Hmawbi Air Base

Hmawbi Air Base is an airbase of the Myanmar Air Force in Hmawbi Township, Yangon Region.

Hmawbi-Air Base
မှော်ဘီ-လေတပ်
Hmawbi in Myanmar
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Coordinates	17°07′14″N 96°04′05″E
Site information
Owner	Myanmar Armed Forces
Operator	Myanmar Air Force
Controlled by	Eastern SOC
Site history
Built	1945 (1945)
In use	1945 -
Airfield information
Elevation	22 metres (72 ft) AMSL
Runways Direction Length and surface 09/27 2,440 metres (8,005 ft) Asphalt

The base is home to 56 Squadron which flies the Mil Mi-17.^[1]

History

The base was formerly used by the British Royal Air Force, the following units were here at some point:

• No. 47 Squadron RAF between 15 August 1945 and 15 January 1946 with the de Havilland Mosquito VI^[2]
• No. 84 Squadron RAF between 10 and 12 September 1945 with the Mosquito VI^[3]
• No. 89 Squadron RAF between 6 and 25 September 1945 with the Mosquito XIX^[4]
• No. 96 Squadron RAF between 4 September 1945 and 16 April 1946 with the Douglas Dakota^[5]
• No. 110 Squadron RAF between 16 August 1945 and 11 September 1945 with the Mosquito VI^[6]
• No. 117 Squadron RAF between 19 August and 17 December 1945 with the Dakota^[7]
• No. 215 Squadron RAF between 19 August and 23 October 1945 with the Dakota^[8]

References

1. "Myanmar Defence Force - Hmawby AB (VYHB)". Scramble.nl. Retrieved 13 April 2023.
2. Jefford 1988, p. 40.
3. Jefford 1988, p. 50.
4. Jefford 1988, p. 51.
5. Jefford 1988, p. 53.
6. Jefford 1988, p. 55.
7. Jefford 1988, p. 57.
8. Jefford 1988, p. 71.

Bibliography

• Jefford, C. G. (1988). RAF Squadrons. A comprehensive record of the movement and equipment of all RAF squadrons and their antecedents since 1912. Shrewsbury: Airlife. ISBN 1-85310-053-6.