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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 ...
The People's Defence Force[ a] is the armed wing of the National Unity Government in Myanmar. The armed wing was formed by the NUG from youths and pro-democracy activists on 5 May 2021 in response to the coup d'état that occurred on 1 February 2021 that put the military junta and their armed wing the Tatmadaw in power. [ 23]
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 ...
Myanmar’s military government on Saturday activated for the first time a decade-old conscription law that makes young men and women subject to at least two years of military service if called up ...
Flag of Mon State. Yellow Hamsa on a red field. Flag of Rakhine State. Emblem of Rakhine, a Shrivatsa, on a blue disk in the centre of a white-red horizontal bicolour. 12 February 1947 [ 7] Flag of Shan State. White circle, representing the moon, on a yellow-green-red horizontal triband.
One of Myanmar’s most powerful ethnic minority groups battling the military government said it captured an airport serving the country’s top world-class beach resort, marking the first time ...
Used as air search radars for the air defence systems of the army and the air force. Fitted in all radar stations of Myanmar [80] [7] [8] Galaxy Radar System Early warning radar 300 km Unknown [80] [7] [8] Ukraine: Part of Myanmar Integrated Air Defence System. Used as early warning radars for the air defence systems of the army and the air force.