The Myanmar Air Force (MAF) has taken delivery of Chinese FTC-2000G advanced jet trainer/light attack aircraft, similar to this example of the type pictured above. In operation with the MAF, the aircraft are expected to be operated in a close air support role. (GAIC)

The Myanmar Air Force (MAF) has taken delivery of an initial batch of Chinese FTC-2000G multirole advanced jet trainer/light attack aircraft, which will further boost its capabilities at the beginning of a militarily critical phase of Myanmar's civil war.

Regional intelligence sources confirmed to Janes that four new FTC-2000Gs were delivered in November, while the online news magazine The Irrawaddy, which has tracked MAF procurements closely, reported on 5 December that six of the aircraft had been delivered.

The FTC-2000Gs are reportedly to be based at Namsang, in the southern part of northeastern Shan State, and will gradually replace the Sino-Pakistan-produced K-8 ‘Karakorum' trainer/light attack jets. In the MAF inventory, since the late 1990s, the ageing K-8s have continued to fly combat missions this year notably in the southern Shan-northern Kayah state zone of operations, which has seen heavy and repeated hostilities between the Myanmar Army and opposition forces.

The Myanmar Air Force (MAF) has taken delivery of Chinese FTC-2000G advanced jet trainer/light attack aircraft, similar to this example of the type pictured above. In operation with the MAF, the aircraft are expected to be operated in a close air support role. (GAIC)

The Myanmar Air Force (MAF) has taken delivery of an initial batch of Chinese FTC-2000G multirole advanced jet trainer/light attack aircraft, which will further boost its capabilities at the beginning of a militarily critical phase of Myanmar's civil war.

Regional intelligence sources confirmed to Janes that four new FTC-2000Gs were delivered in November, while the online news magazine The Irrawaddy, which has tracked MAF procurements closely, reported on 5 December that six of the aircraft had been delivered.

The FTC-2000Gs are reportedly to be based at Namsang, in the southern part of northeastern Shan State, and will gradually replace the Sino-Pakistan-produced K-8 ‘Karakorum' trainer/light attack jets. In the MAF inventory, since the late 1990s, the ageing K-8s have continued to fly combat missions this year notably in the southern Shan-northern Kayah state zone of operations, which has seen heavy and repeated hostilities between the Myanmar Army and opposition forces.

The Myanmar Air Force (MAF) has taken delivery of Chinese FTC-2000G advanced jet trainer/light attack aircraft, similar to this example of the type pictured above. In operation with the MAF, the aircraft are expected to be operated in a close air support role. (GAIC)

The Myanmar Air Force (MAF) has taken delivery of an initial batch of Chinese FTC-2000G multirole advanced jet trainer/light attack aircraft, which will further boost its capabilities at the beginning of a militarily critical phase of Myanmar's civil war.

Regional intelligence sources confirmed to Janes that four new FTC-2000Gs were delivered in November, while the online news magazine The Irrawaddy, which has tracked MAF procurements closely, reported on 5 December that six of the aircraft had been delivered.

The FTC-2000Gs are reportedly to be based at Namsang, in the southern part of northeastern Shan State, and will gradually replace the Sino-Pakistan-produced K-8 ‘Karakorum' trainer/light attack jets. In the MAF inventory, since the late 1990s, the ageing K-8s have continued to fly combat missions this year notably in the southern Shan-northern Kayah state zone of operations, which has seen heavy and repeated hostilities between the Myanmar Army and opposition forces.

The Myanmar Air Force (MAF) has taken delivery of Chinese FTC-2000G advanced jet trainer/light attack aircraft, similar to this example of the type pictured above. In operation with the MAF, the aircraft are expected to be operated in a close air support role. (GAIC)

The Myanmar Air Force (MAF) has taken delivery of an initial batch of Chinese FTC-2000G multirole advanced jet trainer/light attack aircraft, which will further boost its capabilities at the beginning of a militarily critical phase of Myanmar's civil war.

Regional intelligence sources confirmed to Janes that four new FTC-2000Gs were delivered in November, while the online news magazine The Irrawaddy, which has tracked MAF procurements closely, reported on 5 December that six of the aircraft had been delivered.

The FTC-2000Gs are reportedly to be based at Namsang, in the southern part of northeastern Shan State, and will gradually replace the Sino-Pakistan-produced K-8 ‘Karakorum' trainer/light attack jets. In the MAF inventory, since the late 1990s, the ageing K-8s have continued to fly combat missions this year notably in the southern Shan-northern Kayah state zone of operations, which has seen heavy and repeated hostilities between the Myanmar Army and opposition forces.

The Myanmar Air Force (MAF) has taken delivery of Chinese FTC-2000G advanced jet trainer/light attack aircraft, similar to this example of the type pictured above. In operation with the MAF, the aircraft are expected to be operated in a close air support role. (GAIC)

The Myanmar Air Force (MAF) has taken delivery of an initial batch of Chinese FTC-2000G multirole advanced jet trainer/light attack aircraft, which will further boost its capabilities at the beginning of a militarily critical phase of Myanmar's civil war.

Regional intelligence sources confirmed to Janes that four new FTC-2000Gs were delivered in November, while the online news magazine The Irrawaddy, which has tracked MAF procurements closely, reported on 5 December that six of the aircraft had been delivered.

The FTC-2000Gs are reportedly to be based at Namsang, in the southern part of northeastern Shan State, and will gradually replace the Sino-Pakistan-produced K-8 ‘Karakorum' trainer/light attack jets. In the MAF inventory, since the late 1990s, the ageing K-8s have continued to fly combat missions this year notably in the southern Shan-northern Kayah state zone of operations, which has seen heavy and repeated hostilities between the Myanmar Army and opposition forces.

The Myanmar Air Force (MAF) has taken delivery of Chinese FTC-2000G advanced jet trainer/light attack aircraft, similar to this example of the type pictured above. In operation with the MAF, the aircraft are expected to be operated in a close air support role. (GAIC)

The Myanmar Air Force (MAF) has taken delivery of an initial batch of Chinese FTC-2000G multirole advanced jet trainer/light attack aircraft, which will further boost its capabilities at the beginning of a militarily critical phase of Myanmar's civil war.

Regional intelligence sources confirmed to Janes that four new FTC-2000Gs were delivered in November, while the online news magazine The Irrawaddy, which has tracked MAF procurements closely, reported on 5 December that six of the aircraft had been delivered.

The FTC-2000Gs are reportedly to be based at Namsang, in the southern part of northeastern Shan State, and will gradually replace the Sino-Pakistan-produced K-8 ‘Karakorum' trainer/light attack jets. In the MAF inventory, since the late 1990s, the ageing K-8s have continued to fly combat missions this year notably in the southern Shan-northern Kayah state zone of operations, which has seen heavy and repeated hostilities between the Myanmar Army and opposition forces.