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The Myanmar Air Force (MAF) was formed as the Burmese Air Force on 16 January 1947, while Burma (as Myanmar was known until 1989) was still under British rule. By 1948, the fleet of the new air force included 40 Airspeed Oxfords, 16 de Havilland Tiger Moths, four Austers, and three Supermarine Spitfires transferred from the Royal Air Force, and ...
The Military ranks of Myanmar are the military insignia used by the Myanmar Armed Forces, its auxiliary services, some government departments and some civilian organizations. All the government employees are called " civil service personnel" ( Burmese : နိုင်ငံ့ဝန်ထမ်း , romanized : nuiṅʻ ṅaṃ vanʻthamʻʺ ...
The Myanmar Army ( Burmese: တပ်မတော် (ကြည်း); pronounced [taʔmədɔ̀ tɕí]) is the largest branch of the Armed Forces ( Tatmadaw) of Myanmar (formerly Burma) and has the primary responsibility of conducting land-based military operations. The Myanmar Army maintains the second largest active force in Southeast Asia ...
The most important position created is the Joint Chief of Staff (Army, Navy, Air Force) that commands commanders-in-chief of the Navy and the Air Force. The Office of Strategic Studies (OSS, or Sit Maha Byuha Leilaryay Htana ) was formed around 1994 and charged with formulating defence policies, and planning and doctrine of the Tatmadaw.
This rank structure provided for seven enlisted ranks: private, private first class, corporal/technician fifth grade, sergeant/technician fourth grade, staff sergeant/technician third grade, technical sergeant, and master sergeant/first sergeant. Additionally, Air Force personnel were still referred to as "soldiers". [3]
Senior general ( Burmese: ဗိုလ်ချုပ်မှူးကြီး, romanized : builʻkhyupʻmhūʺkrīʺ) is the highest rank in Myanmar Armed Forces, only held by the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services (CinCDS). Since 2011, an officer appointed as CinCDS has to be quickly promoted one higher rank every year until he get the ...
General/Admiral. 'General' or 'Admiral' ( Burmese: ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး, romanized : bauilaʻ khayupaʻ karīʺ) is the third highest rank in Myanmar Armed Forces, and traditionally the highest rank that a personnel from Myanmar Navy and Myanmar Air Force can get. It is a four-star general rank. The rank's Burmese title ...
Rank Serial No. Ethnicity Unit Awarding Order No. Date Battlefield Enemy Forces Aye Cho: Major BC 5180 Burman: No. 21 Union Military Police Battalion N/A 1948 Battle of Po Tha Aung Gon Communist Party of Burma (CPB) Taik Chun: Lieutenant BC 7288 Chin: No. 1 Chin Rifles Battalion N/A 18/04/1949 Battle of Insein Karen National Defence ...