movement consisting of the Bangladeshi military, paramilitary and civilians during the Bangladesh Liberation War that transformed East Pakistan into Bangladesh in 1971. [2] They were initially called the Mukti Fauj.
The 1991 Bangladesh cyclone was among the deadliest tropical cyclones on record. [1] Forming out of a large area of convection over the Bay of Bengal on April 24, the tropical cyclone initially developed gradually while meandering over the southern Bay of Bengal. On April 28, the storm began to accelerate northeastwards under the influence of ...
20 killed. 60 captured [1] 10 killed [1] The 1977 Bangladesh Air Force mutiny was an attempted coup [2] staged on 2 October 1977 by members of Bangladesh Air Force and the Signal Corps of Bangladesh Army. [3] The mutiny was led by Sergeant Afsar Ali Khan of the air force, who was a member of the Communist Party of East Bengal.
The Indian Air Force carried out several sorties against Pakistan, and within a week, IAF aircraft dominated the skies of East Pakistan. It achieved near-total air supremacy by the end of the first week, as the entire Pakistani air contingent in the east, PAF No.14 Squadron, was grounded because of Indian and Bangladeshi airstrikes at Tejgaon ...