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  2. Myanmar Air Force - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  3. Nigerian Air Force - Wikipedia

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    Although an Air Force was originally proposed in 1958, many lawmakers preferred to rely on the United Kingdom for air defense. [citation needed] But during peacekeeping operations in Congo and Tanganyika, the Nigerian Army had no air transport of its own, and so in 1962, the government began to recruit cadets for pilot training in various foreign countries, with the first ten being taught by ...

  4. Nampong Air Force Base - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. List of Burmese military installations - Wikipedia

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    No. 71 Submarine Base (on Ownchein Island near Kyaukphyu SEZ) Panmawaddy Regional Command (headquarters on Haigyi Island) Mawyawaddy Regional Command (headquarters in Mawlamyine) Tanintharyi Regional Command (headquarters in Myeik ) Zadetkyi Island Naval Base. Mali (Tavoy) Naval Base. Palai Island Naval Base. Kadan Naval Base.

  6. On the new front line of Myanmar’s civil war, resistance ...

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    Almost three years since the military seized power in a coup, ending a brief stretch of semi-democratic rule in the former British colony and plunging Myanmar once again into civil war, the fight ...

  7. Tatmadaw - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Kuomintang in Burma - Wikipedia

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    The Kuomintang in Burma or Kuomintang in the Golden Triangle (Burmese: ကူမင်တန်မှမြန်မာနိုင်ငံအားကျူးကျော်မှု) were Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist) troops that fled from China to Burma in 1950 after their defeat by the Chinese communists in the Chinese Civil War. [ 1 ...

  9. Military ranks of Myanmar - Wikipedia

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    The Military ranks of Myanmar are the military insignia used by the Myanmar Armed Forces, its auxiliary services, some government departments and some civilian organizations. All the government employees are called " civil service personnel" ( Burmese : နိုင်ငံ့ဝန်ထမ်း , romanized : nuiṅʻ ṅaṃ vanʻthamʻʺ ...