2024-06-29 23:57:16
The fifth US-made C-130J transport plane has been added to the Bangladesh Air Power.
On Thursday (June 27) night, Inter-Providers Public Relations (ISPR) stated that the present authorities could be very eager to modernize the Bangladesh Air Power below the path and concerted efforts of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. Consistent with that, 5 state-of-the-art US-made C-130J transport plane are within the strategy of being added to the Air Power via a direct buy contract with the Royal Air Power of the UK and a upkeep contract with the Marshall Aerospace and Protection Group.
Amongst them, the fifth C-130J plane landed at Bangladesh Air Power Base Bangabandhu at 6:07 PM on June 27 via a profitable ferry mission by Bangladesh Air Power’s personal pilots from the UK.
This mission was led by Bangladesh Air Power Air Commodore Syed Fakruddin Masud. The flight made stopovers in Antalya, Turkey and Muscat, Oman en route.
The plane was acquired at Air Power Base Bangabandhu as per the custom. Air Power Chief Air Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan and UK Excessive Commissioner to Bangladesh Sarah Cook dinner had been current on the time.
Moreover, high-ranking navy officers of the Air Power and Armed Forces Division had been current on the event. All operations of the ferry mission are managed by the Directorate of Abroad Air Operations of the Air Power.
It ought to be famous that the C-130J transport plane is supplied with superior avionics and superior expertise, which will probably be utilized in humanitarian assist operations and UN peacekeeping missions at dwelling and overseas, together with cargo and troop transport. The inclusion of this state-of-the-art C-130J plane within the Bangladesh Air Power will drastically improve the Air Power’s international attain and operational capabilities.