Philippines, US launch joint drills
The Philippine and US air forces kicked off joint exercises Monday aimed at boosting operational coordination and enhancing 鈥榮trategic deterrence鈥�, Manila鈥檚 military said...
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LOCALS, BAF PERSONNEL CLASH: No case filed over death of youth
No case was filed till Tuesday night over Monday鈥檚 clash between Bangladesh Air Force personnel and locals reportedly over the construction of an airbase on Khas land in Samitipara area in Cox鈥檚 Bazar that left a man dead and scores of others injured...
One killed as locals clash with air force personnel in Cox鈥檚 Bazar
A 32-year-old man was killed and scores, including four Bangladesh Air Force personnel, were injured in a clash between locals and the BAF members reportedly over the construction of an airbase on Khas land in the Samitipara area in Cox鈥檚 Bazar on Monday.
White House indefinitely bans AP journalists in 'Gulf of America' row
The White House said Friday it was indefinitely blocking Associated Press journalists from Air Force One and the Oval Office, escalating a row with the US news agency over its refusal to call the Gulf of Mexico the 鈥楪ulf of America鈥�.
US flies back expelled Indian migrants
A US Air Force plane carrying more than a hundred Indian migrants expelled by the United States landed in India on Wednesday, local media reported...
Victory Day Hockey: Air Force taste maiden title聽
Rakibul Hasan smashed a hat-trick as Bangladesh Air Force tasted their maiden title of the Victory Day Hockey tournament with a 5-4 win in the final over four-time champions Bangladesh Navy...
BAF accords reception to gallantry award holder freedom fighters, their successors
Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan on Friday accorded a reception to the gallantry award holder freedom fighters of Bangladesh Air Force, heroic members of 鈥楰ilo Flight鈥� and their successors at BAF Shaheen Hall at Tejgaon in Dhaka.
Air chief returns from China
Chief of air staff of Bangladesh air force air chief marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan returned home on Monday wrapping up his eight-day official visit to China...
Air chief off to China on 9-day visit
Chief of Bangladesh air force air chief marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan on Friday left Dhaka for China on a nine-day official visit.
Navy, air force trusted national symbols: Yunus
Chief adviser professor Muhammad Yunus on Sunday said that Bangladesh navy and air force had once again been recognised as a symbol of trust by the people of the country...
500 sacked military personnel want their jobs back
More than 500 sacked members of the Bangladesh Army, the Bangladesh Navy, and the Bangladesh Air Force on Wednesday demanded to the interim government chief adviser...
Bangladesh Air Force, Navy officers also get magistracy powers
In a significant development, armed forces personnel have been granted judicial powers nationwide, enabling commissioned officers from the Army, Air Force, and Navy to serve as executive magistrates.
BRAC Bank donates to BAF for rescue, relief operations
BRAC Bank has announced a donation of Tk 5 crore to the Bangladesh Air Force to support its ongoing rescue and relief operations in the flood-affected areas of the country, said a press release...
The conundrums of Bangladeshi politics
ON AUGUST 5, former prime minister Sheikh Hasina boarded a Bangladesh Air Force C-130J military transport in a hurry and fled to Hindon Air Force base, outside Delhi. Her plane was refuelled and reports said that she intended to fly on either to the United Kingdom (her niece, Tulip Siddiq is a minister in the new Labour government), Finland...
Fifth C-130J aircraft for Bangladesh Air Force arrives from UK
The Government of Bangladesh, under the direction of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, has initiated various steps to modernize the Bangladesh Air Force.....
Hasan Mahmood Khan appointed as new chief of Bangladesh Air Force
The government has appointed Air Vice Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan as the new chief of Bangladesh Air Force by elevating him to the rank of Air Marshal...
BAF training jet crash kills pilot in Ctg
The fourth crash of the Russian-made advanced multirole aircraft Yakovlev Yak-130 in less than a decade on Thursday left one Bangladesh Air Force pilot killed and another injured in Chattogram...