BAF Base Kurmitola
BAF Base Bangabandhu is a one of nine Bangladeshi Air Force bases located at Kurmitola, Dhaka in Bangladesh. It is situated near to the Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport.
History
In 1941, during the Second World War, the British government built a landing strip at Kurmitola, several kilometres north of Tejgaon, as a spare landing strip for the Tejgaon Airport, which at the time was a military airport, to operate warplanes towards the war fields of Kohima (then in Assam) and Burmese war theatres. In 1981, the landing strip was converted into an international airport. At the same area, another airbase was built and inaugurated on 9 April 2013. On 10 December 2014, a jet trainer named Hongdu JL-8 was included to the airbase. On 4 December 2016, it was granted national standard by the third Hasina ministry.
References
- ^ "বরিশাল ও সিলেটে বিমান ঘাঁটি করার ঘোষণা প্রধানমন্ত্রীর". Dhakatimes24.com (in Bengali). 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ Hasan, Delwar (2016) [2012]. "হজরত শাহজালাল আন্তর্জাতিক বিমানবন্দর" [Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport]. Encyclopedia of Dhaka (in Bengali). Dhaka: Asiatic Society of Bangladesh. p. 400. ISBN 9789845120197.
- ^ "বিমান বাহিনী ঘাঁটি বঙ্গবন্ধুর উদ্বোধন". Banglanews24.com (in Bengali). 9 April 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ "২১ সালের মধ্যে বিমান বাহিনীর আধুনিকায়ন". Prothom Alo (in Bengali). 11 December 2014. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ "বিমান বাহিনী ঘাঁটি বঙ্গবন্ধুর মর্যাদাপূর্ণ ন্যাশনাল স্ট্যান্ডার্ড অর্জন". Kaler Kantho (in Bengali). 4 December 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
External links
Media related to BAF Base Bangabandhu at Wikimedia Commons
