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What exactly has happened recently that makes you think that the AF left the airspace undefended? I thought it was a well established fact that not dealing helicopter incursions with force was a government decision and the establishment of the ADIZ was a direct response to that. The statement does not hold any merit given that the yaks didn't even cost 400 million dollars and was a logical decision at the time of purchase as it was pretty clear back then on what was BAF planning to acquire. No one predicted CAATSA back then. Yaks are marketed from the start with the ability to be used in training for western pilots after just minor software updates and therefore can be used in conjunction with BAE Hawks in any potential EFT purchase. Hence the number of Hawks ordered will be small. Yak-130s operate under the old a-5 squadron as well which suggests that they were always intended to be used in a dual role here /

The issue with BAF is very simple. They change their minds in the turn of a dime. Not always their fault as we didn't comprehend that Russia would charge so much for Su-30s and Su-35s. The US has it's own complex mechanism so having US fighters wasn't on the tables then. That's all fine so far as that is not in our hands.But someone explain to me the need of YAK-130s. Wasn't it meant to be a trainer/LAC for our AF given that we were gunning for Russian MRCAs then? Now we are going for EFTs and by the looks of it, it is pretty damn certain at this point. Won't we need another model of trainers for these or are we gonna still use YAKs? Other than that, what wrong has BAF done in the last 3 years? They bought radars, they bought transport aircraft, MRO plants, BAC and so on and so forth. So where else is their mistake. All I can see is that they haven't bought anything for a long time which is why we are so behind and now that they're gearing up to push forward and hasten their progress, they're still getting flak from us. Why is that?

Biman makes Tk 423 cr profit this year: Mahbub tells in JS State Minister for Civil Aviation and Tourism Mahbub Ali today said the Biman Bangladesh Airlines has made a profit of Taka 423 crore in six months in the current fiscal year. “Biman has made a profit of Taka 423 crore in the last six months from July to December 2019,” he said while responding to a starred question made by treasury bench lawmaker Abul Kalam Azad of Jamalpur-1 in the House here. In 2018-2019, the national flag carrier earned a net profit of Taka 217.80 crore, said the state minister, adding that the total earning during this period was Taka 5,795 crore and the expenditure was Taka 5,777.10 crore. Regarding the corruption, he said the administration of Biman Bangladesh Airlines has already been reshuffled, keeping a target to curb corruption and expenditure of the national airlines. So, the corruption of Biman has been reduced drastically, he added. At present, Mahbub Ali said the ticket selling and seat booking of the national airlines has already been opened for the public with the launching of a mobile app named ‘Biman Airlines’. Bangladesh Biman is now operating 18 aircrafts to 17 international destinations in 12 countries and 7 stations under the domestic route.

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