Bangladesh Air Force

[syed1]

wow 6 flying at ones.... training flights yeah?

WINTEX 2017 is going on.

 

[TopCat]

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WINTEX 2017 is going on.

Looks like an attack formation

 

[Michael Corleone]

Looks like an attack formation

what is this suppose to be? an arrow? a spitfire formation? A 1-3-2?

can someone upload videos or is there any of this excercise?

 

[Russell]

snippet from the exercise last year -

 

[Bilal9]

its the GoB plan to open Thakurgaon airport..... it used to be operational, but was closed down when Saidpur became operational.....

to make it operational, it need infrastructure..... and logically the BAF has to get involved when an airport becomes operational..... as for the requirement for radar, I have already mentioned above....

and if there are Indian airports around, does that mean we should not build our airports??.... what sort of logic is that?..... entirety of BD is surrounded by India.... does that mean that BD should not have any airports??.... there are too many weird logic that can be put forward if that is to be taken seriously.... Jessore is too close to Indian border.... so is Sylhet, Syedpur, Lalmonirhat, Rajshahi, Comilla..... Feni is too close to the Indian border.... does that mean the Dhaka-Ctg highway should be over the Bay of Bengal??....

Chillax brother.

The point I was curious about was that of making Thakurgaon a regional air-hub, you or someone else had mentioned.

BD should have airports of course but the presence of other competing regional air hubs like Bagdogra Airport, (IATA: IXB, ICAO: VEBD) very close to Thakurgaon (maybe less than 60 miles) makes it an interesting proposition.

Bagdogra (Siliguri) is one of the major air hubs in India, serving Darjeeling tourist air-traffic from all of India (even from outside of India via Kolkata and Delhi).

Investing in a military airbase at Thakurgaon is great and you have my support.

However if we are expecting commercial traffic to end up there (even for Darjeeling) that may be a tough sell for a lot of folks. You could only be expecting Darjeeling air-traffic from Dhaka (which Saidpur already serves very well).

Here are some Bagdogra airport videos, it is roughly what CTG was say ten years ago before they improved it.

Here are some from Saidpur ( we have long way to go to compete),

 

[Exiled_Soldier]

Investing in a military airbase at Thakurgaon is great and you have my support.

There are some hidden agendas meant to be expressed in subtle manner. Military purpose but wrapped up in civil manner. Ghuraia pechaia eto time nile hoibe

 

[Bilal9]

There are some hidden agendas meant to be expressed in subtle manner. Military purpose but wrapped up in civil manner. Ghuraia pechaia eto time nile hoibe

Bussi bussi - afnera ki koisen ami bussi.......

 

[帅的一匹]

So J10b doesn't stand a chance?

 

[Tehari_Haleem]

So J10b doesn't stand a chance?

I'm sure it will when it's time to replace our F-7s in next 10 years bro...this particular tender is for Dual Engine/Dual Seat Fighters

 

[TopCat]

So J10b doesn't stand a chance?

Not in this tender. But J-10 or any other smaller chinese fighter will complement these fighters for sure.
As we expected, our airforce will consists of SU-30 and J-10 in next 15/20 years.

 

[帅的一匹]

I'm sure it will when it's time to replace our F-7s in next 10 years bro...this particular tender is for Dual Engine/Dual Seat Fighters

Does BAF interested in FC31?

 

[TopCat]

Does BAF interested in FC31?

Hmm.... depending on the budget. For BD the budget is slim. They are only buying 8 SU-30 this time.

 

[Ideas_R_Bulletproof]

So J10b doesn't stand a chance?

it would be interesting to see how J-10B acclimatizes with BD's conditions..... a few demos over here might help some ppl identify bottlenecks....

 

[Arthur]

Does BAF interested in FC31?

BAF has Fifth generation fighter acquisition plans. And who would be the ideal supplier for a bang for the buck fifth generation fighters for Bangladesh?

I wonder!

 

[Michael Corleone]

BAF has Fifth generation fighter acquisition plans. And who would be the ideal supplier for a bang for the buck fifth generation fighters for Bangladesh?

I wonder!

Do you have source I can read up on? About the 5th gen fighter plan?