According to former Myanmar Air Force pilots, Mado supplied the MD550 drone engines to replace worn parts in the junta’s existing drone fleet. The maintenance work was conducted at Meiktila Air Force Base in central Myanmar. Iran has been supplying Russia with thousands of drones, including the...
The Myanmar Air Force (MAF) inducted four Airbus Helicopters H120s in a ceremony to mark the service's 69th anniversary on 15 December. These are believed to be the first Colibri types to enter service in the country. At the same event at Meiktila Air Base in central Myanmar, the air ...
Attended by Defense Services Commander-in-Chief Sen-Gen Min Aung Hlaing and Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force General Maung Maung Kyaw, the commemorative ceremony was held at the fight training base in Meiktila Sunday. The new aircrafts and helicopters conducted a demonstration fly-by and aerob...
But soon after the delivery of the aircraft, the Burmese Air Force was forced to ground the planes as malfunctions and structural flaws were detected. The failure of JF-17 appears to be shimmering tensions between Islamabad and Naypyidaw and somehow compelled China to intervene. A recent ...
In 1969 the air force had over 100 planes (mostly piston-engined). The navy has about 70 combat ships (mostly river boats and patrol and torpedo boats). Rangoon is the main naval base. Medicine and public health In 1968 the birthrate per 1,000 inhabitants was 40.4, the general mortality...
The military plane took off from Myeik air base at 1:06 p.m. local time (0636 GMT). When it reached a height of 18,000 feet (5,400 meters) at about 1:35 p.m. local time (0707 GMT), it lost contact with the ground at a location 32 km west of Dawei and went missing. ...
YANGON, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Two military fighter jets crashed in Minbu township in Myanmar's Magway region Tuesday morning, killing two pilots, according to the Myanmar Air Force. A female student on the ground died of being hit by pieces of the wreckage in the incident. ...
Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia have base-leasing/port-use agreements that are strategically critical. Japan, Okinawa, Korea, are bristling with war-ready US bases and firepower. The Philippines has 9 bases, with Subic Bay likely soon to rejoin. Japan (and soon Korea) have Space Force bases. ...
4. I believe that the pictures also confirm the Myanmar delegation visited the Onchon Air Force Base. Again this is because we know the group was near Nampo, the photos and the satellite imagery of the area are consistent, and in the fourth photo below, the Burmese language caption acknowle...
“As we can attack the targets with pinpoint precision now, we have become like artillery and air support for ground troops. As soon as we receive a request from ground troops, we ready ourselves in shortest period of time to join the combat,” said the KNDF’s Ko Lu...