CNI News

17 December 2025

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Chairman of the National Security and Peace Commission, said that the Myanmar Air Force is now able to deploy its forces to effectively cover and dominate the entirety of Myanmar’s national airspace.

He made the remarks in a speech delivered on December 15, 2025, at the ceremony marking the 78th anniversary of the establishment of the Myanmar Air Force.

The Senior General stated, “The Myanmar Air Force is now capable of being deployed to achieve effective control over the entire national airspace of Myanmar. In terms of capability, it has progressed from a counter-insurgency-level air force to being developed into a strategic air force.”

The ceremony commemorating the establishment of the Myanmar Air Force was attended by Chairman of the State Security and Peace Commission Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and his wife Daw Kyu Kyu Hla; Commission member and Prime Minister U Nyo Saw and his wife; Commission Secretary General Ye Win Oo and his wife; Commission member and Chief of the General Staff (Army, Navy, Air Force) General Kyaw Swar Lin and his wife; Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force General Htun Aung and his wife; Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Admiral Htein Win and his wife.

Also in attendance were retired Commanders-in-Chief of the Air Force and their wives, Union-level officials and their wives, senior Tatmadaw officers from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief and their wives, Commander of the Nay Pyi Taw Command, Air Base Commanders, and officers of the Myanmar Air Force.