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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 ...
Defence Services Academy (DSA) The Defence Services Academy ( Burmese: စစ်တက္ကသိုလ်, pronounced [sɪʔ tɛʔkəθò]) located in Pyin Oo Lwin, is the premier military service academy of Myanmar, training future officers for all three branches of Myanmar military. The Ministry of Defence administered academy offers ...
Other Ranks. In Myanmar Armed Forces, Lance corporals and Corporals are commonly referred to as Saya ( ဆရာ, lit. 'teacher') by both enlisted staffs and officers. Warrant officers (Class 1 and Class 2) are referred to as Bo Lay ( ဗိုလ်လေး, lit. 'little lieutenant' ), Sergeant and Staff Sergeant are referred to as Saya Gyi.
The Myanmar Army ( Burmese: တပ်မတော် (ကြည်း); pronounced [taʔmədɔ̀ tɕí]) is the largest branch of the Armed Forces ( Tatmadaw) of Myanmar (formerly Burma) and has the primary responsibility of conducting land-based military operations. The Myanmar Army maintains the second largest active force in Southeast Asia ...
The Defense Services Medical Academy ( DSMA) ( Burmese: တပ်မတော် ဆေး တက္ကသိုလ်, pronounced [taʔmədɔ̀ sʰé tɛʔkəθò] ), located in Mingaladon, Yangon, is the University of Medicine of the Myanmar Armed Forces. One of the most selective universities in the country, the academy offers M.B., B.S ...
NDC provides post-graduate master's degrees in defence studies to military officers. Since 1994, NDC has offered one-year courses for officers above the rank of colonel. In 2016, nearly all military MPs appointed to the Amyotha Hluttaw and the Pyithu Hluttaw had nearly all completed master's degrees at NDC.
The Air Defense Forces ( လေကြောင်းရန်ကာကွယ်ရေးတပ်ဖွဲ့) is one of the major branches of Tatmadaw. It was established as the Air Defence Command in 1997, but was not fully operational until late 1999. It was renamed the Bureau of Air Defence in the early 2000s. In early 2000, Tatmadaw ...
Myanmar’s military government on Saturday activated for the first time a decade-old conscription law that makes young men and women subject to at least two years of military service if called up ...