Dhaka: Expressing her high hope to build fighter planes by Bangladesh on its own in future, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday reaffirmed her strong resolve to turn Bangladesh Air Force into a strong and more effective force from strategic point through its further modernisation by the time when the country will be observing its golden jubilee of independence.

‘Awami League government has always given special importance to development of the Air Force and ensuring welfare of the members of this Force. The pace of such development will continue,’ said the prime minister.

The Prime Minister was addressing a function marking the induction of three L-410 training aircraft to the Air Force fleet held at the BAF Bashar airbase in Dhaka.

She said not only the Bangladesh Air Force, her government has been continuing its drive to develop each and every institution and continue it.

Listing her government’s various steps towards development of the Bangladesh Air Force; Sheikh Hasina said that 4th generation state-of-the art MIG 29 fighter planes were inducted to the Air Force fleet in 2000 alongside induction of superior and spacious C-130 transport aircraft and high-capacity air defense radar.