City Desk :
A six-day annual winter exercise, ‘WINTEX-2017’, of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) begins at all bases and units of the force today.
The main objective of the exercise is to assess and evaluate the operational capability of BAF to safeguard the country’s air space, an ISPR press release said on Friday.
It also helps identify the weakness and draw appropriate lessons for improvement.
All types of BAF fighter aircraft, transport aircraft, helicopters, radar squadrons, Surface to Air Missile (SAM) unit including all BAF personnel are taking part in the exercise.
As a part of the exercise, the pilots of BAF fighter aircraft, transport aircraft and helicopters will practise different air combat maneuvers and tactics, including interception by the fighter aircraft.
Participation of all manpower and material of BAF in the exercise will be more effective in strengthening air defense capability of Bangladesh.
To make the exercise realistic, components of Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy, Civil Defence and BNCC (Air Wing) are participating in the exercise in limited scales
A six-day annual winter exercise, ‘WINTEX-2017’, of Bangladesh Air Force (BAF) begins at all bases and units of the force today.
The main objective of the exercise is to assess and evaluate the operational capability of BAF to safeguard the country’s air space, an ISPR press release said on Friday.
It also helps identify the weakness and draw appropriate lessons for improvement.
All types of BAF fighter aircraft, transport aircraft, helicopters, radar squadrons, Surface to Air Missile (SAM) unit including all BAF personnel are taking part in the exercise.
As a part of the exercise, the pilots of BAF fighter aircraft, transport aircraft and helicopters will practise different air combat maneuvers and tactics, including interception by the fighter aircraft.
Participation of all manpower and material of BAF in the exercise will be more effective in strengthening air defense capability of Bangladesh.
To make the exercise realistic, components of Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy, Civil Defence and BNCC (Air Wing) are participating in the exercise in limited scales
