Bangladesh Air Force

[Imran Khan]

Yes, they do change, but the end result is always the same

look like they have group chat for not buying anything new .

 

[DalalErMaNodi]

look like they have group chat for not buying anything new .

Maybe they're taking advice from the wifey, she's insisting on saving money, so they're buying aircraft. Beats me as to why they don't make a move, any reason could be true.

 

[Michael Corleone]

then what is stopping them to select and go ahead ?????? i cant believe an air force taking 10-15 years in fact 20 years to buy new fighters while funds are available . its not make any sense sir .

10... since f7bgi were supposed to be stopgaps for next gen... back in 2008 but still we’re just as frustrated

 

[Imran Khan]

10... since f7bgi were supposed to be stopgaps for next gen... back in 2008 but still we’re just as frustrated

i was waiting for new fighter since 2002



MiG-29s to be jettisoned

Tk 100 cr maintenance cost a year too high to afford, says Khaleda

M Anwarul Haq

Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has said that her government intends to dispose of eight MiG-29 fighters procured two years back from Russia by the Awami League government.

"The planes are sitting idle. The state is losing money just to keep them," Khaleda told a group of journalists in the capital yesterday, according to an Associated Press (AP) dispatch. "Bangladesh wants to sell eight Russian-made MiG-29 fighter planes because it cannot afford one billion dollars a year for spare parts and maintenance."

The prime minister was speaking to members of the Commonwealth Journalists Association (CJA) at her office. Hasan Shahriar, Farid Hossain and M Mukhlesur Rahman, president, secretary-general and organising secretary respectively of the CJA, were present.

Shamsuddin Ahmed, executive member of the Bangladesh chapter, was also there.

The eight MiG-29 Fulcrum jet fighters were purchased in a $124 million state-to-state deal between Dhaka and Moscow. Each aircraft was priced $11 million and the remaining $36 million was allocated for training and spare parts. Some ten pilots and 70 technicians underwent training in Russia as part of the deal to familiarise themselves with the aircraft.

The government of Khaleda Zia has levelled allegations of irregularities against her immediate predecessor Sheikh Hasina in procurement of the fourth-generation multi-role jet fighters.

Hasina, the leader of the opposition in parliament, has dismissed the charges and said that the fighter planes were purchased at competitive prices for 'defence of the country'.

The Bureau of Anti-corruption (BAC) has lodged a case with the Tejgaon police station, implicating Hasina and some high officials of her government for alleged irregularities in procurement of the MIG-29s.

In a volume of the recently published White Paper, the government of Hasina is also accused of willful wrongdoing in purchase of the military equipment from Russia. The prime minister told the newsmen that most of the MiGs had been grounded and become a burden to the exchequer.

If sold out now, the aircraft will fetch a good price, the prime minister is learnt to said. Otherwise, she added, the country will require at least 100 crore taka every year for their maintenance.

"It is therefore better to sell them and spare the exchequer from such a heavy, recurring burden," she concluded.

Besides the half squadron MiGs, the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) is learnt to have a fully trained outfit to fly five squadrons, each having a standard of 16 jets. It has three squadrons of fighter jets. The fleet comprises Chinese A-5 ground attack aircraft, F-7 MB attack and defence role fighters and Czech manufactured L-39 jets. It has also some obsolete MIG-21 aircraft procured years back. It also possess two dozen helicopters, US made Bell and Russian MI-17.

The Chinese government is learnt to have offered to sell at least one dozen F-7 MB fighters which have proved to be less expensive and suitable for Bangladesh during the last government's tenure on deferred payment basis, but the deal was not accepted.

It was learnt that in an evaluation memo by one of the country's top security agencies it was told that the purchase of eight MiG-29 aircraft will not increase the combat capacity of the BAF, rather it might reduce it. "Maintenance requirement of the MiG-29s will exhaust the budget provision.

Other fighter aircraft may lose their effectiveness for lack of maintenance," it said. Ahead of the MiG purchase in February 1999, a military technical co-operation agreement was signed with the Russian Federation in Dhaka. Some analysts said it was not clear why such a comprehensive agreement was required to purchase eight MiG-29s.

While the US was unable to offer Bangladesh a comparable fighter jet at a competitive price, it attempted to prevent the government from buying Russian aifcraft, according to defence sources..

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[Michael Corleone]

i was waiting for new fighter since 2002



MiG-29s to be jettisoned

Tk 100 cr maintenance cost a year too high to afford, says Khaleda

M Anwarul Haq

Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has said that her government intends to dispose of eight MiG-29 fighters procured two years back from Russia by the Awami League government.

"The planes are sitting idle. The state is losing money just to keep them," Khaleda told a group of journalists in the capital yesterday, according to an Associated Press (AP) dispatch. "Bangladesh wants to sell eight Russian-made MiG-29 fighter planes because it cannot afford one billion dollars a year for spare parts and maintenance."

The prime minister was speaking to members of the Commonwealth Journalists Association (CJA) at her office. Hasan Shahriar, Farid Hossain and M Mukhlesur Rahman, president, secretary-general and organising secretary respectively of the CJA, were present.

Shamsuddin Ahmed, executive member of the Bangladesh chapter, was also there.

The eight MiG-29 Fulcrum jet fighters were purchased in a $124 million state-to-state deal between Dhaka and Moscow. Each aircraft was priced $11 million and the remaining $36 million was allocated for training and spare parts. Some ten pilots and 70 technicians underwent training in Russia as part of the deal to familiarise themselves with the aircraft.

The government of Khaleda Zia has levelled allegations of irregularities against her immediate predecessor Sheikh Hasina in procurement of the fourth-generation multi-role jet fighters.

Hasina, the leader of the opposition in parliament, has dismissed the charges and said that the fighter planes were purchased at competitive prices for 'defence of the country'.

The Bureau of Anti-corruption (BAC) has lodged a case with the Tejgaon police station, implicating Hasina and some high officials of her government for alleged irregularities in procurement of the MIG-29s.

In a volume of the recently published White Paper, the government of Hasina is also accused of willful wrongdoing in purchase of the military equipment from Russia. The prime minister told the newsmen that most of the MiGs had been grounded and become a burden to the exchequer.

If sold out now, the aircraft will fetch a good price, the prime minister is learnt to said. Otherwise, she added, the country will require at least 100 crore taka every year for their maintenance.

"It is therefore better to sell them and spare the exchequer from such a heavy, recurring burden," she concluded.

Besides the half squadron MiGs, the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) is learnt to have a fully trained outfit to fly five squadrons, each having a standard of 16 jets. It has three squadrons of fighter jets. The fleet comprises Chinese A-5 ground attack aircraft, F-7 MB attack and defence role fighters and Czech manufactured L-39 jets. It has also some obsolete MIG-21 aircraft procured years back. It also possess two dozen helicopters, US made Bell and Russian MI-17.

The Chinese government is learnt to have offered to sell at least one dozen F-7 MB fighters which have proved to be less expensive and suitable for Bangladesh during the last government's tenure on deferred payment basis, but the deal was not accepted.

It was learnt that in an evaluation memo by one of the country's top security agencies it was told that the purchase of eight MiG-29 aircraft will not increase the combat capacity of the BAF, rather it might reduce it. "Maintenance requirement of the MiG-29s will exhaust the budget provision.

Other fighter aircraft may lose their effectiveness for lack of maintenance," it said. Ahead of the MiG purchase in February 1999, a military technical co-operation agreement was signed with the Russian Federation in Dhaka. Some analysts said it was not clear why such a comprehensive agreement was required to purchase eight MiG-29s.

While the US was unable to offer Bangladesh a comparable fighter jet at a competitive price, it attempted to prevent the government from buying Russian aifcraft, according to defence sources..

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http://sdnbd.org/sdi/news/general-news/July/17-07-2002/Business.htm

That whore Khaleda cancelled the order of 16 more and the 8 that was ready for delivery was also cancelled. Bangladesh lost a lot of the money as Russia fairly didn’t refund full purchase price.
She court martialed the officers who favored to keep the mig 29 and wouldn’t testify against Hasina... and then wanted to sell the 8 already delivered.
Looted the country like a whore would do after sleeping with client

 

[DalalErMaNodi]

i was waiting for new fighter since 2002



MiG-29s to be jettisoned

Tk 100 cr maintenance cost a year too high to afford, says Khaleda

M Anwarul Haq

Prime Minister Khaleda Zia has said that her government intends to dispose of eight MiG-29 fighters procured two years back from Russia by the Awami League government.

"The planes are sitting idle. The state is losing money just to keep them," Khaleda told a group of journalists in the capital yesterday, according to an Associated Press (AP) dispatch. "Bangladesh wants to sell eight Russian-made MiG-29 fighter planes because it cannot afford one billion dollars a year for spare parts and maintenance."

The prime minister was speaking to members of the Commonwealth Journalists Association (CJA) at her office. Hasan Shahriar, Farid Hossain and M Mukhlesur Rahman, president, secretary-general and organising secretary respectively of the CJA, were present.

Shamsuddin Ahmed, executive member of the Bangladesh chapter, was also there.

The eight MiG-29 Fulcrum jet fighters were purchased in a $124 million state-to-state deal between Dhaka and Moscow. Each aircraft was priced $11 million and the remaining $36 million was allocated for training and spare parts. Some ten pilots and 70 technicians underwent training in Russia as part of the deal to familiarise themselves with the aircraft.

The government of Khaleda Zia has levelled allegations of irregularities against her immediate predecessor Sheikh Hasina in procurement of the fourth-generation multi-role jet fighters.

Hasina, the leader of the opposition in parliament, has dismissed the charges and said that the fighter planes were purchased at competitive prices for 'defence of the country'.

The Bureau of Anti-corruption (BAC) has lodged a case with the Tejgaon police station, implicating Hasina and some high officials of her government for alleged irregularities in procurement of the MIG-29s.

In a volume of the recently published White Paper, the government of Hasina is also accused of willful wrongdoing in purchase of the military equipment from Russia. The prime minister told the newsmen that most of the MiGs had been grounded and become a burden to the exchequer.

If sold out now, the aircraft will fetch a good price, the prime minister is learnt to said. Otherwise, she added, the country will require at least 100 crore taka every year for their maintenance.

"It is therefore better to sell them and spare the exchequer from such a heavy, recurring burden," she concluded.

Besides the half squadron MiGs, the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) is learnt to have a fully trained outfit to fly five squadrons, each having a standard of 16 jets. It has three squadrons of fighter jets. The fleet comprises Chinese A-5 ground attack aircraft, F-7 MB attack and defence role fighters and Czech manufactured L-39 jets. It has also some obsolete MIG-21 aircraft procured years back. It also possess two dozen helicopters, US made Bell and Russian MI-17.

The Chinese government is learnt to have offered to sell at least one dozen F-7 MB fighters which have proved to be less expensive and suitable for Bangladesh during the last government's tenure on deferred payment basis, but the deal was not accepted.

It was learnt that in an evaluation memo by one of the country's top security agencies it was told that the purchase of eight MiG-29 aircraft will not increase the combat capacity of the BAF, rather it might reduce it. "Maintenance requirement of the MiG-29s will exhaust the budget provision.

Other fighter aircraft may lose their effectiveness for lack of maintenance," it said. Ahead of the MiG purchase in February 1999, a military technical co-operation agreement was signed with the Russian Federation in Dhaka. Some analysts said it was not clear why such a comprehensive agreement was required to purchase eight MiG-29s.

While the US was unable to offer Bangladesh a comparable fighter jet at a competitive price, it attempted to prevent the government from buying Russian aifcraft, according to defence sources..

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This is news from 2002, khaleda was in the mighty chair, I didn't expect anything short of this from her.

Khaleda should be executed for having low IQ alongside her son Tareq Rahman.

Tarek m@d@rc### anghoota chap has no qualifications but he's apparently a billionaire and lives in a massive estate in England.

He should be executed too, immediately and telecast live.

Traitors to the state, should not be spared.

 

[Imran Khan]

That whore Khaleda cancelled the order of 16 more and the 8 that was ready for delivery was also cancelled. Bangladesh lost a lot of the money as Russia fairly didn’t refund full purchase price.
She court martialed the officers who favored to keep the mig 29 and wouldn’t testify against Hasina... and then wanted to sell the 8 already delivered.
Looted the country like a whore would do after sleeping with client

This is news from 2002, khaleda was in the mighty chair, I didn't expect anything short of this from her.

Khaleda should be executed for having low IQ alongside her son Tareq Rahman.

Tarek m@d@rc### anghoota chap has no qualifications but he's apparently a billionaire and lives in a massive estate in England.

He should be executed too, immediately and telecast live.

Traitors to the state, should not be spared.

well it seems BD air force is since that day of 1999 is waiting for new fighters . may be officers are scared for being targeted of corruption in future that is why they dont want to take a side ? technically BD did not got any new fighter jet since 1999 . as BGI can not be said new fighter but continuous of F-7BG .

 

[Michael Corleone]

This is news from 2002, khaleda was in the mighty chair, I didn't expect anything short of this from her.

Khaleda should be executed for having low IQ alongside her son Tareq Rahman.

Tarek m@d@rc### anghoota chap has no qualifications but he's apparently a billionaire and lives in a massive estate in England.

He should be executed too, immediately and telecast live.

Traitors to the state, should not be spared.

BNS bangabandhu was put on reserve and left to rust till 2008 when the caretakers decided to reactivate it, thanks to Khaleda and sons

nigga got spine surgery and now walks like an athlete, rolls Royce, Mercedes is water for him in London.
His daughter has a thing for bbc, she was arrested for drugs along with some black dude some time back

well it seems BD air force is since that day of 1999 is waiting for new fighters . may be officers are scared for being targeted of corruption in future that is why they dont want to take a side ? technically BD did not got any new fighter jet since 1999 . as BGI can not be said new fighter but continuous of F-7BG .

1999 bd applied for f16s but US rejected on grounds that bd was too poor to afford such a fighter, then they went for mig 29s

 

[Tom-tom]

BNS bangabandhu was put on reserve and left to rust till 2008 when the caretakers decided to reactivate it, thanks to Khaleda and sons

nigga got spine surgery and now walks like an athlete, rolls Royce, Mercedes is water for him in London.
His daughter has a thing for bbc, she was arrested for drugs along with some black dude some time back


1999 bd applied for f16s but US rejected on grounds that bd was too poor to afford such a fighter, then they went for mig 29s

Have you got a news link khaleda s grand daughter being arrested?

 

[Michael Corleone]

Have you got a news link khaleda s grand daughter being arrested?

Not really, mum showed it to me on her phone last year

 

[Imran Khan]

BNS bangabandhu was put on reserve and left to rust till 2008 when the caretakers decided to reactivate it, thanks to Khaleda and sons

nigga got spine surgery and now walks like an athlete, rolls Royce, Mercedes is water for him in London.
His daughter has a thing for bbc, she was arrested for drugs along with some black dude some time back


1999 bd applied for f16s but US rejected on grounds that bd was too poor to afford such a fighter, then they went for mig 29s

report say budget of BD was not enough for f-16s sir . how many f-16 can be got with 125mn$ sir ?.
in 1999 there was production of block-40/42 . It was 34m$ each fly away cost .

 

[Michael Corleone]

report say budget of BD was not enough for f-16s sir . how many f-16 can be got with 125mn$ sir ?.
in 1999 there was production of block-40/42 . It was 34m$ each fly away cost .

Most probably why bd got rejected, you can find news articles related to it. Bd economy was Extremely poor at that time

 

[Imran Khan]

Most probably why bd got rejected, you can find news articles related to it. Bd economy was Extremely poor at that time

i think US needs money you pay them they will sale . but those times may be some humanity left in them today they sale to countries blindly just pay and take . they sale this year to Zambia -Botswana - uraguay - camaroon - ethopia and many more .

 

[DalalErMaNodi]

Not really, mum showed it to me on her phone last year

Article said she (tarek's daughter) liked BBC channel?

 

[Michael Corleone]

i think US needs money you pay them they will sale . but those times may be some humanity left in them today they sale to countries blindly just pay and take . they sale this year to Zambia -Botswana - uraguay - camaroon - ethopia and many more .

F16 now is mostly meh aircraft so selling to poor shitholes is a way to earn money. Smart business really