Bangladesh Air Force (BAF)

It’s time to modernise our air force

Urban density in Dhaka has surpassed the thresholds for safe air operations. Military and civil aviation now operate in a dangerously overlapping airspace.
29 July 2025, 02:00 AM

Air base in Dhaka strategic necessity: BAF

The Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) yesterday said the fighter jet airbase in Dhaka is a strategic necessity and pointed out that many capitals around the world also maintain operational airbases.
28 July 2025, 18:24 PM

Confusion over Milestone death toll is unacceptable

Timely, coordinated communication vital to dispel rumours
24 July 2025, 14:00 PM

Uttara air crash exposes deadly gaps

It should serve as a wake-up call for aviation safety and emergency response
22 July 2025, 15:44 PM

A tragedy like this must bring a national reckoning

At least 27 killed in a deadly air force jet crash in Uttara
21 July 2025, 14:19 PM

Footballer quits Air Force job for national team

Striker Sumon Reza on Sunday night joined the residential training camp of the national football team after tendering his resignation from Bangladesh Air Force job.
28 August 2022, 17:35 PM

BAF flight with coronavirus testing kits, PPE returns to Dhaka

A transport aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) carrying medical aid to help combat the spread of Bangladesh Air Forcereturn to Dhaka from China.
19 April 2020, 11:32 AM

Bangladesh Air Force helicopter makes emergency landing in Rangamati: ISPR

A helicopter of Bangladesh Air Force has made emergency landing in Rangamati this morning, according to a press release of ISPR.
12 April 2020, 09:49 AM

Safeguard country’s independence, sovereignty, PM to BAF cadets

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina calls upon the newly commissioned Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) cadets to safeguard the country’s independence and sovereignty.
26 December 2019, 08:27 AM

Pilot killed in BAF fighter plane crash

A pilot of Bangladesh Air Force was killed when a fighter aircraft on training mission crashed in Tangail's Madhupur upazila yesterday afternoon.
23 November 2018, 18:00 PM

2 air force pilots killed in Jessore training aircraft crash: ISPR

Two pilots are killed in the crash of a Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) training aircraft in Sadar upazila of Jessore. Efforts to recover the bodies are underway and a high-level committee has been formed to investigate the crash, says ISPR.
1 July 2018, 17:00 PM

Masihuzzaman Serniabat made BAF chief

Air Marshal Masihuzzaman Serniabat will take over the command of the Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) from June 12 next, says a release from the Inter-Services Public Relations Directorate.
5 June 2018, 07:48 AM

BAF M16 copter makes emergency landing in Sreemangal

A helicopter of Bangladesh Air Force 'M16' makes an emergency landing inside the camp of Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) in Sreemangal.
3 January 2018, 06:59 AM

Fuel tanks fall from sky!

Farmers are working peacefully on a farmland in Brahmanbaria when a loud noise of something very heavy falling from the sky shatters the serenity and spreads panic among them.
8 August 2017, 15:06 PM