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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 ...
But the English translations of titles are different according to the branch. For example, the three-star general rank in Burmese is "ဗိုလ်ချုပ်" (bo jhoke') for all three branches, but for the English translation, it is "Major General" for Army and Air Force, while it is "Vice Admiral" for the Navy. Officers
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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
Myanmar's political crisis was unleashed when the military took power and used deadly force to suppress widespread peaceful protests, triggering armed resistance throughout the country that the ...
The rank of Senior general is two ranks higher than that of a General (a full General), but in terms of stars, the Senior general has only one more star than the General. The Senior general rank exists in all branches: Myanmar Army , Myanmar Navy and Myanmar Air Force , but all these ranks are to be held by the same person at a time no matter ...