Bangladesh to receive additional surplus UK C-130J airlifters

The sale of additional UK-surplus Lockheed Martin C-130J Hercules transport aircraft to Bangladesh has been confirmed by a support contract announced by Marshall Aerospace and Defence Group (ADG) on 20 June.
The Asian nation is to receive an undisclosed number of aircraft to add to the two already confirmed via a previous support contract for Marshall ADG. With the UK Royal Air Force (RAF) looking to divest itself of nine 'short-bodied' C-130Js (designated C5 in UK service), all but four aircraft have already been earmarked for customers.
The acquisition of the C-130Js will enable the Bangladeshi Air Force to retire the four C-130Bs that it has fielded since 2001 (these were acquired secondhand from the United States), at the same time as augmenting its three Antonov An-32 'Cline' and three L-410UVP-200 transport aircraft that date from 1989 and 2015 respectively.
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Bangladesh Air Force Inducts Yak-130, AW 139 into service

Russian-made Yak-130 combat trainer aircraft and Italian AW 139 helicopters have been inducted into the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF).
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina handed them over to the Air Force on Sunday at the BAF Bangabandhu Base in Dhaka.
Bangladesh had signed a deal with Russian state arms export agency Rosoboronexport to buy 24 Yak-130 trainers developed by the Irkut Corporation.
The deal was signed in 2013.
Bangladesh also signed a deal to purchase two AW 139 helicopters, which will be used by the BAF to perform maritime search and rescue (SAR) operations and other utility missions.
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Bangladesh preparing to receive first of three L 410 transports

Czech manufacturer Aircraft Industries has completed the first of three L 410UVP-E20 twin-turboprop transport aircraft for the Bangladeshi Air Force.
The current BAF transport fleet includes three Antonov An-32s, two of which were delivered in 1990 and the third in 1995, and four 1960s-era ex-US Air Force Lockheed C-130B Hercules, delivered from 2002.
In 2012, the US Congress was notified of a possible sale of four ex-USAF C-130Es to Bangladesh, but nothing further has been heard of that potential deal.
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Bangladesh and Belarus to get Yak-130 in 2015

Russia will supply 14 Yakovlev Yak-130 advanced jet trainer aircraft to Bangladesh in 2015, with two more to follow next year.
Bangladesh had originally planned to acquire 24 such aircraft, but this was curtailed for financial reasons.
Bangladesh has become the second export customer for the Yak-130, after Algeria procured 16 aircraft in 2011.
Belarus too would receive four Yak-130s, following a contract that was signed in late 2012. Irkut is also negotiating with Armenia and Uzbekistan about YAK-130.
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K-8W Inducted to Bangladesh Air Force

Bangladesh Prime Minister addressed the induction ceremony of the newly procured K-8W Trainer Aircraft to the Bangladesh Air Force.
Reaffirming her resolve to turn Bangladesh Air Force into a strategically and technically capable force, Prime Minister yesterday said the BAF will get Mi-171, YAK-130 helicopters and PT-6, LET-410 planes soon.
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Bangladesh Air Force inducts new K-8 fighters

Bangladesh Air Force has inducted to its fleet four K-8W fighter trainer aircrafts bought from China.
The aircrafts are currently in service with the Bolivian and Venezuelan air forces.
Bangladesh has decided to buy nine such fighters from China. The rest would be brought to the country at a later stage.
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Bangladesh Air Force Orders Two AW139 Helicopters

Bangladesh has signed a contract for two AW139 that will be delivered by the end of 2015. They will be operated by the Bangladesh Air Force to perform maritime search and rescue (SAR) and other utility missions.
This contract, marks the establishment of the first dedicated maritime SAR helicopter fleet in the country.
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Russia to advance Yak-130 aircraft to Mongolia, Vietnam, Latin America

Russia is seeking to advance its Yak-130 aircraft to Mongolia, Vietnam and Latin America. The arms exporting company Rosoboronexport and the aircraft corporation Irkut are doing the same in Latin America. Although foreign partners have reiterated their interest in purchasing this plane, no concrete contracts have been made so far.
Bangladesh will receive 16 Yak-130 planes before 2016 under a loan provided by Russia.
Russia would bid in tenders for the supply of multirole fighter jets, air defense systems, helicopters and submarines to Asia Pacific countries.
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Bangladesh Buys 24 Yak-130 Combat Training Jets

Bangladesh ordered 24 Russian Yak-130 light fighter jets worth. The planes are to be fitted with English-language cockpits and delivery is scheduled to begin next year.
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Bangladesh Plans to Buy 24 Russian Jet Trainers

Bangladesh is planning to buy 24 Yak-130 Mitten jet trainers on $1 billion credit from Russia, Russia’s state arms exporter Rosoboronexport said on Wednesday.

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Bangladesh wants to buy Russia’s Yak-130 aircraft

Bangladesh’s air forces are interested in buying Russia’s jet trainer/light attack aircraft Yak-130, Sergey Kornev, a representative of the Rosoboronexport (Russia’s state intermediary agency for exports/imports of defense-related products) said Thursday.
He was speaking at the China Airshow 2012 which is underway in the Chinese city of Zhuhai.
Kornev added that Russia will grant a loan to Bangladesh to buy 12 Yak-130 planes and Su-27 jet fighters. He did not mention the sum of the loan.

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BANGLADESH DESEA COMPRAR CAZAS, HELICOPTEROS Y AVIONES DE PATRULLA MARITIMA/BANGLADESH WANTS TO BUY FIGHTERS, HELICOPTERS AND MARITIME PATROL AIRCRAFT

Según Flightglobal.com, Bangladesh desea comprar un escuadrón de nuevos cazas y ha reanudado los esfuerzos para la compra de un nuevo avión de patrulla marítima. El ministro de Planificación y antiguo jefe de la Fuerza Aérea lo anunció al parlamento. Los planes incluyen la compra de nuevos radares para la defensa aérea y helicópteros para misiones de paz. Las compras se realizaría en 2010. Según fuentes industriales la Armada de Bangladesh emitió el requerimiento por un nuevo avión de patrulla en 2009, después del intento fallido de 2004. El plan obedece a un esfuerzo por modernizar las Fuerza Aéreas. Bangladesh opera unos relativamente antiguos cazas chinos y rusos: Unos 40 Chengdu F-7, Nanchang A-5 y MiG-29.
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According Flightglobal.com Bangladesh has vowed to buy a squadron of new fighters and has resumed efforts to purchase two maritime patrol aircraft. Planning minister A K Khandker, a former chief of air staff at the Bangladesh air force, told the country's parliament that the government plans to buy a squadron of new fighters, plus an air-defence radar system. Khandker says the nation is also in the process of buying two maritime patrol aircraft, as well as two helicopters for peacekeeping missions. The government aims to make all the purchases during the current fiscal year, he adds.
Industry sources say Bangladesh's navy issued the maritime patrol tender in 2009, and note that this follows a previous failed attempt launched in 2004.
The move to buy new fighters is part of a wider effort to modernise the capabilities of the Bangladesh air force. The service operates relatively old Chinese and Russian-sourced equipment, including 40 Chengdu F-7, Nanchang A-5 and RSK MiG-29 fighters, says Flightglobal's MiliCAS database. The Bangladesh air force operates relatively old Chinese and Russian including Mig-29s