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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 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 Arakan Army ( Rakhine: ရက္ခိုင့်တပ်တော် ), officially the Arakha Army ( Rakhine: အာရက္ခတပ်တော်, romanized: Araka Tatdaw; [20] abbreviated AA) is an ethnic armed organisation based in Rakhine State ( Arakan ). Founded on 10 April 2009, the AA is the military wing of the United League ...
On 14 August 2022, in an apparent retaliation for the attack, the Myanmar army stormed into Haimual village. Residents tell us they torched nearly a dozen homes.
Defence Services Academy (DSA) The Defence Services Academy ( Burmese: စစ်တက္ကသိုလ်, pronounced [sɪʔ tɛʔkəθò]) located in Pyin Oo Lwin, is the premier military service academy of Myanmar, training future officers for all three branches of Myanmar military. The Ministry of Defence administered academy offers ...