April 19, 2024
This ex-Pakistan Sabre is a rare example preserved by the BAF

A number of MiG-21s, F-6s , One Mi-17 and Fouga Magister jets can be found scattered around the airforces installations in Bangladesh. in 2000, When the Indian Air Force Chief Air Chief Marshal A Y Tipnis visited Bangladesh, The Indian Air Force contributed One MiG-21FL, One Gnat and One Hunter to the Bangladesh Air Force. These aircraft saw individual service in the Bangladesh war. The MiG-21 can be seen with the Liberation War Museum in Dhaka.

Aircraft Type Serial No Location
DHC – 3 Otter -NA- Bashar AFB, Dhaka
Canadair F-86 Sabre CL-13-B6 JB 255 Bashar AFB, Dhaka S.No 1802
Canadair F-86 Sabre CL-13-B6 -NA- AFB, Chittagong
MiG-21 M 009 Air Headquarters, Dhaka Cantonment
MiG-21 M 007 Jahangir Gate, Dhaka Cantonment
Shenyang F-6 622 Khulna
Shenyang F-6 632 Bijoy Sarani, Dhaka
Shenyang F-6 3812 Chittagong City
Shenyang F-6 -NA- AFB, Chittagong
Airtourer -NA- AFB, Chittagong

Note: Some of the info from this section has been taken from Rubayat Zahir’s BAF Site)

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