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The center was established in 2011 with an aim to establish indigenous maintenance facilities for all aircraft of the Bangladesh Air Force. As per Forces Readiness Goal 2030, the goal was to maintain the maximum number of aircraft in service, and minimize dependency on foreign suppliers. [citation needed]
Aviation in India can be traced to the first commercial flight on 18 February 1911, and grew during the period between the First and Second World Wars. Some 103 airports, aerodrome, airfields and airstrips were built and operated by the Allied Air Forces in the part of present Bangladesh during the Second World War.
The poultry industry in Bangladesh was partly pioneered by the Biman subsidiary in the mid-1970s, although the first poultry in Bangladesh was a private venture named "Eggs and Hens" established in 1964. [3] The medium-sized breeder set up by BPC eventually led to NGOs and the government coming forward to develop the sector in early 1990. [4]
The Alouette III was the first helicopter used by the Air Force, providing close air support during the Bangladesh Liberation War A former Shenyang J-6 fighter aircraft of Bangladesh Air Force. After independence, in November–December 1972, the BAF received a significant donation from the former USSR.
The institute received in 2004 approval from both Bangladesh Technical Education Board and Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh. The AIB is run by the College Code – 50158 [5] and is the only Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh-approved private aviation training institute in Bangladesh.
The total manpower of the unit will be raised from 204 to 704 personnel. By 2021, the number of aircraft operated by army aviation will be twenty-six. The army aviation maintenance workshop with 147 personnel will be re-structured to army aviation engineering workshop with 490 personnel. An aviation directorate will also be formed in the army. [12]
Aircraft maintenance is the performance of tasks required to ensure the continuing airworthiness of an aircraft or aircraft part, including overhaul, inspection, replacement, defect rectification, and the embodiment of modifications, compliance with airworthiness directives and repair.
The history of aviation in Bangladesh began with kites, the traditional heavier-than-air man-made object, that is flown by one or more people while staying on the ground. The first recorded manned flight was arranged by the Dhaka Nawab Family in 1892, which resulted in the death of the flyer.