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Thanhklyet Soon Naval Base; Thanlyin Naval Base; Thanlyin Naval Base; Thilawa Naval Base; Coco Island Base (including Naval Radar Unit) Danyawaddy Regional Command (headquarters in Sittwe) Kyaukpyu Naval Base; Thandwe (Sandoway) Naval Base; No. 71 Submarine Base (on Ownchein Island near Kyaukphyu SEZ) Panmawaddy Regional Command (headquarters ...
Built by the Allies during World War II as Namponmao Airfield, the airfield was used primarily as a transport facility during the Burma Campaign 1944-1945 by the Tenth Air Force 4th Combat Cargo Group beginning in June 1945 flying C-46 Commandos as a combat resupply airfield, air-dropping pallets of supplies and ammunition to the advancing Allied forces on the ground.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 March 2025. Ground forces branch of the armed forces of Myanmar "Burmese Army" redirects here. For other uses, see Burma Army (disambiguation). Myanmar Army တပ်မတော် (ကြည်း) (Burmese) lit. ' Tatmadaw (Kyi) ' 'Armed Forces (Army)' Emblem of the Myanmar Army [a] Founded 1945 ...
Hold cursor over location to display name; click to go to sources &/or status description (if available, the cursor will show as ; if not, it will show as ). Under control of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (Junta) & allied Ethnic Armed Organizations (EAOs) State Administration Council (SAC)
By Simon Lewis YANGON (Reuters) - After driving nearly 700,000 Rohingya Muslims out of the country, Myanmar's military is building bases where some of their homes and mosques once stood, Amnesty ...
In 2010, Myanmar Air Defence Command completed installation of an optical fibre communication network throughout the country. The network is to be used for air defence operations between Central Command HQ from the capital and several air bases, early warning radar stations and mobile anti-aircraft missile and artillery units. After completion ...
An army officer in the capital, who also spoke on condition of anonymity, said that the military since last month has been granting amnesty to convicted soldiers and police who were serving prison ...
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 had a few hundred personnel.