At the same event at Meiktila Air Base in central Myanmar, the air force commissioned four Beechcraft 1900D turboprop aircraft, adding to several already in service. Notably, Vice-Senior Gen Soe Win, the Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services, revealed at the ceremony that the MAF had...
Aircraft: Fokker 70 Airline: Myanmar - Air Force Serial #: 11566 Photo Location Hanoi Noi Bai - VVNB Vietnam Photographer nguyen tan khai Photos | Profile | Contact Jett J 003 137 0 0 General Dynamics F-16C Fighting Falcon Mark Williamson 003 4,731 122 5 General Dynamics F-16C...
A China-made 250 kg low-drag bomb being attached to an aircraft in 2017. / The Irrawaddy “When [the Myanmar military] buys aircraft from China, it can’t buy aircraft alone. It has to buy the set of bombs and rockets used along with the aircraft,” explained an air force defector. ...
myanmar air attack kills 13, including 7 children the associated press a school bag lies next to dried blood stains on the floor of a middle school in let yet kone village in tabayin township in the sagaing region of myanmar on saturday, sept. 17, 2022, the day after an air ...
Myanmar Air Force turns to turboprop transport aircraft as makeshift bombers The Myanmar Air Force (MAF) has begun conducting close air support (CAS) missions using turboprop military transport aircraft as improvised bombers. Deploying Chinese-built four-engine Shaanxi Y-8 and smaller twin-engine ...
The delivered planes were part of a deal that the Burmese military junta signed in 2016 to purchase JF-17 produced jointly by Pakistan Aeronautical Complex and Chengdu Aircraft Industries Corporation of China. But soon after the delivery of the aircraft, the Burmese Air Force was forced to ground...
The pieces of the wreckage of the fighter that crashed near Sapwet creek bridge, hit a female high school student who died at the hospital with injury. According to an initial report of the Air Force, one fighter jet hit a tower pole and its wing clapped with that of another aircraft, ...
The plane tail with a symbol of number 5820 was found enmeshed with the fishing net of a local vessel 35 meters under sea and 12.07 km west of Dawei city. The air force and the army were searching the missing military plane with vessels, aircraft and helicopters as well as local vessels...
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He said military aircraft dropped four bombs on the celebration at about 8 p.m., according to members of his group who were there. Between 300 and 500 people were in attendance and a Kachin singer and keyboard player were among the dead, said the spokesperson, who asked not to be...