History of Bangladesh Army Aviation Group and Its Current Aircrafts 2017
Bangladesh
Army Aviation Group is the Air Arm of Bangladesh Army. The AAG is responsible
for military air operations, such as troops & supply delivery in the
conflict zones, search and rescue ops, surveillance, and disaster managements and
conducts relief operations during natural calamities etc. After the formation
in 1978 it was named Army Aviation Squadron which was named then Army Aviation
Wing, as after expansion to the Wing level.
Army Aviation Group is the Air Arm of Bangladesh Army. The AAG is responsible
for military air operations, such as troops & supply delivery in the
conflict zones, search and rescue ops, surveillance, and disaster managements and
conducts relief operations during natural calamities etc. After the formation
in 1978 it was named Army Aviation Squadron which was named then Army Aviation
Wing, as after expansion to the Wing level.
When in 1990 it was expanded to the level of a
group strength then it named Army Aviation Group. Civil Aviation
Authority, Bangladesh trained its pilots for long time and assists it. For
maintenance and related other jobs had been done by the personnel from
Bangladesh Air Force. And then the “801 Army aviation maintenance unit” was
established and army came up with its own maintenance unit with its own
personnel. Currently the AAG has a strength of more than 100 with 30+
well-trained pilots.
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