Bangladesh Air Force annual exercise-‘Akash Bijoy-2025’- underway

The Bangladesh Air Force’s Annual Exercise “Akash Bijoy 2025” is still going strong.

BAF pilots are using fighter, transport, and helicopters to carry out a variety of missions in accordance with air combat tactics and procedures as part of the exercise.

According to a press statement issued by ISPR today, all of these operations involve Combat Air Patrol (CAP), ground assault, transportation of troops and supplies, tactical reconnaissance, Combat Search & Rescue (CSAR), and Combat Air Support (CAS) for our land and sea forces.

Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Marshal Hasan Mahmood Khan has visited Air Command Operation Centre (ACOC), Air Defence Operation Centre (ADOC), BAF Base Bashar, BAF Base A K Khandker, BAF Base Zahurul Haque and BAF Base Birsreshto Matiur Rahman during the exercise today to monitor the overall situation of the exercise and provide necessary guidance to oversee their performance, operational and maintenance activities.

Operations and activities are carried out at Exercise -Akash Bijoy-2025 from April 23, 2025 all over Bangladesh airspace from all BAF bases, different Stations and Units located at Sylhet, Lalmonirhat, Shamsernagar, Rasulpur, Sudharampur, Bogura and Barishal.

Apart from different aircraft and helicopter Units, all BAF personnel along with Air Defence Radar Unit, Surface to Air Missile (SAM) and Unmanned Aerial System Unit (UASU) units are also taking part in this exercise.
 
During this exercise, identification of the enemy aircraft through various radar squadrons is being carried out and practicing the mechanism to neutralize the attack with the help of fighter and missile unit.

Notable exercises are Combat Search and Rescue (CSAR) operation by BAF helicopter and BAF Commando team, Emergency logistics supply by BAF transport aircraft, identification of explosives and verifying the effectiveness of neutralization by BAF Bomb Disposal Unit, and Scramble by Air Defense Alert (ADA) aircraft to neutralize enemy intruders, surveillance by drone and time sensitive target.
 
This exercise’s primary goal is to evaluate the BAF’s current capability while also identifying several areas for improvement through tactic evaluation and asset acquisition.

According to the press release, this exercise will undoubtedly increase the BAF’s capacity to protect the nation’s airspace in the days ahead.