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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 ...
Armed Forces Day. 27 March. 1 day. Formerly Resistance Day (against the English language occupation in 19s←). Myanmar New Year. Varies. 4 or 5 days. Thingyan Eve, Commencing Day to Prime Day, End of Thingyan, Myanmar New Year Day. Note: Date is based on the traditional Burmese calendar.
The Air Defense Forces ( လေကြောင်းရန်ကာကွယ်ရေးတပ်ဖွဲ့) is one of the major branches of Tatmadaw. It was established as the Air Defence Command in 1997, but was not fully operational until late 1999. It was renamed the Bureau of Air Defence in the early 2000s. In early 2000, Tatmadaw ...
Min Aung Hlaing was born on 3 July 1956 in Minbu, Magway Region, Burma (now Myanmar ), to Khin Hlaing and Hla Mu, as the fourth of five children. [23] His parents were teachers from Dawei, in Tanintharyi Region. [24] His family moved to Mandalay as duty when he was 5 years old.
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 ...
Armed Forces Day ( Burmese: တပ်မတော်နေ့ ), also known as Revolution Day (Burmese: တော်လှန်ရေးနေ့ ), is the professional holiday of the Tatmadaw ( lit. 'Armed Forces' ), celebrated annually on 27 March. It commemorates the start of Burmese Army 's resistance to Japanese occupation in 1945. [1 ...
Protesters against the military coup in Yangon. The timeline of the 2021 Myanmar Revolution chronicles the 2021 Myanmar protests, known locally as the Spring Revolution (Burmese: နွေဦးတော်လှန်ရေး), that began in early 2021 in opposition to the coup d'état on 1 February, staged by Min Aung Hlaing, the commander-in-chief of the country's armed forces, the Tatmadaw.
Hpakant massacre. / 25.83722°N 96.36417°E / 25.83722; 96.36417. On the night of 23 October 2022, the Myanmar Air Force launched a series of airstrikes in Hpakant Township, Kachin State, Northern Myanmar. The targeted area was within the territory of the Kachin Independence Organization 's 9th Brigade in the Anangpa ( အနန့ ...