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Bangladesh Militarial Information:
Military of Bangladesh
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Military of Bangladesh
Military branches Army, Navy, Air Force
Military manpower
Military age 18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2005)
Availability males age 18-49: 35,170,019 (2005)
Fit for military service males age 15-49: 26,841,255 (2005)
Military expenditures
Dollar figure $995.3 million (2004)
Percent of GDP 1.8% (2004)
The Bangladesh Army, Navy, and Air Force are composed of regular military personnel. Some of the senior officers and noncommissioned officers served in the Military of Pakistan before the 1971 independence war. Senior officers include "repatriates" who were interned in Pakistan during the war, and "freedom fighters" who fought against Pakistan.
In addition to traditional defense roles, the military has been called on to provide support to civil authorities for disaster relief and internal security.
The Bangladesh Air Force and Navy, with about 7,000 personnel each, perform traditional military missions. A Coast Guard has been recently formed, under the Home Ministry, to play a stronger role in the area of anti-smuggling, anti-piracy, and protection of offshore resources. Recognition of economic and fiscal constraints has led to the establishment of several paramilitary and auxiliary forces, including the 40,000-member Bangladesh Rifles; the Ansars and Village Defense Parties Organization, which claims 64 members in every village in the country; and a 5,000-member specialized police unit known as the Armed Polic. The Bangladesh Rifles, under the authority of the Home Ministry, are commanded by army officers who are seconded to the organization.
In addition to in-country military training, some advanced and technical training takes place abroad, including grant-aid training in the United States. People's Republic of China, Pakistan, and eastern Europe are the major defense suppliers to Bangladesh, but military leaders are trying to find affordable alternatives to Chinese equipment.
A 2,300-member Bangladesh Army contingent served with coalition forces during the 1991 Gulf war. Bangladesh is currently the second-leading contributor to United Nations peacekeeping operations, with an infantry battalion in UNIKOM (Kuwait), an engineer battalion in UNTAET, (East Timor) and another infantry battalion scheduled for service in Sierra Leone in May 2000.
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Data
The highest award given by the Bangladesh Armed Forces is the Bir Sreshtho.
Bangladesh Army
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Official flag of Bangladesh ArmyBangladesh Army, or Bānglādesh Shenā Bāhini (Bānglā: বাংলাদেশ সেনা বাহিনী) in Bangla, is a branch of Bangladesh Armed Forces.
The 110,000-member, seven-division army is modeled and organized along British lines, similar to other armies on the Indian subcontinent. However, it has adopted U.S. Army tactical planning procedures, training management techniques, and noncommissioned officer educational systems. It is supported by artillery, armored, and combat units.
It is also eager to improve its peacekeeping operations capabilities and is working with the U.S. military in that area.
Contents [show]
1 History
1.1 Formation
2 Organization
2.1 Structure
2.2 Ranks
3 Major operations
3.1 Bangladesh Liberation War
3.2 Chittagong hill tracts
4 Peacetime activities
5 See also
6 External links
[edit]
History
[edit]
Formation
Bangladesh Army was formed during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. Initially, it consisted of Bengali soldiers and officers from the East Bengal Regiment and other groups of the Pakistan Army who joined the independence war. The newly formed army was organized into several brigades. Z force, under Major Ziaur Rahman, consisted of 1, 3 and 8 East Bengal Regiment. S Force, under Major shafiullah, was created in October 1971 and consisted of 2 and 11 East Bengal. The K Force, commanded by Khaled Mosharraf was created with 4, 9 and 10 East Bengal.
[edit]
Organization
[edit]
Structure
The army is divided into the following corps:
Infantry
Artillery
Engineers
Signals
Aviation
Armored
Services
[edit]
Ranks
The rank structure of Bangladesh Army is modeled after the British Army. The ranks of commissioned officers are (in increasing order)
Second Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Lieutenant Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier General
Major General
Lieutenant General
General
[edit]
Major operations
[edit]
Bangladesh Liberation War
Please improve this section according to the posted request for expansion.
[edit]
Chittagong hill tracts
Please improve this section according to the posted request for expansion.
[edit]
Peacetime activities
Bangladesh Army's peacetime missionsBangladesh Army has been actively involved in United Nations United Nation Peace Support Operation (UNPSO). During the 1991 First Gulf War, Bangladesh Army sent a 2,193 member team to monitor peace in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Following that, Bangladesh Army participated in peace keeping activities in Namibia, Cambodia, Somalia, Uganda/Rwanda, Mozambique, former Yugoslavia, Liberia, Haiti, Tajikistan, Western Sahara, Sierra Leone, Kosovo, Georgia, East Timor, Congo, Ivory Coast and Ethiopia.
Bangladesh Navy
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Jump to: navigation, search
The Bangladesh Navy has a strength of 10,900 (940 officers) (1997 estimate). It is mostly limited to coastal patrolling, but it is paying to have an ULSAN class frigate built in South Korea.
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History
Bangladesh Navy was forged in times of war. In 1971, with West Pakistan imposing a military rule in the East Pakistan, the Bangladesh Liberation War truly underway. Many Pakistani Naval sailors and officers defected to form the Bangladesh Navy. Initially, there were two ships and 45 navy personnel. These ships carried out many successful raids on the Pakistani fleet. But both of these ships were mistakenly hit and destroyed by Indian fighter planes on December 10 1971, when they were about to launch a major attack on Mongla seaport. According to official figures from Bangladesh, a total of 334 naval freedom fighters were involved with the fledling navy with 22 becoming martyrs. [1] These sailors aided the Indian troops immensely as well as carrying out their own daring raids on pakistani troops mainly Operation Jackpot.
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Organization/Formation
Chief of Naval Staff – Rear Admiral Hassan Ali Khan (formerly: Rear Admiral Shah Iqbal Mujtaba)
Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Personnel) – Commodore Kalimullah Ahmed
Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Logistics) – Commodore Bazlur Rahman
Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Material) – Commodore Mohammad Shahbuddin
Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Operations) – Commodore Atiqur Rahman
Director General Coast Guard – Commodore S. M. Nizam
Bangladesh Air Force
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Jump to: navigation, search
Official emblem of Bangladesh Air ForceThe Bangladesh Air Force (Bangladesh Biman Bahini in Bangla) is the Aviation branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces.
Contents [show]
1 History
2 Bases
3 Aircraft
4 Markings
5 See also
6 External link
[edit]
History
The Bangladesh Air Force was formed at Dimapur, Assam on 28 September 1971. At that time, the embryo of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) was formed as 'Kilo Flight' to assist the Mukti Bahini (Freedom Fighters). Initially, 'Kilo Flight' consisted of three aircraft (given by Indian Air Force), 09 officers and 47 airmen. Squadron Leader Sultan Mahmud (retired as Air Vice Marshal and Chief of the Air Staff of BAF) was appointed as the commander of the 'Kilo Flight'. After having some basic training on air to ground weapon delivery, 'Kilo Flight' successfully bombed Fuel storage in Chittagong and Narayangonj area and thus the journey of BAF had commenced.
After liberation in 1971, the Bangladesh Air Force was initially equipped with left-over Pakistan Air Force equipment, mostly F-86 Sabres, and even these were few. Other equipment was donated from India and included: C-47 Dakotas, DHC-3s and Alouette Helicopters. Despite the lack of aircraft, the Pakistan Air Force prior to 1971 had a large number of Bengali pilots, many of them distinguishing themselves, this provided the Bangladesh Air Force with a good number of trained pilots.
As the 1970s progressed, the Bangladesh Air Force received equipment from the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China. Soviet equipment included: MiG-21s, An-24s, An-26s, and Mi-4 helicopters.
In the 1980s and 1990s, both France and the United States donated trainer aircraft, such as the T-37. Bangladesh's former adversary, Pakistan donated a number of refurbished Shenyang F-6s. Some were lost in 1991 though due to floods. Despite the loss, many of these aircraft saw service in the Bangladesh Air Force, although they have since been phased out of service.
Currently the Bangladesh Air Force is armed mostly with Chinese jets, A-5s and F-7s. Recently it also procured Russian MiG-29s, although this has caused a controversy in political circles due to the cost, and the lack of an immediate threat to Bangladesh. The controversy has led to talk of withdrawing the aircraft due to the costs involved in maintaining them. C-130 Hercules have also been ordered by the Bangladesh Air Force, and should enter service soon.
The Bangladesh Air Force is acquiring four U.S. C-130 B transport aircraft. These aircraft will improve the military's disaster response and peacekeeping capabilities. The Air Force also has recently procured eight MiG-29 fighters from Russia for $124 million.
In 1995 the Bangladesh Air Force made its largest purchase from the U.S to date: 12 T-37 jet trainers. More recently, Bangladesh procured four C-130 transport aircraft.
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Bases
There are three main Air Bases: Bashar Air Base in Dhaka (this air base actually consists of two bases: Tejgaon and Kurmitola), Zahrul Haque Air Base in Chittagong and Matiur Rahman Air Base in Jessore. The Air Force academy is also located in Jessore.
Interestingly, all the Air Bases are named after national heroes.
One interesting fact is that the airbase in Jessore is named for Matiur Rahman who is honored in Bangladesh as a martyr and awared the posthumous honor of Bir Sreshtho. He is also the pilot who was responsible for crashing the plane which was also occupied by Rashid Minhas, a national hero in Pakistan. Rahman was trying to defect from the Pakistani Air Force and join the liberation movement of Bangladesh by defecting to India. Minhas is credited for stopping him. Both men won the highest military honors of their nations and have Air Bases named for them in their countries.
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Aircraft
A-5 Fantan
F-7MB Air Guard
F-7BG
MiG-29 Fulcrum
FT-6 Farmer
C-130 Hercules
T-37 Tweet
An-32
Mi-17
Bell-206
Bell-212
L-39ZA
PT-6
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Markings
The markings of the Bangladesh Air Force are similar to that of the Pakistan Air Force, except the roundel replaces white with red. Like the Air forces of Pakistan and India, the planes of Bangladesh Air Force have the national flag on the tail.
Military of Bangladesh
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Jump to: navigation, search
Military of Bangladesh
Military branches Army, Navy, Air Force
Military manpower
Military age 18 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription (2005)
Availability males age 18-49: 35,170,019 (2005)
Fit for military service males age 15-49: 26,841,255 (2005)
Military expenditures
Dollar figure $995.3 million (2004)
Percent of GDP 1.8% (2004)
The Bangladesh Army, Navy, and Air Force are composed of regular military personnel. Some of the senior officers and noncommissioned officers served in the Military of Pakistan before the 1971 independence war. Senior officers include "repatriates" who were interned in Pakistan during the war, and "freedom fighters" who fought against Pakistan.
In addition to traditional defense roles, the military has been called on to provide support to civil authorities for disaster relief and internal security.
The Bangladesh Air Force and Navy, with about 7,000 personnel each, perform traditional military missions. A Coast Guard has been recently formed, under the Home Ministry, to play a stronger role in the area of anti-smuggling, anti-piracy, and protection of offshore resources. Recognition of economic and fiscal constraints has led to the establishment of several paramilitary and auxiliary forces, including the 40,000-member Bangladesh Rifles; the Ansars and Village Defense Parties Organization, which claims 64 members in every village in the country; and a 5,000-member specialized police unit known as the Armed Polic. The Bangladesh Rifles, under the authority of the Home Ministry, are commanded by army officers who are seconded to the organization.
In addition to in-country military training, some advanced and technical training takes place abroad, including grant-aid training in the United States. People's Republic of China, Pakistan, and eastern Europe are the major defense suppliers to Bangladesh, but military leaders are trying to find affordable alternatives to Chinese equipment.
A 2,300-member Bangladesh Army contingent served with coalition forces during the 1991 Gulf war. Bangladesh is currently the second-leading contributor to United Nations peacekeeping operations, with an infantry battalion in UNIKOM (Kuwait), an engineer battalion in UNTAET, (East Timor) and another infantry battalion scheduled for service in Sierra Leone in May 2000.
[edit]
Data
The highest award given by the Bangladesh Armed Forces is the Bir Sreshtho.
Bangladesh Army
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Jump to: navigation, search
Official flag of Bangladesh ArmyBangladesh Army, or Bānglādesh Shenā Bāhini (Bānglā: বাংলাদেশ সেনা বাহিনী) in Bangla, is a branch of Bangladesh Armed Forces.
The 110,000-member, seven-division army is modeled and organized along British lines, similar to other armies on the Indian subcontinent. However, it has adopted U.S. Army tactical planning procedures, training management techniques, and noncommissioned officer educational systems. It is supported by artillery, armored, and combat units.
It is also eager to improve its peacekeeping operations capabilities and is working with the U.S. military in that area.
Contents [show]
1 History
1.1 Formation
2 Organization
2.1 Structure
2.2 Ranks
3 Major operations
3.1 Bangladesh Liberation War
3.2 Chittagong hill tracts
4 Peacetime activities
5 See also
6 External links
[edit]
History
[edit]
Formation
Bangladesh Army was formed during the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. Initially, it consisted of Bengali soldiers and officers from the East Bengal Regiment and other groups of the Pakistan Army who joined the independence war. The newly formed army was organized into several brigades. Z force, under Major Ziaur Rahman, consisted of 1, 3 and 8 East Bengal Regiment. S Force, under Major shafiullah, was created in October 1971 and consisted of 2 and 11 East Bengal. The K Force, commanded by Khaled Mosharraf was created with 4, 9 and 10 East Bengal.
[edit]
Organization
[edit]
Structure
The army is divided into the following corps:
Infantry
Artillery
Engineers
Signals
Aviation
Armored
Services
[edit]
Ranks
The rank structure of Bangladesh Army is modeled after the British Army. The ranks of commissioned officers are (in increasing order)
Second Lieutenant
Lieutenant
Captain
Major
Lieutenant Colonel
Colonel
Brigadier General
Major General
Lieutenant General
General
[edit]
Major operations
[edit]
Bangladesh Liberation War
Please improve this section according to the posted request for expansion.
[edit]
Chittagong hill tracts
Please improve this section according to the posted request for expansion.
[edit]
Peacetime activities
Bangladesh Army's peacetime missionsBangladesh Army has been actively involved in United Nations United Nation Peace Support Operation (UNPSO). During the 1991 First Gulf War, Bangladesh Army sent a 2,193 member team to monitor peace in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Following that, Bangladesh Army participated in peace keeping activities in Namibia, Cambodia, Somalia, Uganda/Rwanda, Mozambique, former Yugoslavia, Liberia, Haiti, Tajikistan, Western Sahara, Sierra Leone, Kosovo, Georgia, East Timor, Congo, Ivory Coast and Ethiopia.
Bangladesh Navy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Jump to: navigation, search
The Bangladesh Navy has a strength of 10,900 (940 officers) (1997 estimate). It is mostly limited to coastal patrolling, but it is paying to have an ULSAN class frigate built in South Korea.
[edit]
History
Bangladesh Navy was forged in times of war. In 1971, with West Pakistan imposing a military rule in the East Pakistan, the Bangladesh Liberation War truly underway. Many Pakistani Naval sailors and officers defected to form the Bangladesh Navy. Initially, there were two ships and 45 navy personnel. These ships carried out many successful raids on the Pakistani fleet. But both of these ships were mistakenly hit and destroyed by Indian fighter planes on December 10 1971, when they were about to launch a major attack on Mongla seaport. According to official figures from Bangladesh, a total of 334 naval freedom fighters were involved with the fledling navy with 22 becoming martyrs. [1] These sailors aided the Indian troops immensely as well as carrying out their own daring raids on pakistani troops mainly Operation Jackpot.
[edit]
Organization/Formation
Chief of Naval Staff – Rear Admiral Hassan Ali Khan (formerly: Rear Admiral Shah Iqbal Mujtaba)
Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Personnel) – Commodore Kalimullah Ahmed
Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Logistics) – Commodore Bazlur Rahman
Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Material) – Commodore Mohammad Shahbuddin
Assistant Chief of Naval Staff (Operations) – Commodore Atiqur Rahman
Director General Coast Guard – Commodore S. M. Nizam
Bangladesh Air Force
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Jump to: navigation, search
Official emblem of Bangladesh Air ForceThe Bangladesh Air Force (Bangladesh Biman Bahini in Bangla) is the Aviation branch of the Bangladesh Armed Forces.
Contents [show]
1 History
2 Bases
3 Aircraft
4 Markings
5 See also
6 External link
[edit]
History
The Bangladesh Air Force was formed at Dimapur, Assam on 28 September 1971. At that time, the embryo of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) was formed as 'Kilo Flight' to assist the Mukti Bahini (Freedom Fighters). Initially, 'Kilo Flight' consisted of three aircraft (given by Indian Air Force), 09 officers and 47 airmen. Squadron Leader Sultan Mahmud (retired as Air Vice Marshal and Chief of the Air Staff of BAF) was appointed as the commander of the 'Kilo Flight'. After having some basic training on air to ground weapon delivery, 'Kilo Flight' successfully bombed Fuel storage in Chittagong and Narayangonj area and thus the journey of BAF had commenced.
After liberation in 1971, the Bangladesh Air Force was initially equipped with left-over Pakistan Air Force equipment, mostly F-86 Sabres, and even these were few. Other equipment was donated from India and included: C-47 Dakotas, DHC-3s and Alouette Helicopters. Despite the lack of aircraft, the Pakistan Air Force prior to 1971 had a large number of Bengali pilots, many of them distinguishing themselves, this provided the Bangladesh Air Force with a good number of trained pilots.
As the 1970s progressed, the Bangladesh Air Force received equipment from the Soviet Union and the People's Republic of China. Soviet equipment included: MiG-21s, An-24s, An-26s, and Mi-4 helicopters.
In the 1980s and 1990s, both France and the United States donated trainer aircraft, such as the T-37. Bangladesh's former adversary, Pakistan donated a number of refurbished Shenyang F-6s. Some were lost in 1991 though due to floods. Despite the loss, many of these aircraft saw service in the Bangladesh Air Force, although they have since been phased out of service.
Currently the Bangladesh Air Force is armed mostly with Chinese jets, A-5s and F-7s. Recently it also procured Russian MiG-29s, although this has caused a controversy in political circles due to the cost, and the lack of an immediate threat to Bangladesh. The controversy has led to talk of withdrawing the aircraft due to the costs involved in maintaining them. C-130 Hercules have also been ordered by the Bangladesh Air Force, and should enter service soon.
The Bangladesh Air Force is acquiring four U.S. C-130 B transport aircraft. These aircraft will improve the military's disaster response and peacekeeping capabilities. The Air Force also has recently procured eight MiG-29 fighters from Russia for $124 million.
In 1995 the Bangladesh Air Force made its largest purchase from the U.S to date: 12 T-37 jet trainers. More recently, Bangladesh procured four C-130 transport aircraft.
[edit]
Bases
There are three main Air Bases: Bashar Air Base in Dhaka (this air base actually consists of two bases: Tejgaon and Kurmitola), Zahrul Haque Air Base in Chittagong and Matiur Rahman Air Base in Jessore. The Air Force academy is also located in Jessore.
Interestingly, all the Air Bases are named after national heroes.
One interesting fact is that the airbase in Jessore is named for Matiur Rahman who is honored in Bangladesh as a martyr and awared the posthumous honor of Bir Sreshtho. He is also the pilot who was responsible for crashing the plane which was also occupied by Rashid Minhas, a national hero in Pakistan. Rahman was trying to defect from the Pakistani Air Force and join the liberation movement of Bangladesh by defecting to India. Minhas is credited for stopping him. Both men won the highest military honors of their nations and have Air Bases named for them in their countries.
[edit]
Aircraft
A-5 Fantan
F-7MB Air Guard
F-7BG
MiG-29 Fulcrum
FT-6 Farmer
C-130 Hercules
T-37 Tweet
An-32
Mi-17
Bell-206
Bell-212
L-39ZA
PT-6
[edit]
Markings
The markings of the Bangladesh Air Force are similar to that of the Pakistan Air Force, except the roundel replaces white with red. Like the Air forces of Pakistan and India, the planes of Bangladesh Air Force have the national flag on the tail.