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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 ...
Nampong Air Force Base. / 25.3525667°N 97.2948833°E / 25.3525667; 97.2948833. Nampong Air Force Base ( ICAO: VYNP) is a Myanmar Air Force base in Myitkyina, Myanmar (Burma). Formerly known as Myikyina West, it is located several miles to the west of Myitkyina. It is in current military use and home to a fighter squadron and an attack ...
It was renamed the Bureau of Air Defence in the early 2000s. In early 2000, Tatmadaw established the Myanmar Integrated Air Defence System (MIADS) with help from Russia, Ukraine and China. It is a tri-service bureau with units from all three branches of the armed forces. All air defence assets except anti-aircraft artillery are integrated into ...
Navy: identical to the Army flag, but with the lower 40% has three blue and two white horizontal stripes of equal width. Air Force: identical to the Army flag, but with the lower 40% coloured air force blue. Rocket Forces: identical to the Army flag, but with the lower 40% being a gold stripe.
Indian Air Force "Nabha sprsham deeptam" Sanskrit "Touch the sky with glory" "Bharat Mata ki jai" "Victory to Mother India" Indian Navy "Sham-no Varuna" Sanskrit "May the Lord of the oceans be auspicious unto us" "Bharat Mata ki jai" "Victory to Mother India" Corps of Army Air Defence "Aakasey satrun jahi" Sanskrit "Win over the enemy in the sky"
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 ...
Former Air Force Ensign of the Burmese Air Force: 1974 – c. 2010: Former Air Force Ensign of the Burmese Air Force, later, the Myanmar Air Force: A dodger blue field defaced with the Union Star in the canton, with the Myanmar Air Force crest to the fly
Army Russian Aerospace Forces: Air force Russian Navy: Navy Russian Airborne Troops: Airborne forces (subordinate branch of the air force) Strategic Rocket Forces: Strategic forces (subordinate branch of the army) Russian National Guard: Republican guard: 2016–present