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Kurmitola Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport ( bn, হযরত শাহ্‌জালাল আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর, Romanized: ''Hôzrôt Shahjalal Antôrjatik Bimanbôndôr'') ( formerly VGZR) is t ...

Dhaka Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city ...

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Bangladesh Air Force The Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) ( bn, বাংলাদেশ বিমান বাহিনী, Bangladesh Biman Bahini) is the aerial warfare branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces. The Air Force is primarily responsible for air defence of B ...

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, and high-tech military technologies for the Air Force, BAC also operates a division for development and maintenance of systems for the Army and Navy such as

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The center was established in 2011 with an aim to establish indigenous maintenance facilities for all aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force. As per Forces Readiness Goal 2030, the goal was to maintain the maximum number of aircraft in service, and minimize dependency on foreign suppliers.

214 Maintenance, Repairing and Overhauling (MRO) Unit

214 Maintenance, Repairing and Overhauling (MRO) Unit is primarily dedicated towards overhauling and maintenance of the Chinese

Chengdu F-7 The Chengdu J-7 (Chinese: 歼-7; third generation export version F-7; NATO reporting name: Fishcan) is a People's Republic of China fighter aircraft. It is a license-built version of the Soviet Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21, and thus shares many simil ...

fighter jets in service with the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF). The unit achieved capability of overhauling and manufacturing parts for the aircraft in 2018. Currently, Bangladesh Air Force boasts 57 F-7 aircraft in its inventory, 36 of them in service. Implementation of F-7 overhauling factory minimized approximately 30 to 40 percent of cost on overhauling and maintenance, while shortening overhauling period from a year to 8 months.

Grob G 120TP Workshop

In 2021, Outgoing Chief of Air Staff

Masihuzzaman Serniabat Air Chief Marshal Masihuzzaman Serniabat, BBP, OSP, ndu, psc ( bn, মাসিহুজ্জামান সেরনিয়াবাত; born 14 February 1962) was the 15th Chief of the Air Staff of the Bangladesh Air Force. He took ove ...

disclosed a deal between BAF and

Grob Aircraft Grob Aircraft, formerly Grob Aerospace, is a German aircraft manufacturer, specialising in gliders and general aviation. Since its foundation in 1971, Grob Aircraft produced a range of aircraft. Initially focusing on gliders, it soon grew ...

for 24

Grob G 120TP The Grob G 120TP is a two-seat turboprop training and aerobatic low-wing aircraft with a composite airframe, built by Grob Aircraft. It is based on the Grob G 120A training aircraft and has been developed for military and civil pilots trainin ...

basic trainer. During his speech, he revealed that as per contract, the German manufacturer will set up Composite Material Repair Workshop and Propeller Repair Workshop. The workshops will be designed to maintain turboprop aircraft in BAF inventory, including ones with Rolce Royce turboprop engines.

References

Bangladesh Air Force Aerospace research institutes Defence companies of Bangladesh Companies based in Dhaka {{Bangladesh-transport-stub