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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 ...
Other Ranks. In Myanmar Armed Forces, Lance corporals and Corporals are commonly referred to as Saya ( ဆရာ, lit. 'teacher') by both enlisted staffs and officers. Warrant officers (Class 1 and Class 2) are referred to as Bo Lay ( ဗိုလ်လေး, lit. 'little lieutenant' ), Sergeant and Staff Sergeant are referred to as Saya Gyi.
The rank's Burmese title and insignia is the same for all branches. But Myanmar Navy uses different English translation, to be harmonized with the naval terms. "ဗိုလ်ချုပ်ကြီး" is translated as "General" for army and air force, and as "Admiral" for navy.
S. Senior general (Myanmar) Categories: Military ranks by country. Military of Myanmar.
Name. The name "Tatmadaw" literally means "Royal Armed Forces" in the Burmese language. [25] [26] [27] Since Burma has not been a monarchy since the era prior to British colonial rule, the word "royal" in this usage is understood to mean "glorious". This name has become controversial in Myanmar, especially since 2021, as many people in Myanmar ...
In 2017, the media and news agencies were warned not to used military rank insignia terms for forces other than Army, Navy and Air Force (Ref: BBC and Frontier Myanmar). But before that, senior leaders of BGF were given the rank insignia by CiCDS in 2014, calling them as "Honourary Commissioned Officers" (Ref: Myanmar Times ).
The Myanmar Navy ( Burmese: တပ်မတော် (ရေ); [taʔmədɔ̀ jè]) is the naval warfare branch of the armed forces of Myanmar. With 16,000 personnel on duty, the navy operates more than 227 vessels. [3] Prior to 1988, the navy was small, and its role in counter-insurgency operations was smaller than those of the army and the air ...
Senior general ( Burmese: ဗိုလ်ချုပ်မှူးကြီး, romanized : Bogyoke Hmu Gyi) is the highest rank in Myanmar Armed Forces. It is held by the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services ( CinCDS ). Since 2011, a person appointed as CinCDS has to be quickly promoted one higher rank every year until he get the rank of ...